The IARU mem­ber-soci­eties have vot­ed to admit two new mem­bers for Kyr­gyzs­tan and Bahrain. The Ama­teur Radio Union of the Kyr­gyz Repub­lic (ARUKR) was found­ed in 1993; more infor­ma­tion is avail­able at www.qrzex.com. The Bahrain Ama­teur Radio Soci­ety (BARS) … Read more →

The Inter­na­tion­al Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion Union (ITU) has drawn spe­cial atten­tion to World Ama­teur Radio Day on its web page: 

https://www.itu.int/en/myitu/News/2021/04/16/11/16/Home-never-alone-World-Amateur-Radio-Day-2021?fbclid=IwAR2YbtO1leHRaE3zDDnmrw3zVVJFLGQXgTMTNvYfabskB5u4VzDullplDHY… Read more →

Andrew J. Wol­fram, KI7RYC, has donat­ed the hamradio.org domain to the Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union for non-prof­it edu­ca­tion­al use to pro­mote the ama­teur and ama­­teur-satel­lite services.

In accept­ing the gift IARU Pres­i­dent Tim Ellam, VE6SH, said: “The hamradio.org domain offers … Read more →

The Admin­is­tra­tive Coun­cil (AC) of the Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union (IARU) held its annu­al meet­ing on 8–10 Octo­ber 2020. The AC is respon­si­ble for the pol­i­cy and man­age­ment of the IARU and con­sists of the three IARU inter­na­tion­al offi­cers and … Read more →

Because fre­quen­cy allo­ca­tions and ama­teur radio oper­at­ing inter­ests vary in dif­fer­ent parts of the world, the devel­op­ment of band plans – vol­un­tary guide­lines on the use of the spec­trum that is avail­able to radio ama­teurs – is a respon­si­bil­i­ty of … Read more →