If the Covid-19 pandemic had not taken over the whole world, a Cyprus Amateur Radio Society delegate would be currently be flying to Novi Sad in Serbia for the IARU Region 1 General Conference.
Unfortunately the pandemic is upon us. The IARU Region 1 committee has therefore decided to hold a Virtual General Conference instead, taking place from Sunday 11th to Friday 16th October 2020 using the GoToMeeting platform. Continue reading
I am happy to announce Cyprus’s accession to the “Parks on the Air” (POTA) program.
Parks on the Air (POTA) was founded to encourage amateur-radio operators who enjoy the outdoors — but who may not be interested in or able to take long hikes or make steep climbs — to blend their interests by operating from municipal, county, state, provincial, and national parks around the world.
The program is designed to “promote emergency awareness and communications from national and state/province level parks.” There are more than 150 sites to choose from in Cyprus. See the relevant POTA section of the CARS website for more information. Continue reading
The CARS Nicosia Club organized an ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding) game on Saturday the 20th of June 2020 at the Athalassa National Park. The game had a duration of about 2 hours providing the 5B4NC members the opportunity to meet in person after a long time, in an open space, keeping distance in accordance with the COVID-19 suggested precautions.
As 20th of June happened to be the international kids day, the event gave us the opportunity to play radio with our children as well, and become kids for a while. Continue reading
A new exciting service is being launched by CARS.
Using a fully automated, online registration system, CARS shall be allocating SWL callsigns (for use exclusively for receiving signals).
The service is aimed at persons or students who show an interest in shortwave radio and/or amateur radio, or who may be interested in obtaining an official amateur radio license, but may not have prepared for the HAREC examination yet. Continue reading
Nick 5B4FL on the left
It is with great sadness that the Cyprus amateur radio community mourns the passing of Nick J. Waite, 5B4LF.
“Nick was a big 6m DX’er and instigative in forming the UK Six Metre Group”, remembers G8VR, Kerry. Nick worked many countries on 6 meters while in England and over 200 from Cyprus. Nick was a TV News Engineer.
Nick was also very active within CARS, and had been instrumental in the management of the CARS website for a number of years. He was also handling all CARS communication with radio amateurs wishing to visit Cyprus.
He was a great friend to many and he will be sadly missed. Our deepest condolences to Nick’s family.
SAVE THE DATEThe 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. Continue reading
Amateur Radio is all about the advancement of the art of communication.
The lockdown has not stood in the way of radio amateurs from continuing to improve and advance amateur radio.
On April 30, as part of the ARISS program, radio amateurs managed to connect a group of students with an astronaut on the International Space Station, but this time with a twist… Continue reading
World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) on Saturday, April 18, will mark the 95th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), and Radio Amateurs celebrate the day in 1925 that the IARU was formed in Paris.
Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that the shortwave spectrum — far from being a wasteland — could support worldwide propagation. In the rush to use these shorter wavelengths, Amateur Radio was Continue reading
Norman 5B4AIF will be active using the special callsign 5B4STAYHOME from Wednesday, 08 April 2020, 16.00 UTC thru to 08 July 2020, 2359 UTC.
In the world-wide amateur radio community, social distancing is not an issue. The ham radio network operates by radio waves with signals flying high and wide, across all borders near and far. Amateur radio operators are well-known as communicators during the happy days, but also during times of crisis. Even if physically locked down, the world is wide open for them. They are encouraged to communicate, keeping their channels clear and their minds and skills sharp for global messaging if needed. While they now extend the physical distance between friends, at the same time they grow closer in their social distance – their minds and hearts. Continue reading
March 8th has been designated as the International Women’s Day, a day of remembrance of the struggles of the women’s rights movement.
Amateur radio is a communications hobby, which has historically been largely male dominated. But times are changing and more and more women are involved in the various aspects of the hobby.
Amateur radio offers an opportunity for the whole family to enjoy activities together. It’s easy for onw to get involved into the hobby without having huge technical know-how. Continue reading
