September 03, 2016

Norwegian Amateur Radio Field Day 2016

September 03, 2016/ Colin Butler

The Norwegian Radio Relay League National Field Day takes place this weekend, 3-4 September, from 1300 UT Saturday until 1300 UT Sunday

The purpose of the field day activity is to promote the recruitment of new radio amateurs and members of the NRRL and strengthen cooperation between Norwegian and Nordic radio amateurs.

Field day gives radio amateurs training to operate portable stations independent of the public electricity supply.

National Field Day in Google English - http://tinyurl.com/NRRL-Field-Day-2016

Norwegian Radio Relay League on Twitter - https://twitter.com/NRRL

August 21, 2016

Radio Amateurs Facing Unnecessary Restrictions

August 21, 2016/ Colin Butler

The International Amateur Radio Union Region 3, which covers the Asia Pacific, is concerned by the unnecessary restrictions facing radio amateurs.

The IARU Region 3 conference in Bali last year, through reports and discussion, noted the ongoing difficulties still existing in certain countries.

Those barriers include restrictions on the possession and operation of transmitters and receivers. The IARU lists a number of issues that should be a “baseline” for working with the administrations, such as achieving improvements to licensing, examination and other operating conditions.

Gone should be the old era of ‘Post and Telegraph’ with most now taking on a much broader the role of a national radio regulator. The modern radio amateur in many of the more developed countries now enjoy full operating privileges resulting from subsequent decisions made at the World Radiocommunication Conferences.

In a posting on the Amateur Radio Victoria (VK3) site they say "In support of the Korean Amateur Radio League, Philippine Amateur Radio Association, Amateur Radio Society India and others, the IARU urges the removal of those and similar restrictions."