RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, is currently attending the annual Board of Directors meeting of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in Windsor, Connecticut. The ARRL Board Meetings are held twice each year, in January and July, and RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, and IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, are once again attending the meeting […]
Meetings
Progress Report from WRC-19
The International Amateur Radio Union’s Executive with the International Telecommunication Union’s Secretary General, Houlin Zhao, at WRC-19. From left: IARU Vice-President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR; IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH; ITU Secretary General Houlin Zhao; and IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ. WRC-19 Update: Week 2 Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN – RAC Special Advisor The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) […]
IARU Overview of Week 1 of WRC-19
“Early Progress, Contention on Difficult Issues Mark First Week of WRC” International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Press Release: Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 1, 2019 – Week 1 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) saw agreement reached on several issues on which discussions prior to the conference had revealed consensus. Those were the easy ones; […]
ITU World Radiocommunication Conference to “forge pathways for future digital communications”
WRC-19 to manage scarce radio-frequency spectrum for rapidly evolving terrestrial and space-based communication technologies International Telecommunications Union Press Release Sharm El-Sheikh, October 28, 2019 The World Radiocommunication Conference, the international treaty-making Conference governing the global management of scarce radio-frequency spectrum as well as geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite orbits, opened today in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The conference […]
World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) is underway in Egypt
RAC Special Advisor Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, at WRC-19 World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) is underway in Egypt The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) is now underway in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt and is being held from October 28 to November 22, 2019. Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, the RAC Special Advisor at World Radiocommunication Conferences, will be […]
Radio Assembly 2019 of the International Telecommunication Union World Radio Conference 2019: October 28 to November 22
The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28 to November 22, 2019. Our delegate, Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, the RAC Special Advisor at World Radiocommunication Conferences, is there and will be providing reports to us. Stay tuned to this website for more information. Radiocommunication Assembly 2019 (RA-19) The Radiocommunication Assembly 2019 (RA-19) […]
20th International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 General Assembly Held in Peru
The new IARU Region 2 Executive Committee members: Carlos Beviglia, LU1BCE; José Arturo Molina, YS1MS; Ramón Santoyo, XE1KK; Jay Bellows, K0QB; Tommy Chen, 9Y4T; George Gorsline, VE3YV; and Gustavo de Faria Franco, PT2ADM. The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL): Twenty International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 (IARU-R2; the Americas) […]
IARU Administrative Council Steps Up Efforts to Combat Radio Spectrum Pollution 2019 World Amateur Radio Day Theme: “Celebrating Amateur Radio’s Contribution to Society”
The following news item is courtesy of the International Amateur Radio Union: The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its annual in-person meeting on September 28 and 29, 2019 in Lima, Peru, just before the triennial General Assembly of IARU Region 2. The AC is responsible for the policy and […]
RAC officials are attending XX General Assembly of IARU Region 2 in Lima, Peru
Lima 2019 – The XX General Assembly of the International Amateur Radio Union’s Region 2 is now underway in Lima, Peru and is being held from September 30 to October 2, 2019. Radio Club Peruano (RCP) is the host Member Society. The above photo shows the Head Table at the event. All IARU Member societies have […]
RAC Planning Meeting in Moncton RAC Annual General Meeting is tomorrow: Saturday, September 14
Moncton, New Brunswick – Day 2 After a well-deserved dinner last night, Day 2 of the biennial Planning Meeting of Radio Amateurs of Canada is well underway in Moncton, New Brunswick just ahead of tomorrow’s RAC Annual General Meeting. RAC’s Board of Directors meetings throughout the year are teleconferences so these Planning Meetings held every two years allow for […]