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03/23/2016 | ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Seeks Suggestions on IARU Region 2 HF Band Plan
The ARRL Board of Directors’ HF Band Planning Committee is inviting input from the US Amateur Radio community regarding possible changes to the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 Band Plan.
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12/29/2015 | Spain Gets New 5 MHz Allocation for 2016
Temporary permission for radio amateurs in Spain to operate at 5 MHz ended in November, but World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 established a new 15 kHz Amateur Radio allocation at 5 MHz. At the request of URE, Spain's IARU member society, the sec...
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12/08/2015 | The Netherlands Opens 100 kHz Band at 5 MHz
The Netherlands has opened a 100 kHz band at 5 MHz for Amateur Radio use.
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11/16/2015 | IARU: Amateur Allocation at 60 Meters Making Positive Progress at WRC-15
At World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15), currently under way in Geneva, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has reported further progress toward reaching consensus on a new 15 kHz global secondary 60 meter Amateur Radio allocation.
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12/04/2013 | Former FMRE President Carlos Levy, XE1YK, SK
Former FMRE President Carlos Levy, XE1YK, has died at age 62.
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04/04/2013 | 2013 World Amateur Radio Day -- April 18 -- Celebrates 100 Years of Disaster Communications
This year marks the 88th anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). To mark this occasion, the IARU and its more than 160 Member Societies will celebrate World Amateur Radio Day on April 18.
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04/02/2013 | J. Kenneth Pulfer, VE3PU (SK)
J. Kenneth Pulfer, VE3PU, of Ottawa, Ontario, passed away Sunday, March 31 after a long illness. He was 80. In 1994, Pulfer became the Secretary, then Secretary Treasurer for the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), that country’s IARU Member Society. He also
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01/21/2013 | Icelandic Amateurs Get MF Privileges
According to the Íslenskir Radíóamatörar (ÍRA) -- Iceland’s IARU Member Society -- radio amateurs in Iceland now have operating privileges on 472-479 kHz (630 meters) as of January 16.
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