Newsletter 87 is out, with important information about the results of the Virtual General Conference held from 11 to 16 October 2020.
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The Marconi Memorial VHF CW Contest will be held the next Nov 7th-8th.
IARU Region 1 will continue to adjudicate Regional Multi-Operator categories but at all times, contesters must respect their local, regional, or national regulations on infection control.
It is up to the National Member Societies to examine the situation in their own country and to decide if it is appropriate to hold the Multi-operator class in their country.
You can find the full rules here :
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The new IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator, Gaspar Miró, EA6AMM, appoints Peter Jost, HB9CET, as IARUMS R1 Vice-Coordinator, after receiving his agreement.
Both have been working together in IARUMS for more than a year, an excellent collaboration, as Gaspar emphasizes. He values Peter’s vast knowledge and years of experience with intruder signals on the amateur radio bands — and with the IARUMS. “It is my pleasure to continue to work with him,” says Gaspar.
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After six days of hard work the IARU Region 1 Virtual General Conference closed this afternoon.
During the week, discussions on papers submitted by Member Societies, the Executive Committee and other parts of IARU resulted in some 50 Recommendations to the Final Plenary Meeting in areas of finance, HF, VHF, EMC, youth and on issues concerning the governance of IARU Region 1.
The Final Plenary was opened by Region 1 President Don Beattie, G3BJ, and some 120 delegates were present. Heads of national delegations considered and voted on the recommendations, which will result in actions and policy changes in IARU Region 1.
The Final Plenary meeting also agreed some new appointments in the Region, to succeed people who were retiring from their roles. The new appointments were:
Chair, IARU Region 1 VHF Committee: Dick Harms, PA2DW
Chair, IARU Region 1 EMC Committee: Dr Wolf Mahr, OE1MHZ
Chair, IARU Spectrum and Regulatory Liaison Committee: Barry Lewis, G4SJH
Chair, IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group: Philipp Springer, DK6SP
IARU Region 1 Monitoring System Coordinator: Gaspar Miró, EA6AMM
After agreeing the appointments, Don Beattie thanked those retiring – Tore Worren, LA9QL (EMC), Jacques Verleijen, ON4AVJ (VHF+), Dave Court, EI3IO (SRLC), Lisa Leenders, PA2LS (Youth WG) and Peter Jost, HB9CET, (IARUMS ad-interim). Don recognised the significant contribution each had made in their particular field and wished them well for the future.
In closing the meeting, The Region 1 President looked forward to the planned in-person workshop on the future of amateur radio, to be held in 2021, and expressed the hope that the COVID situation would allow the event to go ahead as early as possible. He challenged member societies before then, to increase their focus on “tomorrow” issues – tomorrow’s people, tomorrow’s technologies, tomorrow’s activities and tomorrow’s ways of communicating with those we represent. He asked societies to speak to their younger members and take account of their views to help reshape their societies for the future.
Looking back on our first Virtual General Conference delegates agreed that it was different from General Conferences held in the past. Although we did not have opportunities for social interaction between delegates, we can look back on a successful and very effective meeting. We are already looking forward to our hopefully in-person workshop in Novi Sad in 2021.
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WHAT IS THE JAMBOREE-ON-THE-AIR (JOTA)?
As shared by JOTA/JOTI Jamboree:
The JOTA is an annual event in which Scouts and Guides all over the world connect with each other by means of amateur radio. Short-wave radio signals carry their voices to virtually any corner of the world. It’s the shear excitement of having a live conversation with a fellow Scout or Guide at some other place in the world that attracts so many young people to this event. JOTA is a real Jamboree during which Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared.
The use of amateur-radio techniques offers an extra educational dimension for Scouts. Many grasp the opportunity to discover the world of wireless radio techniques and electronics. Thousands of volunteer radio amateurs assist the Scouts over the JOTA weekend with their knowledge, equipment and enthusiasm.
WORLD SCOUT FREQUENCIES
Scout Frequencies are chosen in a segment where low-power, simple stations are transmitting. This allows Scouts to operate such stations from camp sites and still be able to communicate with others.
| band | phone (MHz) | cw (MHz) | band | phone (MHz) | cw (MHz) |
| 80 m | 3.690 & 3.940 | 3.570 | 15 m | 21.360 | 21.140 |
| 40 m | 7.090 & 7.190 | 7.030 | 12 m | 24.960 | 24.910 |
| 20 m | 14.290 | 14.060 | 10 m | 28.390 | 28.180 |
| 17 m | 18.140 | 18.080 | 6 m | 50.160 | 50.160 |
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