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HAM RADIO World | 25 — 27 June 2021
· Events, IARU, News, Youth General · Mario, EA1JAY

Press Release by Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC)
Wednesday, 23.06.2021

Briefly explained: Your access to the HAM RADIO World

On Friday, starting at 3 p.m., HAM RADIO World will open its virtual doors and welcome our members and radio friends with an experience fair of a very special kind. Via the DARC portal, you can easily enter the Friedrichshafen exhibition world by clicking on the banner in the upper right corner. Three days full lecture program and a 2‑D fair world promise already now a varied and interesting weekend.

A direct entrance succeeds also over https://​ham​.darc​.de .

The voluntary team of HAM World around project manager Oliver Schlag, DL7TNY, has created an explanatory video in English:

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ATTENTION: The lecture program is updated and supplemented daily. The current version can be found at https://​www​.darc​.de/​n​a​c​h​r​i​c​h​t​e​n​/​v​e​r​a​n​s​t​a​l​t​u​n​g​e​n​/​#​c​9​487

The board of the DARC e.V., the speakers, clubs and associations as well as the staff of the office will be there for you during the weekend and are looking forward to seeing you again — at a distance!

The entrance to the HAM World is free of charge!

Feel free to visit the IARU representatives as well as the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group in Hall A1 during the upcoming weekend.

Further, Team YOTA has prepared the yearly International Youth Meeting being held on the fair Saturday, 26th June, from 0900 UTC in room Liechtenstein (HB0). The access to this room is described in the introduction video provided by DARC.

Here’s to a successful trade show weekend and see you there!

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December YOTA Month activity – DYM 2020
· Events, Youth GeneralTagged , , , , · Mario, EA1JAY

The entire month of December, several youngsters under the age of 26 will become active with YOTA as suffix in the callsign. The idea behind this is to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham radio waves.

Usually you hear YOTA stations on air from our summer and subregional camps throughout the year. This season has been an exception. Due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, nearly all our camps and events had to be cancelled. Therefore, nearly no possibilities were left to hear YOTA stations on the bands.

Hence, we as Team YOTA want to show the world that the youngsters still want and can be active on the bands during this difficult time. Help your local youngsters to get on the air throughout the December YOTA Month following your national health guidelines. Either you are a supporting elmer or under 26 years yourself, contact your society’s youth coordinator to be active with your national YOTA callsign. If your society did not apply for one yet, feel free to encourage them to do so of course. It will be a pleasure to work a lot of new youngsters on the bands!

Every ham radio operator can support the youth worldwide! By making a QSO with them, they can improve their skills on air and learn more about geography and ham radio abbreviations among others. The youngsters will be happy to get some attention and exchange information. Licensed and unlicensed youth will be making QSOs, be aware this could be their first radio contact ever and give them a chance to experience a possible new hobby.

As every year, there is again an award program available. Work as many YOTA stations on as many bands and modes as possible and be eligible for your Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum award for free. This program promotes the radio activity on the air waves and shows that there is and will be activity in the future. Visit our website events​.ham​-yota​.com for more information about the award rules.

Last year we had high hopes with the QSO goal of 100.000 QSOs. With the help of youngsters within amateur radio, we absolutely crushed the goal with nearly 130.000 QSOs achieved by 47 stations. This year we are aiming for the same target. So, participate in December YOTA Month, and help us to achieve this goal again in December 2020!

Feel free to follow the activities on our homepage as well as on our social media channels @hamyota and @hamyota_official and update yourself at www​.events​.ham​-yota​.com.

73 de YOTA PR Team

Picture: Youngster operating during December YOTA Month.

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IARU Virtual General Conference — 1st Day
· Events · Alex, IV3KKW

IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, formally opened the Region 1 VGC today.

Speaking from Calgary, Tim reminded delegates that we faced unprecedented challenges today, which would likely result in much more of IARU’s work being virtual. He reminded the meeting of the challenges IARU faced to ensure that we remained relevant to the future of amateur radio. He recalled comments he had made in the past that “Amateur Radio has changed and will continue to change. The IARU and its member-societies must be ready to adapt and respond to that change”. He acknowledged the lead taken by IARU Region 1 in stimulating change in IARU and pointed to the Region 1 Workshop planned for 2021 as an important opportunity for Region 1 to review its strategies for the future and the implications for Member Societies and IARU.

After the opening Plenary session, Committee C3 (Organisational and Administrative) began its work, considering matters of Region 1 governance (covering proposed amendments to the Regional Constitution, including to allow for virtual General Conferences) a review of standing recommendations and discussion on the in-person workshop planned for 2021 to address the many challenges facing amateur radio and Member Societies today. C3 went on to review IARU’s plans for representing the amateur service in the many work groups involved in preparation for World Radio Conference 2023. The next C3 is on Wednesday 14th.

Committee C5 (VHF+) started the first of its meetings by reviewing the reports from coordinators and other Region 1 specialists working in the VHF+ field, including the Contest Working Group. The Committee then discussed WRC-23 particularly as it relates to the spectrum allocated to the amateur service at VHF and above. Finally, discussions took place on the report created on spectrum needs and occupancy at VHF+. The next C5 is on Monday 12th.

The Youth Working Group was the final stream meeting held today. The virtual platform gave the opportunity to have a wider audience than usual, reaching over 80 participants from 33 different MS, and observers from the other IARU Regions have been present. The meeting reviewed the work of the Youth Working Group and the YOTA programme and discussed the challenges of expanding the reach of the programme to other youth communities. There was a good interaction between the audience.

All recommendations from Committee stream meetings go forward to the final plenary on Friday 16th for discussion and approval. 

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Region 1 Virtual General Conference to begin Sunday
· Events, General Conference, Spectrum · Sylvain, F4GKR

The IARU Region 1 General Conference, originally scheduled to take place in Novi Sad, Serbia, is taking place online, starting Sunday.

Taking advantage of online access, well over 200 delegates and observers have registered from nearly 50 national societies. Nearly 90 papers are scheduled for discussion. The conference will be formally opened by IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH.

Discussions will take place in four main streams: Organisational and Administrative, HF, VHF+ and EMC. Additional stream meetings will cover spectrum, regulatory and political relations issues and youth initiatives.

Speaking before the Conference starts, IARU Region 1 President Don Beattie, G3BJ, said “It is disappointing that we will not be meeting in-person but in these uncertain times, modern technology gives us the opportunity to conduct our business remotely. I am looking forward to a constructive and wide-ranging set of discussions about many of the challenges facing Amateur Radio today. We also intend to hold an in-person event in 2021 which will address, in a workshop environment, some key aspects of amateur radio’s future.”

A day-by-day report of the proceedings at the Conference will be published throughout the coming week, beginning Sunday evening.

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