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IARU at HAM RADIO 2025
· EC, Events, News · Lisa, PA2LS

The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is excited to announce its participation at HAM RADIO 2025, set to take place from June 27 to June 29, 2025. This event will bring together amateur radio enthusiasts from around the world, continuing its tradition as one of the most anticipated gatherings in the global amateur radio community.

At HAM RADIO 2025, IARU will once again feature three key zones in hall A1:

  • IARU Main Booth — A central hub for engaging with IARU volunteers
  • IARU Youth Booth — Learn more about our activities and initiatives to support young operators around the world. It will also serve as a meeting point for young radio amateurs to connect and exchange experiences. In addition to the scheduled events, we are also bringing back the traditional Off Air Contest—a fun and engaging challenge where participants simulate contest operations without using any radios. Sounds easy? There’s always a surprise or two, like unexpected SSTV signals or someone tuning up their amplifier! We warmly invite everyone to visit the Youth Booth — whether you’re curious about our work, want to get involved, or just wish to say hello.
  • IARU Innovation Zone — Showcasing the latest technologies, open-source innovations, and open discussions and demos about the future of our hobby. Learn more on what to expect in this press release.

In addition to these booths, IARU is organizing a series of main events on the HAM RADIO stage:

  • Friday, June 27:
    • 12:00 – 12:30: VHF+ Prize Ceremony
    • 13:00 – 14:00: DYM & YOTA Contest Prize Ceremony
  • Saturday, June 28:
    • 15:30 – 16:15: YOTA Flag Ceremony

Further meetings and discussions will take place in designated meeting rooms:

  • Friday, June 27:
    • 12:00 – 16:00: Emergency Communications (EMCOMM) – Admin Building, 5th Floor
    • 16:00 – 18:00: International Meeting – Room: Liechtenstein
  • Saturday, June 28:
    • 10:00 – 12:00: Youth Committee – Room: Liechtenstein
    • 12:00 – 14:00: EMC – Room: Schwarzwald

As the event approaches, we will continue updating this schedule, ensuring all attendees receive the latest information.

“Photo: Messe Friedrichshafen“

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Join the ENAMS global monitoring system Webinar
· Spectrum · Lisa, PA2LS

Global and continuous spectrum monitoring is a necessity for cooperation with your authorities and for the development of EMC standards favorable for amateur radio.

In order to support the global network, IARU suggests to deploy 3 to 5 monitoring stations in your territory — this will enable your radio amateur society to participate in the gathering, analysis and interpretation of radio disturbances in our HF bands.

There are already about 60 monitoring stations continuously monitoring our bands. It is important to deploy monitoring stations also in your area.

The system designers of DARC (German Radio Amateur Club) are glad to explain the benefits of this global monitoring system in the following Webinar session:

13 February 2025 1800 UTC, please register asap at:

https://​us06web​.zoom​.us/​m​e​e​t​i​n​g​/​r​e​g​i​s​t​e​r​/​h​F​t​B​L​M​3​Z​S​t​6​x​a​h​o​Q​9​0​Q​O2w

The enclosed image shows a typical analysis of a 24hr interval, spanning the range from below 100kHz to 30MHz. See more at https://​enams​.de/​i​n​d​e​x​.​p​h​p​/​en/

73,

Wolf OE1MHZ, Chair, IARU R1 EMC Committee

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HAMChallenge 2024: Submit your idea on or before 1st of November
· News, Shaping The Future · Lisa, PA2LS

With October just around the corner, we come closer to the deadline to submit your ideas for HAMChallenge 2024. We are still looking for your proposal in this challenge. Do you want to take part? Read here all details and learn how to take part:

Amateur Radio is about fun, radio communications, technology, experimentation, self-training, friendship and emergency communications.

Do you have a mind-blowing idea you would like to share with the community?

The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 is inviting you to come with a game-changing idea, which increases awareness of amateur radio. We are looking for your cool idea or project which you think is part of the future of amateur radio.

