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 →

The IARU Admin­is­tra­tive Coun­cil has appoint­ed Mar­tin Sach, G8KDF, as glob­al EMC Coor­di­na­tor. Mar­tin suc­ceeds Tore Wor­ren, LA9QL, who has served in this vol­un­teer posi­tion since 2017.

Elec­tro­mag­net­ic Com­pat­i­bil­i­ty (EMC) is a major chal­lenge for all radio­com­mu­ni­ca­tion ser­vices. Radio ama­teurs are … Read more →