IARU Region 3 Chairman and National President of The Wireless Institute of Australia, Michael Owen, VK3KI, passed away unexpectedly yesterday.
Michael has been Chairman of the Directors of IARU Region 3 for some years, and had been President of WIA since the restructure of the WIA in 2004. Before that, he was IARU Vice President for 10 years from 1989, and before that was a director of IARU Region 3. He had been a member of the IARU Observer Team at a number of World Radiocommunications Conferences, in particular WRC03, where he was responsible for Article 25.
Amateur radio has lost one of its tireless workers and will be the poorer now.
The Executive Committee and Member Societies of IARU Region 1 extend their condolences to the family of Michael Owen.
Messages of condolences can be sent to the WIA National Office at >
Auf der Webseite http://www.ardf2012.org sind eine Vielzahl von aktuellen Informationen sowie Resultate zu den durchgeführten Wettbewerben zu finden. Weiter bietet der Veranstalter in regelmässigen Abständen Bulletins an, die auch abonniert werden können.
Die Teilnehmer starten in verschiedenen Kategorien:
Women W19 19 and younger W21 regardless of age W35 35/40 and older W50 50 and older
Men M19 19 and younger M21 regardless of age M40 35/40 and older M50 50 and older M60 60 and older M70 70 and older
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has expressed public support for a .radio top-level domain name. Under the proposal as put forth by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), registration will be available via the EBU to all eligible radio representative organizations and broadcasters, Internet radios, radio amateurs, radio professionals and their respective representative organizations, as well as companies providing radio-specific products and services in order to create a worldwide radio community.
The proposal must be approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN); this organization is responsible for the coordination of the global Internet’s systems of unique identifiers and, in particular, ensuring its stable and secure operation. Much of its work has concerned the Domain Name Space (DNS) policy development for internationalization of the DNS system and introduction of new generic top-level domains (TLDs), such as .com, .edu, .org, .net and the new .aero, .xxx and .travel.
In a letter to ICANN Chairman Steve Crocker, IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, said that “the IARU believes that the .radio proposal submitted by the EBU provides a unique opportunity to standardize radio domain names on the Internet. The use of a specific global online name such as .radio can help create a unique space worldwide, a place where the global radio community can gather. In my capacity as the IARU President, I recommend that the .radio Top Level Domain (TLD) proposal of the EBU be approved by ICANN.”
EBU Director General Ingrid Deltenre welcomed the IARU’s expression of confidence: “The EBU believes its application matches ICANN’s exacting criteria and best serves the collective interests of the global radio community. These kinds of comments confirm that belief.”
Earlier this month, ICANN issued a progress report on the initial evaluation process for the .radio proposal. Applications have now been assigned to the relevant geographic, string similarity and DNS stability evaluation panels. According to the EBU, many people and organizations have expressed a desire for more time to comment publicly. The formal period for public comment has been extended to September 26, 2012 to meet the demand of individuals and organizations. Comments received by September 26 will be forwarded to the evaluation panels to review and consider as part of their evaluations.
The EBU serves 74 Members in 56 countries in and around Europe. It represents its members and promotes the values and distinctiveness of public service media in Europe and around the world. The Eurovision and Euroradio networks deliver news, sports, events and music to EBU members and other media organizations. — Thanks to the European Broadcasting Union for some information.£
Die Organisatoren der High Speed Telegraphy Weltmeisterschaften (HST 2012) in Beatenberg laden die Bevölkerung von Beatenberg und weitere interessierte Kreise herzlich zu einem Orientierungsabend ein. Der Anlass findet statt am
31. August 2012 um 20.00 Uhr im Kongress-Saal
Themen
HST2012, Willi Vollenweider HB9AMC
IARU, INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO UNION, Andreas Thiemann HB9JOE
Amateurfunk in der Schweiz / USKA, Willi Vollenweider HB9AMC
Sektion Thun, Kurswesen im Amateurfunk, Jugendarbeit (Ferienpass, JOTA/JOTI), Daniel Schuler HB9UVW
Im Anschluss laden wir alle zu einem kleinen Apero ein. Wir freuen uns auf euer Erscheinen. Alle weiteren Details zur HST finden Sie auf unserer speziellen Website: http://www.hst2012.ch
Die Anmeldung löste beim Präsidenten des LMRD Lietuvos Radijo Mėgėjų Draugija (Lithuanian Amateur Radio Society) Rolandas Mikalauskas LY4Q grosse Freude aus. Seines Wissens seien noch nie Schweizer OMs ans Hamfest gekommen, meinte er. Er offerierte, in seinem Haus zu übernachten. Im Gegenzug erwarte er zwei Vorträge über die IARU allgemein (während dem Hamfest) und über die IARU R1 Finanzen, dies anlässlich der monatlich stattfindenden Vorstandssitzung in Vilnius.
