From 7^th to 9^th of August YOTA from IARU R1 and R2 will be taking part in the first virtual ham expo ever: “QSO Today Ham Expo”!

The event will include a whole new virtual platform with #virtual booths from 45 organizations with lots of information about their matter. There will also be an auditorium for presentations just like we are used to. The event is accessible globally with both computers and phones. 

You can get your free entrance ticket from their website www​.qsotodayhamexpo​.com

We are looking forward to seeing and having conversations with you on the virtual platform in just a couple of days from now! 

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s HAM RADIO in Friedrichshafen had to be cancelled as so many other events world wide.

DARC decided to offer instead an online event, the HAM RADIOnline from June 26^th to June 29^th. This online event will feature many interesting topics related to our hobby, such as operating and broadcasting technology, honors, talk groups and interviews. 

HAM RADIOnline will start on Friday, June 26^th evening (CEST).

IARU will be present with its own space during the event.

The HAM RADIOnline broadcast schedule (in German language) is available at https://​www​.hamradio​-friedrichshafen​.de/​a​s​s​e​t​s​/​p​r​o​j​e​c​t​s​/​h​a​m​/​p​d​f​/​v​i​r​t​u​e​l​l​e​_​M​e​s​s​e​/​H​A​M​O​n​l​i​n​e​_​S​e​n​d​e​p​l​a​n​_​a​k​t​u​e​l​l​.​pdf

Every April 18, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on this day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris. 

Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that the short wave spectrum — far from being a wasteland — could support worldwide propagation. In the rush to use these shorter wavelengths, Amateur Radio was “in grave danger of being pushed aside,” the IARU’s history has noted. Amateur Radio pioneers met in Paris in 1925 and created the IARU to support Amateur Radio worldwide.

Just two years later, at the International Radiotelegraph Conference, Amateur Radio gained the allocations still recognized today — 160, 80, 40, 20, and 10 meters. Since its founding, the IARU has worked tirelessly to defend and expand the frequency allocations for Amateur Radio. Thanks to the support of enlightened administrations in every part of the globe, radio amateurs are now able to experiment and communicate in frequency bands strategically located throughout the radio spectrum. From the 25 countries that formed the IARU in 1925, the IARU has grown to include 160 member-societies in three regions. IARU Region 1 includes Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Northern Asia. Region 2 covers the Americas, and Region 3 is comprised of Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific island nations, and most of Asia. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has recognized the IARU as representing the interests of Amateur Radio.

Today, Amateur Radio is more popular than ever, with more than 3,000,000 licensed operators!

World Amateur Radio Day is the day when IARU Member-Societies can show our capabilities to the public and enjoy global friendship with other Amateurs worldwide.

Groups should promote their WARD activity on social media by using the hashtag #WorldAmateurRadioDay on Twitter and Facebook. IARU will list all WARD activities on this page. To have your WARD activity listed, send an email to IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ.

April 18 is the day for all of Amateur Radio to celebrate and tell the world about the science we can help teach, the community service we can provide and the fun we have.

We hope you will join in the fun and education that is World Amateur Radio Day! 

The theme for 2020 is :

“Celebrating Amateur Radio’s Contribution to Society.”

Due to current developments in regard to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19, Messe Friedrichshafen has been forced to make a very difficult decision: the international amateur radio exhibition Ham Radio will not be taking place in the planned period of June 26 to 28, 2020, but instead from June 25 to 27, 2021. The Federal Government and the Minister-Presidents of the Länder decided yesterday, April 15 that no major events shall take place until August 31, 2020. 

This also affects our IARU and YOTA booths, all the planned meetings as well as the HAMCAMP which is organized by the DARC Youth Department. 

The event website already shows the dates for 2021.