The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 conference will be held later this year in Mexico. The Region 2 conference — held every three years — is attended by delegations from the national Amateur Radio societies in the western hemisphere that are members of the IARU. The ARRL is the IARU Member Society for the US.
One of the topics on the conference agenda will be the Region 2 HF …
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IARU Region 3 Chairman Michael Owen, VK3KI, passed away September 22. He was 75. Owen, who was also President of the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) — that country’s IARU Member-Society — participated in many IARU committees and was a member of the IARU Observer Team at a number of World Radiocommunication Conferences. He is perhaps best remembered for his work on Article 25 — a packag…
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Founded in 1937, the Réseau Luxembourgeois des Amateurs d’Ondes Courtes (RL) — that country’s IARU Member-Society — is celebrating its 75th anniversary. In honor of this milestone, Luxembourg’s Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications (P&TLuxembourg) has issued a .60 € postage stamp (about 80 cents in US dollars); P&TLuxembourg is that country’s government owned corporation for mail and te…
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