Bahrain and Kyrgyzstan join IARU

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The IARU member-societies have voted to admit the Bahrain Amateur Radio Society (BARS) and the Amateur Radio Union of the Kyrgyz Republic (ARUKR) to membership

IARU congratulates both ARUKR and BARS and welcomes them and their entire membership.

BARS was founded on 23 July 2020 and is legally registered/recognized to represent the amateurs of Bahrain. As of September, there were 15 members out of a total of 88 licensed radio amateurs in the country.

ARUKR was founded on 25 October 2013 and is legally registered/recognized to represent the amateurs of Kyrgyzstan. As of October 2019, all 110 licensed amateurs in the country were members of ARUKR.

IARU - https://www.iaru-r1.org/2021/bahrain-and-kyrgyzstan-join-iaru/

Operating Notes: Activation scrubbed, Amazon not always the cheapest, photos on QRZ.Com→

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Operating Notes: Activation scrubbed, Amazon not always the cheapest, photos on QRZ.Com

Last weekend, on the spur of the moment, my wife and I decided to head “up north” as we say here in Michigan. In this case, up north meant visiting Port Austin, MI, which is at the very tip of of Michigan’s Thumb. (If you don’t know where the Thumb is, take a quick look at a Michigan map, and you’ll get the picture.) Part of the plan was to do a short activation of the Pointe aux Barque Lighthouse.

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Changes to the RSGB 50MHz awards

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The RSGB Awards Manager has reviewed the current 50MHz awards offered by the Society and concluded that the existing 50MHz 2-Way Countries and 50MHz DX Countries awards are significantly duplicating each other.

The plan is to amalgamate these two awards into one single 50MHz Countries award, whilst keeping all the incremental levels of award in both of the existing 50MHz awards.

If you’ve been working towards either of the current 50MHz awards you will have until the end of the year to complete them. A new award for operation 50MHz will be launching soon.