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International Amateur Radio Union
Iaru logo.png
Abbreviation IARU
Motto "Representing the Interests of Two-Way Amateur Radio Communication"[1]
Formation 1925[1]
Type INGO
Purpose Advocacy
Headquarters
Newington, Connecticut, USA
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
162 national member societies[2]
Official language

English[3]
President
Tim Ellam VE6SH[1]
Main organ
Administrative Council[4]
Website www.iaru.org

The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is an international confederation of national amateur radio organisations that allows a forum for common matters of concern and collectively represents matters to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Following an informal meeting in 1924 of representatives from France, Great Britain, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Canada, and the United States, a plan was formulated to hold an International Amateur Congress in Paris, France in April 1925. This Congress was held for the purpose of founding an international amateur radio organization.[5] The Congress was attended by representatives of 23 countries in Europe, Americas, and Asia. A constitution for the IARU was adopted on April 17, and the formation of the International Amateur Radio Union was ratified on April 18, 1925.[6]


The protocol of the congress was written in English, French and Esperanto.[7]
As of February 2009, the International Amateur Radio Union is composed of 162 national member societies.[8]




Contents






  • 1 Governance


  • 2 Regional organisation


    • 2.1 IARU Region 1


    • 2.2 IARU Region 2


    • 2.3 IARU Region 3




  • 3 GAREC - Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conferences


  • 4 Radiosport


  • 5 Operating Station and the WAC Award


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Governance


The IARU has an elected President and Vice President, an appointed Secretary and other officials (including regional representatives) forming an Administrative Council. These office holders are presently Timothy Ellam (Canada), President; Ole Garpestad (Norway), Vice-President and Rod Stafford (USA), Secretary.[4] The IARU International Secretariat (IARUIS) is operated by a member society after election by members. Currently, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) operates the IARUIS from its headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, USA.[9]



Regional organisation


The IARU is organised into three regions, named Region 1, Region 2, and Region 3. These regions correspond to the regulatory regions used by the International Telecommunication Union. Each region has an Executive Committee, typically composed of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and several Directors. These regional officers are elected by representatives from the member societies at triennial regional conferences. Coordinators may be appointed by the Executive Committee of their region to support particular areas within the region, or to promote certain amateur radio activities within the region. All three regions have appointed Coordinators for Amateur Radio Direction Finding, emergency communications, monitoring for electromagnetic interference, and radio propagation.



IARU Region 1




IARU Region 1 Member Societies.


IARU Region 1 includes the member societies representing amateur radio operators in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and northern Asia. IARU Region 1 has the largest number of member societies among the three IARU regions, and has been the source of several international initiatives. IARU Region 1 lobbying efforts led to the creation of the 30 meter, 17 meter, and 12 meter amateur radio bands, improving the standardization of reciprocal licensing, and promoting Amateur Radio Direction Finding.[10]

















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Country
Member Society/web site
Abbreviation

 Albania

Albanian Amateur Radio Association
AARA

 Algeria

Amateurs Radio Algeriens
ARA

 Andorra

Unió de Radioaficionats Andorrans
URA

 Armenia

Federation of Radiosport of the Republic of Armenia
FRRA

 Austria

Österreichischer Versuchssenderverband
OEVSV

 Azerbaijan

Federation of Radiosport of the Republic of Azerbaijan
FRS

 Bahrain

Amateur Radio Association of Bahrain
ARAB

 Belarus

Belarusian Federation of Radioamateurs and Radiosportsmen
BFRR

 Belgium

Royal Union of Belgian Radio Amateurs
UBA

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Asocijacija Radioamatera u Bosne i Hercegovine
ARABH

