ITU releases World Amateur Radio Day video

ITU celebrates World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) today April 18 with this video

ITU News caught up with Otava Tuomi to learn what ham radio means to him as a young amateur radio operator, and its role - and revival - amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Amateur Radio Day and the RSGB’s Friendship on the Air Award

World Amateur Radio Day is this Sunday 18 April 2021and the theme of this year’s event is “Home but never alone”. The RSGB’s new Friendship on the Air Award links with this theme as it celebrates amateur radio friendship. The award gives an opportunity to get on the air, represent your club and have a proper chat with radio amateurs across the airwaves. There are monthly and annual awards for individuals, clubs and the highest-scoring club in each region.

To find out how to take part, visit the Society’s website - http://rsgb.org/friendship-award

Radio Ham Receives Federal Cross of Merit

Radio amateur Prof. Dr.-Ing, Ulrich Rohde, DJ2LR, has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

At the suggestion of the Bavarian Prime Minister Dr. Markus Söder (CSU), the Federal President has awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to the well-known professor, entrepreneur and radio amateur Prof. Dr.-Ing, Ulrich Rohde, DJ2LR. With this award, the Federal President honoured the great achievements of DJ2LR in the fields of high frequency and microwave technology.

Dr. Ulrich Rohde is also considered to be the inventor of SDR technology, which he first presented at a conference in 1985. In recognition of this pioneering development, which is used today in practically all communication technology and also in amateur radio, there was a special call sign DL35SDR last year.

Prof. Dr.-Ing Ulrich Rohde is a co-partner of the Munich-based company of the same name for high-frequency and measurement technology and celebrated his 80th birthday last year. He is a member of the DARC OV München-Süd (C18).