[SFDXA] 2023 World Amateur Radio Day is April 18 - Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW

[Bill]

/From Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW <kb8nw at hotmail.com> and <kb8nw at arrl.net> /


  2023 World Amateur Radio Day is April 18

*What:* 2023 World Amateur Radio Day

*Who:* All amateur radio operators worldwide

*When:* Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 0000 UTC until Wednesday, April 19, 
2023 at 0000 UTC

*Where:* A global event covering all regions of the International 
Amateur Radio Union (IARU)

*Why:* World Amateur Radio Day, held on April 18 each year, is 
celebrated worldwide by radio amateurs and their national associations 
which are organized as member-societies of the International Amateur 
Radio Union (IARU). It was on this day in 1925 that the IARU was formed 
in Paris. American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Co-Founder Hiram Percy 
Maxim was its first president.

Amateur radio experimenters were the first to discover that the 
short-wave spectrum could support long-distance radio signal 
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 promote the interests of amateur radio worldwide and to 
protect and enhance its spectrum privileges. Today, the IARU is a 
federation consisting of more than 160 national amateur radio 
organizations in as many countries and separate territories. The 
International Secretariat of the IARU is ARRL  The National Association 
for Amateur Radio® in the United States.

On World Amateur Radio Day, all radio amateurs are invited to take to 
the airwaves to enjoy our global friendship with other amateurs, and to 
show our skills and capabilities to the public.

*How:* World Amateur Radio Day is not a contest but rather an 
opportunity to “talk” about the value of amateur radio to the public and 
our fellow amateur colleagues. It is also a great opportunity to talk 
about your radio club and amateur radio in local media as a lead-up to 
ARRL Field Day (held each year during the fourth full weekend in June) 
and another ham radio related activity in your community – such as 
volunteers who serve in local emergency communication readiness 
including the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service^® .
*Here are just a few ways to participate in, and promote, World Amateur 
Radio Day:*

  * Get a station on the air! Create your own personal “event” to talk
    about amateur radio to others, including family and friends.
  * Find out more about World Amateur Radio Day by checking the IARU
    website and other Resources listed below.
  * Create and hold a special net or on-air event on World Amateur Radio
    Day to raise the level of attention for the celebration, and to
    encourage other hams to talk about our hobby. Consider creating and
    offering a commemorative certificate for contacting your special
    activation. It can be an electronic one as these are cost effective.
  * Get the word out! If you are an ARRL Public Information Coordinator,
    Public Information Officer, or responsible for radio club publicity,
    send a press release and conduct some public relations outreach to
    highlight the day and/or events. Talk about all of the activities
    radio amateurs have continued to support during the pandemic, and
    how amateur radio serves our communities. Find recent examples of
    amateur radio in-the-news at _*www.arrl.org/media-hits*_
    <https://noars.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cb21fe832164a5d8ef971f6f&id=672f6d8307&e=2c4f391fd2>.
  * Promote your personal World Amateur Radio Day activity(ies) on
    social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook by using the
    hashtag *#WorldAmateurRadioDay*. Make sure you send it to various
    clubs, reflectors, and media.

Join us in celebrating World Amateur Radio Day and all the ways amateur 
radio brings us together!

73,
Carl W8KRF
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