In December 2021 and January 2022, a clandestine radio station appeared on 3500 and 7000 kHz. The broadcasts were unusually in USB and could be heard throughout Europe. The radio program in Italian and English was directed against government COVID measures. …

José Francisco de Almeida, CT4AN, IARUMS Coordinator from REP (Rede dos Emissores Portugueses; Portugal), informed that ANACOM (Portuguese Communications Authority) acts to eradicate interference and the abuse of several frequencies, including deeply protecting the amateur bands. https://​www​.anacom​.pt/​r​e​n​d​e​r​.​j​s​p​?​c​o​n​t​e​n​t​I​d​=​1​7​1​3​864 “ANACOM, the Portuguese …

As we head into 2022 the ITU‑R and CEPT work considering the 23cm band and coexistence with the RNSS systems (GALILEO, COMPASS, GLONASS, GPS…) will continue so where have we got to and where is it heading? The IARU has …

The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter December 2021 is now available.Cilck on the link to read it! …

Peter Jost, HB9CET, due to health and age reasons, retired as IARU Monitoring System R1 Vice-Coordinator by the end of December 2021, remaining in IARUMS R1 as USKA (Switzerland) IARUMS Coordinator. Peter, awarded the IARUMS R1 Medal in September 2021, acting IARUMS coordinator for a period until October 2020 and deputy coordinator for …