Information about the upcoming IARU Region 1 General Conference is available at a dedicated conference website at https://conf.iaru-r1.org/. Documents for the virtual part of the conference to be held 11 – 16 October 2020 are now being published. The deadline for submission of documents is 10 July 2020.
In the light of the COVID-19 problems, the IARU Region 1 Executive Committee has consulted with those Member Societies planning to attend the 2020 General Conference. As a result the clear majority support an EC proposal to split the Conference into two parts, the first part on the scheduled dates by virtual means and the second part in-person on a date to be determined in 2021. The 11 – 15 October 2020 event will consider much of the “business as usual” elements of a General Conference in Committees C2, C3, C4, C5 and C7.
Amateur radio is an exciting activity, offering great opportunities to those who get involved. But IARU and its member societies face some very significant challenges for the future to ensure that in-flow into amateur radio is further stimulated and that Member Societies and IARU continue to be seen as relevant and supportive by new entrants. The 2021 part of the Conference will, therefore, be primarily devoted to an exploration of these issues and mapping a way ahead. It will be run in “workshop” format with active participation from all Member Societies present, hopefully including large numbers of “tomorrow’s” radio amateurs.
The deadline for papers for the virtual conference in October remains at 10th July 2020. Because of continuing uncertainties around COVID-19, the EC will review the likely date for the 2021 in-person Conference later this year. The deadline for contributions to the 2021 event will be set when the date for that part of the Conference is decided and will be 10 weeks prior to the event. This will also be the deadline for nominations to the Executive Committee for 2021 – 23.
Are you ready for the second YOTA online session already?
Did you set your alarms to 25.06.2020 – 1800 UTC?
BUT WHAT IS YOTA ONLINE?
The Youth Working Group within the IARU Region 1 created a newly developed program called “YOTA online”. In these monthly gatherings we will try to bring the YOTA feeling towards the online community and spread the word that there is youth in ham radio. A YOTA team consisting of active youngsters will present different topics, while answering questions from the community. There will also be a section where different recent YOTA event hosts will be able to present the highlights, while also giving participants the opportunity to share stories. This will be followed by a Q&A session with the group presenting. At the end of the event we will also do a prize raffle amongst all participants.
WHERE WILL IT BE HELD?
We will be streaming live again on our Youtube, Facebook and Twitch channels. Furthermore, we try to stream via the QO-100 geostationary satellite in DATV mode again.
Here are the links to our channels.
Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/hamyota
Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/hamyota
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/hamyota
QUESTIONS?
If you have questions while the event takes place do not hesitate to ask them.
Please keep in mind that we will be monitoring only the chats on Facebook, Youtube, and Twitch while we are streaming live. All other comments will be answered afterward for sure.
We hope to welcome you on the show!
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s HAM RADIO in Friedrichshafen had to be cancelled as so many other events world wide.
DARC decided to offer instead an online event, the HAM RADIOnline from June 26th to June 29th. This online event will feature many interesting topics related to our hobby, such as operating and broadcasting technology, honors, talk groups and interviews.
HAM RADIOnline will start on Friday, June 26th evening (CEST).
IARU will be present with its own space during the event.
The HAM RADIOnline broadcast schedule (in German language) is available at https://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/assets/projects/ham/pdf/virtuelle_Messe/HAMOnline_Sendeplan_aktuell.pdf
In Corona times the Contest Working Group discussed via mail if it could have been safe and fair to have Multi Operator categories for this June; the advice was that we need to comply with most of the guidelines of our countries.
Therefore this year there will be no Multi-operator categories during the 50⁄70 MHz IARU-R1 contest in June. We know that some countries are less strict than others about social distance and other restrictions. Those kinds of restrictions could be in the advantage of some multi-op stations, and this would not be fair.
We advise all Member Societies to promote this year the Single Operators to participate in this contest.
Take part in the contest next June 20th-21st.
Please read the Full Rules and upload your log to the IARU Region 1 VHF & Up Contest Robot.
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