Youngsters On The Air Finland 2014

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Category: Youth - general

Published: Sunday, 22 December 2013 14:25

Written by OH2FPK, OH2FKX, OH2BR

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During the summer of 2014, a youth radio camp "Youngsters on the Air" will be held in Finland, organized by the Finnish Radio Amateur League. During this week teams of young radio amateurs from 15 different European countries will be participating during different activities: presentations, competitions, visiting radio stations, workshops, ARDF etc… As three previous events in Romania, Belgium/Netherlands and Estonia have shown, for the young HAM’s it will be a great experience they will never forget.

When: 15-22 July 2014
Participants: 15 teams from different European member associations of IARU R1. A team consists of a team leader, who could be an older person over 18, and 4 team members between 15-25 years old.
Location: Virrat, Finland. Click here to view on the map.
Fees: part of travel costs (calculated with a distance calculator by the European Commission), plus participation fee 50€/person. All other costs (accomodation, food, activities) will be covered by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission.

If your member society is interested to participate, please respond by 31st January 2014, as the full application should be ready for 15.03.2014. For questions and where to send the application, download the invitation document.

amateur exams in Kosovo

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Category: Latest

Published: Wednesday, 18 December 2013 09:40

Written by PB2T

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instructors and exam committee while candidates are taking the test

Just over a year ago, in September 2012 amateur radio was re-introduced in Kosovo. The national amateur radio society SHRAK worked hard to develop course materiel, setting up a training and to organise exams in cooperation with the Regulatory Authority. On 14 December 2013 an amazing number of 50 out of 52 cadidates passed the test for the basic exam which is equivalent to CEPT Novice and US General Class. Congratulations to this new generation of radio amateurs. We hope to hear you on the bands soon. 

HAM's children and youth activities in Czech Republic

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Category: Youth - general

Published: Sunday, 08 December 2013 23:35

Written by Petr OK2AIA

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The children and youth free time activities are quite popular in Czech Republic for decades.  The adult volunteers organize camps or weekend actions, leads whole year free-time groups for children. Some of these volunteers are HAMs. I would like to show some of their activities with children and youth in Czech Republic in a nutshell. 
The basic activities are the electronic and HAM radio hobby groups. These are led by radio amateurs or electronic enthusiasts. Such hobby groups are usually covered by some nonprofit organization, free time center or local basic school. These organizations generally assure the legitimacy, insurance and some public relations. So let's go though the brief intersection of current activities. 

IARU Region 1 HF Newsletter No. 68

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Category: IARUMS-Success

Published: Friday, 06 December 2013 09:25

Written by DK4VW

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The latest HF Newsletter No. 68 is available.

For download click here   

Radio Spectrum/Regulatory Workshop South Sudan

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Category: STARS

Published: Monday, 18 November 2013 12:33

Written by PB2T

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workshop participants

On 15 November IARU Region 1 organised a Radio Spectrum/Regulatory Workshop with the aim to assist the South Sudanese administration with the implementation of amateur radio. The workshop was part of a goodwill project in cooperation with Radio Arcala, DX University, the YASME Foundation, ARRL, Rock City Investments Co, Yaesu Musen Co. Ltd of Japan and the European DX Foundation. The workshop took place on the compound of the European Union in Juba the capital of South Sudan. Most of the 21 participants work for the South Sudanese Radio Communications Agency, others came from the Ministry of  Interior.

Ham Video - EST and Simulations

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Category: ARSPEX

Published: Wednesday, 11 September 2013 10:03

Written by ON4WF

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HamTV Bulletin 2 - September 10, 2013

Ham Video Commissioning preparation is progressing. An EST (Experiment Sequence Test) has been performed 28-29 August and Simulations tests were done 5-6 September 2013.

The EST consisted of a series of tests, mainly of the ground segment. For the Commissioning, the VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) station of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), located near Matera, southern Italy, will be used for receiving the DATV signals from the ISS. For the EST, the IK1SLD ground station, situated at Casale Monferrato, northern Italy was used. IK1SLD is one of the ARISS telebridge stations, fully equiped for VHF and UHF. It was recently upgraded for S-band with a 1.2m dish, feed, downconverter and precision tracking motors.

For the EST, a very low power transmitter, installed in the shack, generated signals on the Ham Video frequencies, transmitting a DATV recording at 1.3 and 2.0 MS/s and FEC ½. The DATV signal was received and decoded by the IK1SLD station and webstreamed to the BATC server. B.USOC (Belgian User Support and Operations Center – ESA) conducted operations. B.USOC and EAC (European Astronaut Center – Cologne, Germany) specialists operated from Livorno at Kayser Itallia\'s laboratory, where a Ham Video unit, the so-called EBB (Elegant BreadBox), is operational. Parties involved were interconnected per teleconference. At Casale Monferrato, Claudio Ariotti IK1SLD and Piero Tognolatti I0KPT produced, received and webstreamed the signals in the different configurations as requested by B.USOC. ESA and ARISS observers participated to the EST teleconference. After debriefing, the EST was declared successful.

70 MHz in Italy

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Category: VHF/UHF/SHF

Published: Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:48

Written by IV3KKW, Alex

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Italian Amateurs have again access to 70 MHz from February 1st until December 31st 2013. These are the specifications:

Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference - 2013

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Category: Emergency Communications

Published: Sunday, 27 January 2013 22:45

Written by G0DUB

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The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference (GAREC) is the premier annual event attended by those with an interest in amateur radio providing emergency communications during training exercises or in response to disasters.  Since it was first held in 2005, the conference has taken place in all three IARU regions and is open to all emergency communications groups.

In 2013 GAREC returns to IARU Region 1 and will be held in Zurich, Switzerland between 25th to 28th June. The conference has been timed to precede Europe's largest amateur radio exhibition, HAM RADIO in Friedrichshafen so that people can enjoy both events.

General information on GAREC 2013 including information on the venue, registration fees and the tentative agenda and the registration forms is now available on http://www.garec2013.ch/ . This website will be updated frequently to keep all updated with the latest news and program changes. For more information you may also email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Among the draft topics to be discussed are the relevance of Amateur Radio Emergency Communication in the '1st World', the HAMNET high speed data network along with presentations from the three regions of the IARU and also some presentations from groups with recent disaster relief communications operations.

The past presentations from the conferences including GAREC 2012, are now available at http://www.iaru.org/garec.html