UK University Amateur Radio

A new group has been formed to promote Amateur Radio and wireless activities in universities across the United Kingdom

The President of the Swansea Radio Society Peter Barnes M0SWN says he's working on a Wiki to build a useful resource - https://github.com/ukuar/wiki/wiki

UK University Amateur Radio - https://groups.io/g/ukuar
UK University Amateur Radio (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/uk_uar

Saudi Arabia and Seychelles join IARU

The IARU member-societies have voted to admit the Saudi Amateur Radio Society (SARS) and Seychelles Amateur Radio Association (SARA) to membership

SARS was founded on 25th June 2018 and is legally registered/recognized to represent the amateurs of Saudi Arabia. As of January 2019 there were 66 members out of a total of 479 licensed radio amateurs in the country.

SARS - https://arsr.sa/en/

SARA was founded in December 2018 and was registered with the Seychelles government on 31 December. SARA has six members, two of whom are licensed. It is believed that there are four licensed amateurs in Seychelles, a number that SARA hopes to increase.

Saudi Arabia and Seychelles are located in ITU Region 1 which also corresponds to IARU Region 1. Their IARU membership became effective on 9th October 2019 upon completion of the voting procedure set out in the IARU Constitution.

Michigan State University Amateur Radio Club Celebrates Centennial with Second-Century Special Event

The Michigan State University Amateur Radio Club (MSUARC) turns 100 this month. The club, which holds the call signs W8MSU and W8SH, celebrated its centennial with a special event station on 19th October 2019.

“We’re celebrating a milestone. The club has been a licensed ham radio station for a century. It’s been on the air almost as long as radio licenses have been issued.”

— Gregory Wierzba Faculty Advisor

The Michigan State ham club was first licensed in the fall of 1919 as 8YG, later 8XBU, as the commercial broadcast station was separated from the Amateur Radio station. 8YG became WKAR. A few years later, 8XBU became W8SH, when the Federal Radio Commission created a new license category for Amateur Radio. Over the years, club members have been involved in original technological experimentation.

For example, on 22nd February 1969, Ralph Taggert, WB8DQT, with the help of Dave Sumner, now K1ZZ and the former CEO of ARRL, made the first US-to-Europe slow-scan TV contact, on 10 meters.

Michigan State University Amateur Radio Club - https://www.facebook.com/W8MSU/