 Botswana

Botswana Amateur Radio Society
BARS

 Bulgaria

Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs
BFRA

 Burkina Faso

Association des Radioamateurs du Burkina Faso
ARBF

 Cameroon

Association des Radio Amateurs du Cameroun
ARTJ

 Ivory Coast

Association Des Radio Amateurs Ivoiriens
ARAI

 Croatia

Hrvatski Radioamaterski Savez
HRS

 Cyprus
Cyprus Amateur Radio Society
CARS

 Czech Republic

Český Radioklub
CRK

 Democratic Republic of the Congo

Association des Radio Amateurs du Congo
ARAC

 Denmark

Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører
EDR

 Djibouti

Association des Radioamateurs de Djibouti
ARAD

 Egypt

Egypt Amateurs Radio Assembly
EARA

 Estonia

Eesti Raadioamatööride Ühing
ERAU

 Ethiopia

Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society
EARS

 Faroe Islands

Føroyskir Radioamatørar
FRA

 Finland

Suomen Radioamatööriliitto
SRAL

 France

Réseau des Émetteurs Français
REF

 Gabon

Association Gabonaise des Radio-Amateurs
AGRA

 Gambia

Radio Society of The Gambia
RSTG

 Georgia

National Association Radioamateurs of Georgia
NARG

 Germany

Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club
DARC

 Ghana

Ghana Amateur Radio Society
GARS

 Gibraltar

Gibraltar Amateur Radio Society
GARS

 Greece

Radio Amateur Association of Greece
RAAG

 Guinea

Association des Radioamateurs de Guinea
ARGUI

 Hungary

Magyar Rádióamatõr Szövetség[1]
MRASZ

 Iceland

Íslenskir Radíóamatörar
IRA

 Iraq

Iraqi Amateur Radio Society
IARS

 Ireland

Irish Radio Transmitters Society
IRTS

 Israel

Israel Amateur Radio Club
IARC

 Italy

Associazione Radioamatori Italiani
ARI

 Jordan

Royal Jordanian Radio Amateur Society
RJRAS

 Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Federation of Radiosport and Radio Amateur
KFRR

 Kenya

Amateur Radio Society of Kenya
ARSK

 Kosovo

Shoqata e Radio Amatoreve te Kosoves
SHRAK

 Kuwait

Kuwait Amateur Radio Society
KARS

 Latvia

Latvijas Radio Amatieru Līga
LRAL

 Lebanon

Radio Amateurs of Lebanon
RAL

 Lesotho

Lesotho Amateur Radio Society
LARS

 Liberia

Liberia Radio Amateur Association
LRAA

 Liechtenstein

Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein
AFVL

 Lithuania

Lietuvos Radijo Mėgėjų Draugija
LRMD

 Luxembourg

Luxembourg Amateur Radio Society
RL

 Macedonia

Radioamaterski Sojuz na Makedonija
RSM

 Mali

Club des Radioamateurs et Affilies du Mali
CRAM

 Malta

Malta Amateur Radio League
MARL

 Mauritius

Mauritius Amateur Radio Society
MARS

 Moldova

Asociația Radioamatorilor din Moldova
ARM

 Monaco

Association des Radio-Amateurs de Monaco
ARM

 Mongolia

Mongolian Radio Sport Federation
MRSF

 Montenegro

Montenegrin Amateur Radio Pool
MARP

 Morocco

Association Royale des Radio Amateurs du Maroc
ARRAM

 Mozambique

Liga dos Rádio Emissores de Moçambique
LREM

 Namibia

Namibian Amateur Radio League
NARL

 Netherlands

Vereniging voor Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek Nederland
VERON

 Nigeria

Nigeria Amateur Radio Society
NARS

 Norway

Norsk Radio Relæ Liga
NRRL

 Oman

Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society
ROARS

 Poland

Polski Związek Krótkofalowców
PZK

 Portugal

Rede dos Emissores Portugueses
REP

 Qatar

Qatar Amateur Radio Society
QARS

 Romania

Federaţia Română de Radioamatorism
FRR

 Rwanda

Rwanda Amateur Radio Union
RARU

 Russia

Russian Amateur Radio Union
SRR

 San Marino

Associazione Radioamatori della Repubblica di San Marino
ARRSM

 Senegal

Association des Radio-Amateurs du Senegal
ARAS

 Serbia

Savez Radio-Amatera Srbije
SRS

 Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Amateur Radio Society
SLARS

 Slovakia

Slovenský Zväz Rádioamatérov
SZR

 Slovenia

Zveza Radioamaterjev Slovenije
ZRS

 South Africa

South African Radio League
SARL

 Spain

Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles
URE

 Swaziland

Radio Society of Swaziland
RSS

 Sweden

Föreningen Sveriges Sändareamatörer
SSA

  Switzerland

Union of Swiss Short Wave Amateurs
USKA

 Syria

Syrian Scientific Technical Amateur Radio Society
SSTARS

 Tajikistan

Tajik Amateur Radio League
TARL

 Tanzania

Tanzania Amateur Radio Club
TARC

 Tunisia

Association des Radio Amateurs Tunisiens
ARAT

 Turkey

Telsiz ve Radyo Amatörleri Cemiyeti
TRAC

 Turkmenistan

Liga Radiolyubiteley Turkmenistana
LRT

 Uganda

Uganda Amateur Radio Society
UARS

 Ukraine

Ukrainian Amateur Radio League
UARL

 United Arab Emirates

Emirates Amateur Radio Society
EARS

 United Kingdom

Radio Society of Great Britain
RSGB

 Yemen

No representation—ham radio prohibited

 Zambia

Radio Society of Zambia
RSZ

 Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Amateur Radio Society
ZARS


IARU Region 2




IARU Region 2 Member Societies.


