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07/12/2009 | IARU Member Societies On-The-Air for IARU HF World Championship
In this weekend's IARU HF World Championship Contest, IARU Member-Societies from all around the globe will be active and operating with special call signs. According to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, many of these call signs end in HQ, des
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07/02/2009 | IARU HF World Championships: Coming to a Radio Near You
Radiosport fans are gearing up for the summer's biggest competition: The IARU HF World Championships. Calling the 24 hour long contest "an HF operator's delight," ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, explained that the contest will all
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03/20/2009 | African Radio Organization Applies for IARU Membership
In the IARU Calendar, No 188 dated March 11, 2009, IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ, reported that the Union des Radioamateurs du Congo (URAC) in the Republic of the Congo has applied to become an IARU Member-Society (IARU Proposal No 245).
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02/18/2009 | Hams in Australia Assist with Massive Brushfires
In the Australian state of Victoria, Amateur Radio operators have been activated to provide communications links into towns that have had their normal communications destroyed by the bushfires that have decimated the state. Members of the Wireless Institu
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02/12/2009 | IARU Member-Societies Ratify New Officers, Vote to Admit New Members
On February 10, IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ, counted ballots submitted by IARU Member-Societies. Proposals submitted to the Member-Societies in September 2008 (IARU Calendar 187) included the election of a new IARU President and Vice Presiden
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02/05/2009 | Swedish Amateurs Granted New Privileges
On January 29, the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) announced that Amateur Radio operators in that country will now have access t
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01/12/2009 | Earthquake Strikes Costa Rica, Emergency Ham Frequency Declared
On Thursday, January 8 at 1921 UTC, an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the Central American country of Costa Rica. The earthquake, with an epicenter located about 22 miles northeast of San Jose, comes after a series of almost 60 seism
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11/30/2008 | IARU Region 1 Meets in Croatia
Earlier this month, IARU Region 1 held its triennial conference in Cavtat, Croatia. Forty IARU Member Societies were present, with another 12 Member Societies represented via proxy. IARU Vice President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, and IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1
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