International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, was among those appointed Queen’s Counsel in the Canadian Province of Alberta. Attorney General Jonathan Denis, QC, announced the names of 114 lawyers to be admitted as Queen’s Counsel for “outstanding contributions to legal and public life.” The list includes both public and private sector lawyers who have practiced in commun…
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J. Kenneth Pulfer, VE3PU (SK), and Earle Smith, VE6NM (SK), have been appointed to the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.
Pulfer, who died last March, served as an official of Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) and later served for 15 years as an International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) technical representative. He was a key player at World Radiocommunication Conference 2003, in securing protectio…
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International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 (the Americas) has published a revised IARU Region 2 Band Plan for all allocations from 137 kHz to 250 GHz, effective September 27, 2013. The member-societies of IARU Region 2 adopted the new plan during their triennial General Assembly in Cancun, Mexico, in late September. Delegates from 18 national Amateur Radio associations attended. Represen…
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The 13th USA Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) Championships of on-foot hidden transmitter hunting gets underway in North Carolina October 8-13. Backwoods Orienteering Klub (BOK) will host the event. This year’s USA Championships are being combined with the Seventh ARDF Championships of International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 (the Americas). An e-mail reflector is available for Q…
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Well-known DXer Martti Laine, OH2BH, reports that the first Amateur Radio licensing course in the Republic of Kosovo is nearing its end; passing the license exam will pave the way for Technical University of Pristina students to join the hobby ranks. The course was supported by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1, and it used both Croatian and UK course material. Radio equipme…
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The ARRL Board of Directors will meet July 19-20 in Windsor, Connecticut. Attending as guests will be International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, and Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW. The Board will hear reports of officers and of several committees.
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The West African nation of Ghana may become less of a “rare one” in the future, thanks to an Amateur Radio Administration Course (ARAC) held earlier this month by International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) representatives. The IARU offers ARACs in developing countries, primarily to train regulators or prospective regulators on the administration of the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite services.
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The ARRL will present a variety of DX activities as part of the ARRL EXPO — the ARRL’s “show within a show” at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention®, to be held May 17-19 at Hara Arena, near Dayton, Ohio. Activities will include DXCC card checking and the opportunity to drop off QSL cards for the ARRL Outgoing QSL Bureau, as well as visits with representatives from the International Amateur Radio Union …
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This year marks the 88th anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). To mark this occasion, the IARU and its more than 160 Member Societies will celebrate World Amateur Radio Day on April 18. For many years, the IARU Administrative Council has declared a theme for each World Amateur Radio Day. The theme for 2013 is Amateur Radio: Entering Its Second Century of D…
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Earlier this year, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) notified its Member Societies that two new national Amateur Radio organizations wished to join the IARU and would need to be voted in: the Federation of Radio Sport of Azerbaijan (FRSA) and the St Vincent and the Grenadines Amateur Radio Club (SVGARC). Ballots from all the Member Societies that responded were counted on November 1….
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Hosted by the Vietnam Amateur Radio Club (VARC), officials from the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) — IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, and IARU Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD — attended the IARU Region 3 15th Triennial Conference on November 5-9 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Chairman Peter Lake, ZL2AZ, and Secretary Ken Yamamoto, JA1CJP, represented IARU Region 3. President Hans Blond…
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The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its Annual Meeting November 2-4 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The AC — which consists australians online casinos of the three IARU International Officers and two representatives from each of the three IARU regional organizations — is responsible for the policy and management of the IARU. According to IARU Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD,…
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Richard “Dick” Baldwin, W1RU, of Damariscotta, Maine, passed away on Thursday, June 21, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 92. An ARRL Charter Life Member, Baldwin capped a long career on the ARRL staff with service as General Manager from 1975 until his retirement in 1982. He served as Secretary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) from 1976-1982. After retiremen…
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As part of the ARRL EXPO — part of the 2012 Dayton Hamvention® — the ARRL is pleased to present a plethora of DX activities. Visitors to the ARRL EXPO will see a lot of activities relating to DX, including DXCC card checking and a chance to drop off QSL cards for the ARRL Outgoing QSL Bureau, as well as representatives from the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) and IARU Member-Societie…
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The year 2012 marks the 87th anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). To mark this occasion, the IARU and its more than 160 Member-Societies will celebrate World Amateur Radio Day on April 18. For many years, the IARU has declared a theme for each World Amateur Radio Day. The theme for 2012 is Amateur Radio Satellites: Celebrating 50 Years in Space in remembr…
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