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Facing the future of amateur radio
· EC, General Conference · Lisa, PA2LS

Tonight IARU Region 1 started preparing together with its Member Societies a Workshop with focus on the future of amateur radio. The message being shared in this session is clear. IARU societies are losing members; loss in members in some societies is remarkable in the last ten years, even with good examination throughput. Next to this, persons in leadership roles in these societies are getting older. Not all Member Societies have top team members under the age of 35 years.
The IARU Region 1 Executive Committee shares that it’s time for change and we need to start moving forward. Working together and changing the current trends. We need to refocus our thinking and way of operating.
Main questions and topics which will be covered in the Workshop are:
What is amateur radio today? How is it changing? Where are tomorrow’s radio amateurs? How do others see amateur radio? What do we need to do for the future?
Member societies are called upon to take actively part by nominating people with future oriented mind-set and prepare for this Workshop. Key will be to include new people into the discussion, hoping to reach new ideas and new ways of thinking. The Workshop “Facing the future” is scheduled to be held in October 2021 hopefully in Novi-Sad Serbia, hosted by SRS, the Serbian Amateur Radio Society. A virtual alternative Workshop will be prepared as well.

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Wojciech Nietyksza SP5FM Silent Key
· EC · Hans, PB2T

It is with deep sadness and regret to inform that Our Friend Wojciech Nietyksza SP5FM has passed away on 6th November 2020, at the age of 87. We lost a great radio amateur…

Wojciech was a Honorary Member of the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK), licensed for the first time in 1954 as SP5UX, and afterwards — as SP5FM. In 1956, He took part in the National Congress reactivating the PZK. Wojciech was also considerably dealing with the VHF field and He was one of the founders of the Polish VHF Club Association (PK UKF) at its Congress in 1963, becoming a Honorary Member of the PK UKF later on.

Wojciech was the originator of the legendary “Klimek” and “Wawa” handy transceivers which were used not only by the lifeguards of the Mountain Voluntary Rescue Service (GOPR). Wojciech SP5FM will be forever an indisputable icon of exceptional dedication to the development of amateur radio in Poland and all over the world, at IARU, WARC and many other levels. Wojciech made an enormous contribution to the work of IARU Region 1 and to the cause of amateur radio in Europe.

For many years, Wojciech SP5FM was Chairman of the IARU Region 1 External Relations Committee, and also Vice-President and a Member of the IARU Region 1 Executive Committee (altogether, ten terms in a row — from 1972 to 2002). 

On 17th May 2014, Wojciech Nietyksza SP5FM was presented with the Michael Owen VK3KI Award (the awarding ceremony took place in Warsaw).

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Wojciech was a teacher of many of us, being notably active within the ITU, CEPT and other bodies in the area of the international amateur and professional radio world. His actions resulted in a significant increase in the importance of the amateur radio service, and the current possibility of operation on the extended 7 MHz band was one of the most remarkable achievements completed by Wojciech.

We will always remember Wojciech SP5FM as a symbol of boundless amicability and outright cooperation for the entire amateur radio community. He will be long-remembered for his kindness, wisdom and quiet determination to achieve the best outcome for the hobby which we all enjoy so much. We will never forget His knowledge, sagacity and friendship. 

Let us convey our sincere condolences and cordial sympathy to the whole Family of Wojciech, we will always miss His presence, we are deeply pained and words are of no help in expressing the sorrow that we feel at this moment…

May He rest in peace.

Tomasz SP5CCC, Paweł SP7TEV

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DJ3KR silent key
· EC · Hans, PB2T

With deep regret I inform you that Dr. Jürgen Röttger, DJ3KR passed away on Sunday 31 May 2020 at the age of 83.
Jürgen served as IARU Region 1 Executive Committee Member from 1975 to 1984.

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