IARU Region 2 includes the member societies representing amateur radio operators in Americas. The organization of IARU Region 2 was founded in 1964 when representatives from 15 national radio societies attended the First Panamerican Radio Amateur Congress in Mexico City, Mexico. Antonio Pita, XE1CCP was the region's first elected President.[11]
















































































































































































































Country
Member Society
Abbreviation

 Anguilla
Anguilla Amateur Radio Society
AARS

 Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda Amateur Radio Society
ABARS

 Argentina

Radio Club Argentino
RCA

 Aruba

Aruba Amateur Radio Club
AARC

 Bahamas
Bahamas Amateur Radio Society
BARS

 Barbados
Amateur Radio Society of Barbados
ARSB

 Belize
Belize Amateur Radio Club
BARC

 Bermuda
Radio Society of Bermuda
RSB

 Bolivia
Radio Club Boliviano
RCB

 Brazil

Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Rádio Emissão
LABRE

 British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands Radio League
BVIRL

 Canada

Radio Amateurs of Canada
RAC

 Cayman Islands
Cayman Amateur Radio Society
CARS

 Chile

Radio Club de Chile
RCCH

 Colombia

Liga Colombiana de Radioaficionados
LCRA

 Costa Rica

Radio Club de Costa Rica
RCCR

 Cuba

Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba
FRC

 Dominica
Dominica Amateur Radio Club
DARCI

 Dominican Republic
Radio Club Dominicano
RCD

 Ecuador
Guayaquil Radio Club
GRC

 El Salvador

Club de Radio Aficionados de El Salvador
CRAS

 Grenada
Grenada Amateur Radio Club
GARC

 Guatemala

Club de Radioaficionados de Guatemala
CRAG

 Guyana
Guyana Amateur Radio Association
GARA

 Haiti
Radio Club d'Haïti
RCH

 Honduras

Radio Club de Honduras
RCH

 Jamaica
Jamaica Amateur Radio Association
JARA

 Mexico

Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores
FMRE

 Montserrat
Montserrat Amateur Radio Society
MARS

 Netherlands Antilles
Vereniging voor Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek in de Nederlandse Antillen
VERONA

 Nicaragua

Club de Radioexperimentadores de Nicaragua
CREN

 Panama

Liga Panameña de Radioaficionados
LPRA

 Paraguay

Radio Club Paraguayo
RCP

 Peru

Radio Club Peruano
RCP

 Suriname
Vereniging van Radio Amateurs in Suriname
VRAS

 Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society
TTARS

 Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Amateur Radio Society
TACARS

 United States

American Radio Relay League
ARRL

 Uruguay

Radio Club Uruguayo
RCU

 Venezuela

Radio Club Venezolano
RCV


IARU Region 3




IARU Region 3 Member Societies.


IARU Region 3 includes member societies representing amateur radio operators in Australia, most of Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Although most of their membership is located in other IARU regions, the American Radio Relay League and the Radio Society of Great Britain are full member societies of IARU Region 3. The ARRL represents amateur radio operators in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas, and other dependent territories in the Pacific Ocean. The RSGB represents amateur radio operators in the British Indian Ocean Territory. IARU Region 3 has a special emphasis on promoting the harmonization of license qualifications in an effort to promote easier reciprocal operations by amateur radio operators in the region.[12]





























































































































































