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New Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Request Form
Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV IARU Satellite Advisor Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV has made available a new version of the Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination request form. Frequency...
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New IARU Satellite Advisor Region 1
Mike Rupprecht DK3WN AMSAT-DL President, Peter Gülzow, DB2OS reports on a new IARU appointment: I have recommended to the IARU Satellite Adviser that Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN takes over membership of the...
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ARRL 9 cm Band Plan Updated
Outside of ITU Region 1, the Amateur Satellite Service has a 9cm band allocation of 3.400 GHz – 3.410 GHz on a non-interfering basis. No current satellites are active on this frequency range at...
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Four Cameras and Digipeater on CP8 CubeSat
Artists impression of a CubeSat in space - image credit MSU The Cal Poly United Amateur Radio Club N6CP has submitted a satellite frequency coordination request to the IARU for a 1U CubeSat, CP8, that...
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IARU International Amateur Radio Satellite Forum
Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV The IARU International Amateur Radio Satellite Forum will this year be held in conjunction with the AMSAT-UK Colloquium which takes place in Guildford, England on the...
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FUNcube-2 boards delivered to Clyde Space for UKube-1 Nanosatellite
Steve Greenland of Clyde Space receives the AMSAT-UK FUNcube-2 boards that will be incorporated into UKube-1 On Friday, October 19, after some final testing and characterisation checks completed at the...
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Amateur Satellite Allocations on the Agenda at Vienna
In the coming months meetings will take place in both IARU Region 1 and Region 2 to discuss HF and VHF bandplans. The IARU Region 1 2013 Interim Meeting in Vienna April 19-21 will be discussing two...
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IARU Region 1 Agrees Addition 2m Satellite Allocation
The minutes from the IARU Region 1 Interim meeting held in Vienna, April 20-21, have been released. A number of papers related to Amateur-Satellite Service allocations were discussed: • VIE13_C5_03...
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Amateur Radio Today – IARU-R1 Vienna Interview
In the show Amateur Radio Today for May 5, 2013 Murray Niman G6JYB is interviewed about the IARU Region 1 Vienna conference and discusses the proposal to permit amateur radio satellite linear...
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IARU position on nanosatellites and picosatellites Resolution 757
During a teleconference in mid-May, the IARU Administrative Council authorized the distribution of a paper which sets forth the IARU positions on the agenda items that will be considered during the...
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IARU Administrative Council Meeting
The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its annual meeting on September 21-22, 2013 in Cancun, Mexico. The AC is responsible for the policy and management...
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IARU Amateur Radio Spectrum Requirements
Following the annual meeting of the Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) a revised spectrum requirement document is available. At 50 MHz the IARU re-iterates the...
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CubeSats Need Coordination Too
Space News reminds readers to coordinate and register CubeSat frequencies. The SpaceNews Editor writes: In the midst of the cubesat revolution that is opening up a whole new world of space...
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23 cm band and WRC-2018
A paper to be discussed at the IARU Region 1 Conference in Varna-Albena, Bulgaria, September 21-27, 2014 highlights the threat to continued amateur radio usage of our 23 cm allocation which is now...
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IARU R1 Release VHF/UHF/Microwave Handbook
IARU Region 1 have released edition 6.14 of the free VHF Managers Handbook covering the VHF, UHF and Microwave amateur radio bands. The handbook has chapters on Band Planning, Contests, Propagation...
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24th IARU Region 1 General Conference opens
Delegates at IARU Region 1 Conference 2014 The First Plenary of the 24th IARU Region 1 General Conference was opened at 10:30 on Sunday, September 21, 2014 in the Grand Hall of the Flamingo Grand...
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IARU R1 VHF/UHF/uW C5 meeting has started work
The key IARU Region 1 VHF, UHF and Microwave C5 Committee The VHF, UHF and Microwave C5 Committee meeting has started work at the IARU Region 1 General Conference in Varna-Albena, Bulgaria. The meeting...
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G3BJ elected IARU Region 1 President
Don Beattie, G3BJ, former President of the RSGB, has been elected as IARU Region 1 President at the General Conference in Varna-Albena, Bulgaria. During the Final Plenary of the 23rd IARU Region 1...
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IARU Administrative Council Plans for WRC-15
The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its annual meeting on September 27-28, 2014 in Albena, Bulgaria. The AC is responsible for the policy and management...
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IARU Region 1 Approve Youth Budget and Satellite Allocation
Lisa Leenders PA2LS The minutes of the Final Plenary, 23rd IARU Region 1 General Conference have been released. The Conference approved these Youth budgets: a. Youth Projects – 25,000 Swiss Francs for...
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