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 →

IARU EMC spe­cial­ists Tore Wor­ren LA9QL and Mar­tin Sach G8KDF have sub­mit­ted a paper to CISPR con­cern­ing the increas­ing impact of mul­ti­ple dig­i­tal devices on the noise lev­els in the radio spec­trum. The paper was con­sid­ered at the CISPR Steer­ing … Read more →

Effec­tive on 21 April 2020, Japan­ese ama­teurs can oper­ate in expand­ed fre­quen­cy seg­ments on 160m and 80m bands as described below.

160m band

          1,800 — 1,810 kHz   All Modes (New segment)

          1,810 — 1,825 kHz   CW (Exist­ing seg­ment)… Read more →

On the eve of World Ama­teur Radio Day the ITU has pub­lished an inter­view with IARU Pres­i­dent Tim Ellam, VE6SH.

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More infor­ma­tion about World Ama­teur Radio Day, … Read more →

The IARU HF World Cham­pi­onship is lit­tle more than two months away. It is essen­tial that the glob­al COVID-19 pan­dem­ic must be tak­en into account when plan­ning par­tic­i­pa­tion, includ­ing by IARU mem­ber-soci­e­ty HQ sta­tion teams.

Mul­ti Oper­a­tor and IARU Mem­ber Soci­ety … Read more →