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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 IARUMSR1 as USKA (Switzerland) IARUMS Coordinator.
Peter, awarded the IARUMSR1 Medal in September 2021, acting IARUMS coordinator for a period until October 2020 and deputy coordinator for many years, has made a major contribution to the IARUMS Newsletters and has developed excellent professional presentation material on the IARUMS work.
We warmly thank Peter Jost, HB9CET, for his long commitment to IARUMSR1 and his excellent work and contributions.
RSPG, the Radio Spectrum Policy Group, is a high-level advisory group that assists the European Commission in the development of radio spectrum policy.
IARU Region 1 PRC participated in an RSPG Stakeholder Workshop at the beginning of December 2021. The online event had in the region of 130 participants. The outgoing Chair of RSPG Mr Frank Krüger reviewed progress and deliverables in the RSPG Work Programme for 2020 and beyond. The headings included Peer Review/Good Offices, Climate Change (a new topic for RSPG), Spectrum Sharing and Strategic Spectrum Aspects (including a new Radio Spectrum Policy and a targeted consultation on the 2030 Digital Compass).
Incoming Chair Mr Eric Fournier pointed to the Public Consultation on the Draft Work Programme for 2022 and beyond.
This document is available on the RSPG website here. IARUPRC has commented on the document as part of the Public Consultation process and the IARU document may be viewed here.
Press Release by International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 – Youth Working Group
Erding, Germany – Thursday, 23.12.2021
The second YOTA Contest already took place in July and was a big success again. Almost 100 YOTA logs, where operators have to be ≤ 25 years old, and over 500 logs in total were received within the deadline. Our team has worked hard to get the final scores ready before the start of the third session. The final scores including public logs can now be viewed on the YOTA Contest website.
Congratulations to our winners of each category of this second round of YOTA Contest!
The upcoming third session will be taking place next week already. The date will be Thursday, 30th December from 1200 – 2359 UTC.
So, are you ready to compete within the next YOTA Contest? Everyone in the ham radio community can take part, it takes place three times per year and only lasts 12 hours. Its aim is to increase the youngsters activity on the air, strengthening the reputation of the YOTA program and demonstrate the support for youngsters across the world.
We have implemented 8 different categories which also include special ones for youngsters (≤ 25 years old) only. Covering the 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m bands the competition will take place in CW and SSB modes. The contest exchange used will be the age of the participating operators. Different ages also serve as multipliers during the contest. Contacts between the own continent are worth 1 point, working DX is worth 3 points but the most points will be achieved by working youngsters. The younger the operator the more points one will get for the QSO.
During the past year we have received several rule translations into various languages. A big thank you to the contributors! So, if you are not that fluent in English, check them out here.
If you have any further questions after reading through the rules, please go to our FAQ page to see if your question has been answered already. If you still have a question, feel free to drop the YOTA Contest Committee an email at contest@ham-yota.com and we are happy to reply.
On behalf of the YOTA Contest Committee,
73 Philipp, DK6SP
Chair Youth Working Group International Amateur Radio Union Region 1
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It was decided at the recent EC meeting that we cancel the April interim meeting in Vienna. The pandemic situation look increasingly difficult and travel plus a physical meeting in April will most likely not be safe.
At the same meeting it was decided to plan for an interim meeting in Friedrichshafen the days just before HAMRADIO Friedrichshafen 2022 (June 24 – 26). Planning has started and we will come back in January with more information to member societies and call for papers for the HF (C4), VHF+ (C5) and EMC (C7) committees.
The final decision for a physical interim meeting will be taken in April.
Even before the publication of Official Gazette 2021 – 24 scheduled for Dec. 22, the German Federal Network Agency BNetzA informs that the toleration regulations for 160 meters valid for the current year will be extended until Dec. 31, 2022. Otherwise, these “temporary permissions” would have expired on Dec. 31, 2021.
In the 160-meter band, permission to operate in the 1850 — 1890 kHz and 1890 — 2000 kHz frequency ranges at full transmit power in accordance with the respective license class A (750 W PEP) or E (100 W PEP) applies as before; however, this applies only on weekends. Likewise, contest operation is tolerated only during weekends there.
This regulation, which is favorable for amateur radio, results from the good and trustful cooperation between the RTA (Round Table Amateur Radio), the BNetzA, the primary user Bundeswehr and the frequency management department of the DARC.
The toleration regulation also affects the bands 6 and 4 m as well as access to the Hamnet for Class E holders. More detailed information is available at darc.de. The official gazettes of the Federal Network Agency BNetzA can also be downloaded at https://www.bnetza-amtsblatt.de/2021/. Bernd J. Mischlewski, DF2ZC, DARC frequency management officer, provides information about this.
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