{"id":18081,"date":"2016-04-04T08:07:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T12:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18081"},"modified":"2016-04-04T08:08:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T12:08:59","slug":"world-amateur-radio-day-april-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/world-amateur-radio-day-april-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"World Amateur Radio Day April 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This announcement for World Amateur Radio Day was posted on the IARU website along with links for clubs (or individuals) to download flyers and posters to promote the event.<\/p>\n

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World Amateur Radio Day<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Every April 18, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on that day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris.<\/p>\n

Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that the short wave spectrum \u2014 far from being a wasteland \u2014 could support worldwide propagation. In the rush to use these shorter wavelengths, Amateur Radio was \u201cin grave danger of being pushed aside,\u201d the IARU\u2019s history has noted. Amateur Radio pioneers met in Paris in 1925 and created the IARU to support Amateur Radio worldwide.<\/p>\n

Just two years later, at the International Radiotelegraph Conference, Amateur Radio gained the allocations still recognized today \u2014 160, 80, 40, 20, and 10 meters.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

Today, Amateur Radio is more popular than ever, with over 3,000,000 licensed operators!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The full article and a list of several amateur-radio related activities may be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Gulley, AK3Q,\u00a0is the author of this post and a regular contributor<\/a> to the SWLing Post. Robert also blogs<\/em>\u00a0at All Things Radio<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This announcement for World Amateur Radio Day was posted on the IARU website along with links for clubs (or individuals) to download flyers and posters to promote the event. World Amateur Radio Day Every April 18, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. 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