The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter February 2022 is now available.
Cilck on the link to read it!
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On 26th February 2022, 22 stations representing 14 countries around IARU Region 1 took part in a short notice exercise using the facilities of the geostationary satellite QO-100.
This was the first of a number of smaller exercises, tests and meetings to be held by IARU Region 1 throughout the year, building on the earlier Global Simulated Emergency Tests to cover as many aspects of emergency communications as possible.
The intention is to bring emergency communicators together more frequently to demonstrate how the Amateur Radio Service can work together as a global community and develop a common understanding of each others’ capabilities.
The exercise on QO-100 was felt to be a success with a number of formal messages being passed between stations along with some learning from the inevitable challenges of equipment failures, language barriers and co-ordination of an exercise whose coverage area covered from South Africa to the United Kingdom. Once all the exercise feedback is received, the next test on that system is planned to take place in October this year.
QO-100 brings another asset to the emergency communications toolbox in Region 1 and its presence is much appreciated.
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In the coming weekend, the first edition of the IARU Reg. 1 VHF & Up Trophy is starting.
The main objective of the Trophy is to increase the contest activity during the entire year in all the IARU Region 1 countries on all the bands from 145 MHz to Microwaves.
You can find all the information regarding the IARU Reg.1 contests here : https://www.iaru-r1.org/…/vhf-uhf…/vhf-up-contesting/
In particular, here are the IARU Reg 1 Trophy’s rules (extract from the VHF Handbook v.9.01) : https://www.iaru-r1.org/…/2022/02/IARU_R1_VHF_Trophy.pdf
All the uploaded logs will be evaluated and a Regional Classification will be published in the IARU R1 contest robot (https://iaru.oevsv.at).
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In response to recent world events, the International Amateur Radio Union has issued the following statement:
“IARU is an apolitical organization focused on promoting and defending amateur radio and the amateur radio services. The amateur radio service is about self-instruction in communications and friendship between people.”
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The International Telecommunication Union, ITU, has just released their WRC-23 booklet. It can be free downloaded from this URL available in all 6 languages of the ITU: https://www.itu.int/wrc-23/booklet-wrc-23/ .
This booklet provides easy access to the WRC-23 agenda as well as to the pertinent resolutions referenced therein. In the preface to the booklet, the Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau, Mario Maniewicz, says: “It has been prepared following the past initiatives of the International Amateur Radio Union (www.iaru.org) and in order to maintain this good tradition to better assist the ITU membership in the preparations for the conference.”
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