Make a team, share your idea, present your proposal, and bring this to reality.

This is the time to present the amateur radio with a different perspective, and we are looking for you!

The best proposals will be rewarded, don’t miss this opportunity!

The challenges
Challenge #1
Do you know that Guglielmo Marconi was the first radio amateur operator? He was born in 1874 and we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth. Marconi made some of the most revolutionary inventions of the last centuries, they totally changed the speed of communication in a real global manner, and permitted a totally different way of living.
Are you aware that radio amateurs are active on exploring the possibilities of radio waves following Marconi’s footsteps?

We would like to know how his inventions changed and are still changing your life.

Share and explain it in a fun way, in which you believe it will be attractive and known by more people.

Hint: we are not looking for a long plain text but for content to share on social media and reaching a huge audience. Make use of reels, pictures, etc.. No limits on creativity!

Challenge #2
Use your imagination, what will amateur radio look like in 10 years? Yes, we are talking about the future. Amateur radio is changing, in the past we never heard about satellites, digimodes or SDR. And these are just a few examples. We ask you to share a cool idea or project which you believe will be changing amateur radio but is also fun to share. This could be in the direction of a technology project, experimentation or digital development.

Don’t be limited ! We ask you to share your ideas which are contributing to the amateur radio community.

The HAMChallenge is a call for ideas: the best proposal will be rewarded and brought to life!

HAMChallenge 2024 Rules – deadline to submit your ideas is 1st of November 2024

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We are looking for your ideas in HAMChallenge 2024
· Shaping The Future · Lisa, PA2LS

Amateur Radio is about fun, radio communications, technology, experimentation, self-training, friendship and emergency communications.

Do you have a mind-blowing idea you would like to share with the community?

The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 is inviting you to come with a game-changing idea, which increases awareness of amateur radio. We are looking for your cool idea or project which you think is part of the future of amateur radio.

Make a team, share your idea, present your proposal, and bring this to reality.

This is the time to present the amateur radio with a different perspective, and we are looking for you!

The best proposals will be rewarded, don’t miss this opportunity!

The challenges
Challenge #1
Do you know that Guglielmo Marconi was the first radio amateur operator? He was born in 1874 and we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth. Marconi made some of the most revolutionary inventions of the last centuries, they totally changed the speed of communication in a real global manner, and permitted a totally different way of living.
Are you aware that radio amateurs are active on exploring the possibilities of radio waves following Marconi’s footsteps?

We would like to know how his inventions changed and are still changing your life.

Share and explain it in a fun way, in which you believe it will be attractive and known by more people.

Hint: we are not looking for a long plain text but for content to share on social media and reaching a huge audience. Make use of reels, pictures, etc.. No limits on creativity!

Challenge #2
Use your imagination, what will amateur radio look like in 10 years? Yes, we are talking about the future. Amateur radio is changing, in the past we never heard about satellites, digimodes or SDR. And these are just a few examples. We ask you to share a cool idea or project which you believe will be changing amateur radio but is also fun to share. This could be in the direction of a technology project, experimentation or digital development.

Don’t be limited ! We ask you to share your ideas which are contributing to the amateur radio community.

The HAMChallenge is a call for ideas: the best proposal will be rewarded and brought to life!

HAMChallenge 2024 Rules – deadline to submit your ideas is 1st of November 2024

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December YOTA Month is here!
· Youth GeneralTagged · Lisa, PA2LS

Every year, for the entire month of December, several youngsters under 26 become active with their national YOTA callsigns. This will continue in the 11th edition of December YOTA Month (DYM) starting from today! We have already 40 active YOTA callsigns from different countries participating this year. Check out active stations at events​.ham​-yota​.com/​s​p​ots.

Remember to follow us during DYM and listen in on the air for all the YOTA stations. Everyone can support the youth worldwide by collecting QSOs with YOTA stations on as many bands and modes as possible. Collecting QSOs can make you eligible for Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum awards.

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