[CW] ZA1A Radio program prees release

uranito [email protected]
Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:03:04 -0300


UNIQUE AMATEUR RADIO PROGRAM OPENS IN TIRANA, ALBANIA

It has long been thought that systematically  integrating different age
groups and educational levels into an amateur radio course with modern
training concepts is the key to regaining a positive intake of new hams.
Amateur radio has much to offer today's youth, but it first becomes
necessary to correctly tune into the a world constantly competing for young
people's attention.

This coming Sunday, an International Amateur Radio (IARU) Region 1 supported
course in Albania will commence under the sponsorship of Mr. Spartak Poci,
the Minister of Telecommunications and in cooperation with the Polytechnic
University of Tirana. Thirty- four third and fourth year students will begin
a five-week course of study culminating in a CEPT license examination. A
unique part of this program is that Amateur Radio is being integrated into
the regular University course offerings using an advanced Radio Society of
Great Britain study package as a reference.

Each week of this program in Tirana will benefit from the efforts of invited
professional educators from the amateur radio community of specific
countries. The countries involved in this five-week program will be Albania,
Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Macedonia, Spain, Sweden and the
United States. In total, some fifty amateur radio operators, drawn mainly
the DX and contesting communities, will travel to ZA-land. The core
organizing team consists of 4X6KJ, DL6LAU, EA1QF, G3LQP, I2MQP, K7WX, OH2BH,
OH2PM, and ZA1B.

The first week will feature Italy and the United Kingdom. It will be taught
by Professor Giorgio Goggi, I2KMG and Professor John Share, G3OKA,
representing the University of Pavia and the University of Liverpool as well
as Italy's ARI and the UK's RSGB. John Share, G3OKA will serve as a
lead-teacher for the first three-weeks and be succeeded by Uli Weiss, DJ2YA
from Germany.

The second week segment of the course will feature the United States. It
will be lead by Dr. Warren Hill, K7WX and taught under the supervision of
Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA. Representing the ARRL, team members Dan Brown N7DB,
Rich Chatelain, K7ZV, Robin Critchel WA6CDR, Dr. Paul Rubenfeld WF5T and
Professor Don Wilson K6RKE will hands-on operating practices and cover the
topics of the Earth's magnetic field, the mysteries of radio propagation,
practical antennas, the role of amateur radio in society, FCC/CEPT
examinations, transmitter interference, QSL practices and successful
DXpeditioning.

During this five-week period, ZA1A will be active on many bands and in a
variety of modes while demonstrating amateur radio to local telecom and
education administrators, as well as to the students. Multiple locations
will be used and several Yaesu donated stations may be active at the same
time.
After the course, all equipment will be serving the amateur community.
During the first week, you will find in Tirana: I2KMG, I2MQP, EA1QF, OH2BE,
OH2BH, DL6LAU, DL7AJA, G3OKA, G3LQP and Z35M.

The progress of the entire project can be followed on the Internet at
http:// www.za1a.com

This educational program is supported by the International Amateur Radio
Union (IARU) Region 1 with additional support from the ARI, ARRL, RSGB,
IARC, URE and the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF), Vertex Standard
Co. Ltd (Yaesu), Fluidmotion Inc. (SteppIR beams ), Malev Airlines and
Rogner Europark Hotel in Tirana.

ZA1A QSL via OH2BH.