Country
Member Society
Abbreviation

 Australia

Wireless Institute of Australia

WIA

 Bangladesh

Bangladesh Amateur Radio League

BARL

 Brunei
Brunei Darussalam Amateur Radio Association

BDARA

 China

Chinese Radio Sports Association

CRSA

 Republic of China

Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio League

CTARL

 Fiji
Fiji Association of Radio Amateurs
FARA

 French Polynesia
Club Oceanien de Radio et d'Astronomie
CORA

 Hong Kong

Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society

HARTS

 India

Amateur Radio Society of India

ARSI

 Indonesia

Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia

ORARI

 Japan

Japan Amateur Radio League

JARL

 Macau

Associação dos Radioamadores de Macau
ARM

 Malaysia

Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters' Society

MARTS

 Myanmar
Burma Amateur Radio Transmitting Society
BARTS

 New Caledonia
Association des Radio-Amateurs de Nouvelle-Calédonie
ARANC

 New Zealand

New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters

NZART

 North Korea

No representation—ham radio prohibited

 Pakistan

Pakistan Amateur Radio Society

PARS

 Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Amateur Radio Society

PNGARS

 Philippines

Philippine Amateur Radio Association

PARA

 Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association
PIARA

 Samoa
Samoa Amateur Radio Club
SARC

 Singapore

Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society

SARTS

 Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Radio Society
SIRS

 South Korea

Korean Amateur Radio League

KARL

 Sri Lanka

Radio Society of Sri Lanka

RSSL

 Thailand

Radio Amateur Society of Thailand

RAST

 Tonga
Amateur Radio Club of Tonga
ARCOT

 Vanuatu
Vanuatu Amateur Radio Society
VARS

 Vietnam
Vietnam Amateur Radio Club

VARC


GAREC - Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conferences


The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference or "GAREC" is a yearly conference held by the International Amateur Radio Union for discussion of amateur radio operation during natural disasters and other emergencies with the motto, "Saving lives through emergency communications".[13] GAREC was first held in Tampere, Finland in 2005, coinciding with the adoption of the Tampere Convention, a globally binding emergency communications treaty that had been signed in Tampere in 1998.[14] In later conferences, the venue has attempted to rotate in sequence through ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3 (though not necessarily in that particular order).



Radiosport


The IARU organises and promotes radiosport activities throughout the world. The IARU promulgates the rules used for high-speed telegraphy and sponsors regional and world championships. The IARU also promulgates the rules used by most competitions in amateur radio direction finding, including IARU-sponsored regional and world championships. The IARU also sponsors the annual IARU HF World Championship in amateur radio contesting. The IARU does not directly administer any of these radiosport events, but authorises and sponsors them through host organisations.[15]



Operating Station and the WAC Award


The IARU maintains a radio station at its headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. Its callsign is NU1AW. As an amateur radio station licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission the "1" stands for its location in the New England area. "NU" was taken from the pre-1928 era when amateurs made up their own prefixes, and informally used these letters to show they were in "North America—USA". The "AW" suffix represents the connection with the American Radio Relay League, whose own station is W1AW. NU1AW is frequently active during amateur radio contests.[16]


For many years the IARU has issued the Worked All Continents certificate to amateurs who contact fellow hams in the six permanently populated continental areas of the world. Special awards and endorsements for various bands and modes are also available.



See also


  • International distress frequency#Amateur radio frequencies


References





  1. ^ abc International Amateur Radio Union (2007). "The International Amateur Radio Union". Oct. 22, 2007.


  2. ^ International Amateur Radio Union (2005). "Member Societies". Jan. 7, 2005.


  3. ^ IARU Constitution Archived 2008-02-20 at the Wayback Machine


  4. ^ ab International Amateur Radio Union (2005). "Constitution of the International Amateur Radio Union" Archived 2008-02-20 at the Wayback Machine. Jan. 11, 2005.


  5. ^ Clinton B. DeSoto (1936). 200 meters & Down — The Story of Amateur Radio. W. Hartford, CT: The American Radio Relay League. pp. 106–109. ISBN 0-87259-001-1..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  6. ^ Sumner, David (2000). "IARU 75th Anniversary, 18 April 2000" Archived 14 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. The Calendar, International Amateur Radio Union, No. 180, March 15, 2000.


  7. ^ editeur Etienne Chiron 40 rue de Seine Paris 1925


  8. ^ American Radio Relay League (2009). "IARU Member-Societies Ratify New Officers, Vote to Admit New Members". Retrieved February 19, 2009.


  9. ^ International Amateur Radio Union (2005). "The IARU International Secretariat". January 11, 2005.


  10. ^ International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (2008). "About IARU and IARU Region 1" Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 5, 2008.


  11. ^ International Amateur Radio Union (2008). "IARU-R2 History". Retrieved Aug. 5, 2008.


  12. ^ International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 (2008). "Directory" Archived 2013-04-15 at Archive.today. Retrieved Aug. 5, 2008.


  13. ^ http://www.iaru.org/garecnet/


  14. ^ The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-05-13.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link). Accessed 13 August 2007.


  15. ^ International Amateur Radio Union (2007). "IARU Contests". Jul. 23, 2007. Archived January 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine


  16. ^ International Amateur Radio Union (1996). NU1AW: IARU's Club Station Archived 2009-02-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 30, 2008.




External links




  • IARU web site
    • Current list of IARU Member Societies


  • IARU Region 1 web site

  • IARU Region 2 web site

  • IARU Region 3 web site











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