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 →

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 →