Am Mittwoch, 25.7.2012 war es dann soweit. Andy HB9JOE, referierte über die finanzielle Seite der IARU R1. Woher stammen die Einnahmen, wohin fliessen die Mittel und welcher Nutzen spenden sie der Amateurfunkwelt?
Networking ist auch in der USKA nicht nur ein leeres Schlagwort sondern von grosser Bedeutung.
Networking-Kompetenzen (Netzwerk-Kompetenzen) gehören zu den wichtigsten Fähigkeiten im Bereich der Sozial- und Kommunikationskompetenzen. Dazu gehören alle Fähigkeiten, die darauf abzielen, sich ein „Kontakt-Netzwerk“ zur gezielten beruflichen oder privaten Nutzung aufzubauen und aufrechtzuerhalten (z. B. Beziehungsmanagement, Aufgeschlossenheit, Smalltalking, Konfliktfähigkeit, Flexibilität oder Toleranz).
On behalf of the organising committee, it is my great pleasure to cordially invite your National Society and members of Emergency Communications Groups to participate in MyGAREC 2012, the 8th GAREC conference, which will be held on 12to 14th November, 2012 in Port Dickson, Malaysia.
This international conference, an informal forum by radio amateurs from societies worldwide, especially from those societies who are very active in the rapid provision of support communications to all the emergency and disaster-relief services in their countries in times of any emergencies or disaster, is hosted by MARTS (Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters’ Society) with the following aims:
To promote more awareness between government ministries, departments, agencies and regulatory authorities especially in those countries in Region III where the resources that can be provided by amateur radio volunteers have up till now remained almost-unused
To foster more information exchanges leading towards better utilization and coordination of amateur radio resources for emergencies and disaster relief communications, gaining a closer rapport between all of the above parties and eventually developing a high level of trust and reliance on the radio amateurs for the provision of such communications services.
To help the relevant departments or ministries in Malaysia look more positively towards eventually becoming a signatory in the Tampere Convention and its ratification in due course.
Quelle: IARU Region 1
Wie aus dem Vorstand verlautet, wird die USKA an diesem Anlass durch Peter Sidler HB9PJT repräsentiert. Nebst der Teilnahme an der GAREC 2012 dient die Anwesenheit von Peter auch der Vorbereitung der nächsten Veranstaltung dieser Art, die 2012 in der Schweiz stattfinden soll.
Originaltext der Mitteilung an IARU Region 1 Member Societies
I regret to report that retired ARRL General Manager and past IARU President Richard L. Baldwin, W1RU, died Thursday morning, June 21. He was 92.
As ARRL Assistant General Manager Dick was the staff member who was primarily responsible for initiating preparations for the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference and was one of the key players in formulating the objective of obtaining new amateur HF bands at 10, 18 and 24 MHz. As ARRL General Manager from 1975 to 1982 he played an essential role in turning that objective into reality.
Following his retirement from the ARRL staff Dick was elected President of the IARU, which he had served as Secretary from 1976 to 1982. He served as President for 17 years, managing the transition to a new Constitution that made the IARU a more representative body. Upon his retirement from that volunteer position in 1999 he was named President Emeritus by the IARU Administrative Council.
Funeral arrangements are being made through the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home, Damariscotta, Maine.
Our IARU Region 1 Public Relations Coordinator Dennis, HB9EPA has for personal reasons resigned from this position. We take this opportunity to thank Dennis for his work for IARU and look forward to further cooperation in the future.
We are now urgently looking for his successor. Please let us know if you have a suitable and interested candidate in your National Society.
The planned work for 2012 is focusing on some major amateur radio events to get more media coverage in order to make our hobby better known. This would be achieved by providing press kits to the Member Societies.
Another task would be to provide an information package for European Members of Parliament to promote the value of Amateur Radio.
There will be several members of the IARU Region 1 management present in Friedrichshafen 22-24/6/2012. We would be pleased to discuss this issue with your representative there.
