[SFDXA] World Amateur Radio Day – April 18 2020

[Bill]

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  World Amateur Radio Day – April 18 2020

Celebrating Amateur Radio’s Contribution to Society

Every April 18, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in 
celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on this day in 1925 that 
the International Amateur Radio Union <https://www.iaru.org/> was formed 
in Paris.

Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that the short 
wave spectrum — far from being a wasteland — could support worldwide 
propagation. In the rush to use these shorter wavelengths, Amateur Radio 
was “in grave danger of being pushed aside,” the IARU’s history has 
noted. Amateur Radio pioneers met in Paris in 1925 and created the IARU 
to support Amateur Radio worldwide.

Just two years later, at the International Radiotelegraph Conference, 
Amateur Radio gained the allocations still recognized today — 160, 80, 
40, 20, and 10 meters. Since its founding, the IARU has worked 
tirelessly to defend and expand the frequency allocations for Amateur 
Radio. Thanks to the support of enlightened administrations in every 
part of the globe, radio amateurs are now able to experiment and 
communicate in frequency bands strategically located throughout the 
radio spectrum. From the 25 countries that formed the IARU in 1925, the 
IARU has grown to include 160 member-societies in three regions. IARU 
Region 1 includes Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Northern Asia. 
Region 2 covers the Americas, and Region 3 is comprised of Australia, 
New Zealand, the Pacific island nations, and most of Asia. The 
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has recognized the IARU as 
representing the interests of Amateur Radio.

Today, Amateur Radio is more popular than ever, with more than 3,000,000 
licensed operators!

World Amateur Radio Day is the day when IARU Member-Societies can show 
our capabilities to the public and enjoy global friendship with other 
Amateurs worldwide.

We have provided a poster for World Amateur Radio Day. Any club may 
download it and use it to promote WARD in their area. The poster comes 
in two sizes: 61cm x 91cm 
<https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.112.193/o7i.02a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/61x91.pdf> and 
a small (A4) flyer. 
<https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.112.193/o7i.02a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/a4.pdf>

Groups should promote their WARD activity on social media by using the 
hash tag #WorldAmateurRadioDay 
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldAmateurRadioDay> on Twitter and 
Facebook. IARU will list all WARD activities on this page. To have your 
WARD activity listed, send an email to IARU Secretary 
<mailto:secretary at iaru.org> David Sumner, K1ZZ*.*

April 18 is the day for all of Amateur Radio to celebrate and tell the 
world about the science we can help teach, the community service we can 
provide and the fun we have.

We hope you will join in the fun and education that is World Amateur 
Radio Day! The theme for 2020 is “Celebrating Amateur Radio’s 
Contribution to Society.”

  * *Brazil: *LABRE Roraima, PV8AA, will sponsor various activities and
    satellite operations with participation by Scouts, including young
    Venezuelan refugees.
  * Radio Amateurs of *Canada *has decided to hold a new *“Get on the
    Air on World Amateur Radio Day”* special event in which we encourage
    as many Amateurs as possible to get on the air and contact as many
    RAC stations as possible. For more information please visit
    https://www.rac.ca/operating/world-amateur-radio-day-april-18/
  * *Denmark:* Operators in Denmark will be permitted to use the call
    signs 5P0WARD <https://www.qrz.com/db/5p0ward> and 5P0WHD on April
    18. Single operators will be assigned a special suffix extension (00
    to 99) to distinguish individual stations, e.g., 5P0WARD/36 or
    5P0WHD/7. Speciel Awards will be available for contacts with
    stations on all modes and bands. Read more on the qrz.com
    <https://www.qrz.com/db/5p0ward>
  * *Luxembourg: *The special call sign LX5WARD will be in use from 6 to
    26 April 2020 by members of Radioamateurs du Luxembourg ( R.L.),
    a Founding Member of the IARU. A special QSL card will be issued via
    the LX IARU QSL Bureau. There is no need to send a card. www.rlx.lu
    <http://www.rlx.lu>
  * The Echolink World Conference and irlp 9251 is going to help
    celebrate World Amateur Radio Day on Saturday April 18 from 12am to
    12 am April 19^th . The special event callsign will be W7W. Hope you
    are able to check in. — Tom AF7J

  * VOIP/ECHOLINK *DODROPIN* Conference node #355800 16:00 — 04:00UTC(12
    NOON EST-12 MIDNIGHT EST) via VOIP/ECHOLINK *DODROPIN* Conference
    node #355800/ W2JLD, VO1UKZ, MW6SZL, MW8SZL, KI7BR, WD8ODF Net
    Controllers. A special event call sign W2W has been secured for this
    event. All stations from around the world are encouraged to check
    in. Email questions to: John DeRycke, W2JLD, W2JLD2 at GMAIL.COM
    <mailto:W2JLD2 at GMAIL.COM>


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