World Amateur Radio Day 2019 Theme

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The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) ha announced that the theme for World Amateur Radio Day, 18th April 2019, will be “Celebrating Amateur Radio’s Contribution to Society”.

The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its annual in-person meeting on 8-9 September 2018 in Seoul, Republic of Korea, immediately prior to the IARU Region 3 Conference. The AC is responsible for the policy and management of the IARU and consists of the three IARU international officers and two representatives from each of the three IARU regional organizations.

Attending the meeting were IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA; Vice President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR; Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ; regional representatives Don Beattie, G3BJ, Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Reinaldo Leandro, YV5AM, Ramón Santoyo, XE1KK, Gopal Madhavan, VU2GMN, and Peter Young, VK3MV. Present as observers were regional executive committee members Jay Bellows, K0QB, Ken Yamamoto, JA1CJP, and Don Wallace, ZL2TLL.

More Information - https://wp.rac.ca/iaru-administrative-council-meeting-focuses-on-wrc-19-preparation-and-succession-planning/


Enigma Reloaded

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From the 28th September to 6th October 2018, the Enigma Reloaded event will be taking place.

The main goal of the enigma event is to promote as much amateur radio activity as possible all over the world, celebrating the history of the Enigma cipher machine and its crucial role in the outcome of World War II, and spreading the knowledge of those key people who contributed to its decryption.

The "Enigma Reloaded" event will take place in two steps :

  • From 28th September to 5th October, Italian and foreign Amateur radio stations registered as "Activator stations” will ensure the activation of their radio stations in order to allow the participants to get their scores for the "Enigma Award" Contest.

  • On 6th October, the final event’s day, the Activator Stations will exchange predefined CW messages previously enciphered by a real or emulated Enigma machine.

All details and rules are available on the official website - http://www.enigma-reloaded.it/index_eng.html


100th Anniversary of the First Radio Contact Between Australia and United Kingdom

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The 100th anniversary of the first radio contact between Australia and the United Kingdom will be celebrated during September 2018.

To mark the occasion, there will be special callsigns with the pattern VI#MARCONI (# is the district) during the month of September.

The 'Hornsby and Districts Amateur Radio Club' will additionally bring VK100MARCONI on the air.

More information - http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/marconi100/about/