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
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2020 is an important year for the Republic of Cyprus which completes 60 years since its establishment.
A request to the licensing authority has been made requesting that members of CARS are granted the special prefix 5B60 for use throughout 2020, to help spread word of this important event by informing several thousand radio amateurs worldwide.
CARS is pleased to announce that the use of the 5B60 prefix has been approved.
Specifically, all CARS members will be able to use the 5B60 prefix (instead of the usual 5B4 or 5B8) if they so wish, starting from 1 Jan 2020 @ 00:00 until 31/12/2020 @ 23:59.
The approval is valid only only for CARS members with a valid radio amateur license issued by the Republic of Cyprus.
During the entire month of December several youngsters will become active with YOTA as suffix in the callsign. The idea for this is to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham radio waves.
YOTA stations around the world will be giving a demonstration in schools or local clubs, gathering together with friends, and making some QSOs or enjoying a great pile-up.
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 1 November 2019 – Week 1 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference saw agreement reached on several issues on which discussions prior to the conference had revealed consensus. Those were the easy ones; the rest will be more difficult.
The early decisions here in Sharm El-Sheikh were only possible because of countless hours of work conducted within the ITU Radiocommunication Sector and the six regional telecommunications organizations (RTOs) since the previous WRC in 2015. Three of these decisions were on issues of interest to the IARU. Continue reading
The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 is due to open in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday 28 October. The meeting, which lasts four weeks, will be attended by three thousand delegates from most of the countries around the world, and will discuss and agree changes to the ITU Radio Regulations.
IARU and its member-societies will be there, representing the amateur and amateur satellite services with a team of 14 people from 10 countries.
Of particular interest to IARU are the positions on: Continue reading
This is an advance notice that efforts are being made by CARS, in cooperation with the licensing authority in Cyprus, to organize the next examination for all those wishing to obtain the Harmonized Amateur Radio Examination Certificate (HAREC). The aim is for the examination to be held in February 2020. More information will be made available in due course.
All those interested to take part in the examination are urged to express their interest towards CARS by filling out the following form.
Depending on the interest, CARS shall contact the licensing authority to set the examination date.
The Nicosia Radio Club took part to IARU R1 Field day on the weekend 7th -8th of September 2019 from Kampi tou Kalogirou Camping site using the callsign 5B4NC/P.
The importance for radio amateurs to be members of their national societies, and in extension IARU, has once again been made so evident. Especially this time round where a lot had been at stake for amateur radio world wide!
The CEPT Conference Preparatory Group met this week in Ankara, Turkey. A IARU team took part, representing the interests of amateur radio. Items of interest to the amateur service which were finalised were: Continue reading
It is with deep sorrow and pain that I inform you about the death of Aris Kaponides 5B4JE. The funeral will be held tomorrow, 22 Aug 2019, a the holy temple of Kosmaki Aitolou at Sfalagiotissa at 2.00pm, in Limassol. Condolences will be accepted at 1.00pm. Continue reading
