{"id":29105,"date":"2017-11-12T08:44:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T12:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29105"},"modified":"2017-11-12T08:44:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T12:44:34","slug":"changes-to-icelands-ham-radio-call-sign-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/changes-to-icelands-ham-radio-call-sign-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Iceland’s ham radio call sign configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Iceland plans to end ham radio call sign discrimination<\/h1>\n

On November 9, 2017 Iceland’s Ministry of Transport and Local Government has published draft changes to the Radio Regulations for comment<\/p>\n

The national society,\u00a0Icelandic Radio Amateurs<\/strong>\u00a0(IRA), had proposed ending the practice of highlighting amateurs who had Novice call signs, an N was added to their call sign. In addition the IRA proposed ending another discriminatory practice where Icelandic call signs reflected the geographic call area where a station is located.<\/p>\n

The Post and Telecom Administration’s new draft Radio Regulations incorporate the IRA’s requests and the frequency allocation table has been updated to include the 630m and 60m bands.<\/p>\n

Read the Icelandic Radio Amateur article in Google English at
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/IcelandIRA<\/a><\/p>\n

Draft amendment with new frequency table
\nhttps:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/lisalib\/getfile.aspx?itemid=a0bf8794-c538-11e7-941e-005056bc4d74<\/a><\/p>\n

The old frequency table is at
\nhttps:\/\/www.reglugerd.is\/reglugerdir\/allar\/nr\/348-2004<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Southgate ARC) Iceland plans to end ham radio call sign discrimination On November 9, 2017 Iceland’s Ministry of Transport and Local Government has published draft changes to the Radio Regulations for comment The national society,\u00a0Icelandic Radio Amateurs\u00a0(IRA), had proposed ending the practice of highlighting amateurs who had Novice call signs, an N was added […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3],"tags":[389,4102,6618,580],"class_list":["post-29105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-amateur-radio","tag-ham-radio","tag-iceland","tag-southgate-arc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7zr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44097,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/radio-waves-pack-thanks-interim-leaders-ke4zxw-moves-to-virginia-tech-wwv-and-wwvh-still-matter-and-a-new-websdr-in-iceland\/","url_meta":{"origin":29105,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Pack Thanks Interim Leaders, KE4ZXW Moves to Virginia Tech, WWV and WWVH Still Matter, and A New WebSDR in Iceland","author":"Thomas","date":"July 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-Dial-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-Dial-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-Dial-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-Dial-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-Dial-2.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54142,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/radio-waves-cellular-scale-antennas-space-comms-new-proposed-ham-license-in-australia-and-mid-century-television\/","url_meta":{"origin":29105,"position":1},"title":"Radio Waves: Cellular Scale Antennas, Space Comms, New Proposed Ham License in Australia, and Mid Century Television","author":"Thomas","date":"October 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0Enjoy! 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