I would like to wish all 13 participants in Wednesday’s amateur radio examination all the best of luck, and to hopefully we shall have our first QSO over the air as soon as possible.
As a final note, I invite the prospective new radio amateurs to consider joining CARS if they haven’t already done so, and support our Society in it’s efforts to expand our small amateur radio community.
73,
Nestor 5B4AHZ
CARS President
IARU R1 is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the Youth Contest Program 2020.
Youth members from IARU R1 member societies are invited to take part in a contest from so called “Top-Gun” stations. These young radio amateurs will learn how to operate the contest station, improve their contest skills and will aim for the best results together as a team. Continue reading
The Nicosia Amateur Radio Club visited the Cavo Greco mid-wave station on the 11th of January which has ceased operations on the 31st of December 2019.
Our members had the chance to see the equipment of the station and the antenna systems. Continue reading
We are pleased to announce that the new IARU global website is now “live” at www.iaru.org. The three regional websites, all with the same basic design, will go live over the next several days.
David Sumner, K1ZZ, IARU Secretary
The Dept. of Electronic Communications of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works has announced that the next examination for obtaining the Radio Amateur Service Operator Certificate will be held on Wednesday 19 February 2020, from 12:00 till 14:00, at the Audit Office, (6 Deligiorgi Street, 1406 Nicosia).
All those interested must send their application by Monday, 3 February 2020, including the relevant exam participation fee (based on the Radiocommunications Law of 2004 and 2012), which amounts to €30,00 EUR. Applications forms are available below, or from the DEC website. Continue reading
The Cyprus Amateur Radio Society
wishes all radio amateurs and their families
a Merry Christmas, and a happy, prosperous and creative 2020.
David Ruse, 8 years old
The first YOTA activation from Cyprus took place on Saturday, 7 December 2019.
David Ruse, 8 years old, activated 5B19YOTA, making a total of 52 QSO’s with 20 countries. This is the first time David has ever been on the air. As an added bonus, David made all his QSO’s via the Es’hail 2 / QO-100 satellite.
Click the following link to hear David making a QSO with IK1IYU.
David was so excited following his first experience with Amateur Radio that he has expressed an interest to get licensed! It’s worth noting that David comes from a family who are no strangers to amateur radio as both his father, mother, uncle and grandmother are all licensed.
Thank you goes out to Norman 5B4AIE for his help in getting David on the air.
IARU ITU WRC-19 Team
These are the main items that IARU has had to deal with during the last ITU WRC-19 which saw it’s conclusion on 22 November 2019.
A huge number of fellow radio amateurs has worked very hard over the last four years to achieve these results, in addition to the endless hours put in by the multi-member IARU team that participated at WRC-19, to whom we extend a huge thank you.
Once again, I can not stress enough how important it is for radio amateurs to join and support their national amateur radio societies, such as our own CARS. Via YOUR membership, YOU provide the power needed by both the national society and IARU to protect our so valuable spectrum and safeguard the future of our hobby.
The ITU website has released the provisional acts as a huge 567-page PDF document! These provisional acts are due to come into force on 1 January 2021.
Highlights for amateur radio include:- Continue reading
Timothy Ellam VE6SH
As the ITU World Radio Conference ’19 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (28 October 2019 – 22 November 2019) draws to a close, Timothy Ellam VE6SH, President of The International Amateur Radio Union, has given a video interview to the ITU news channel.
Watch it on the ITU YouTube channel.
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During December the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is organizing the annual “Youngsters On The Air” (YOTA) event. The purpose of the event is to promote amateur radio to young persons, up to the age of 25 years old, encouraging them to operate and experiment on the ham bands with the help and guidance of licensed radio amateurs.
The event starts on December 1, 2019 at 00:00 UTC, and runs until December 31, 2019 at 23:59 UTC. Continue reading
