MARP, the Montenegrin Amateur Radio Pool is accepted as IARU Member Society. 65 votes were returned to the International Secretariat with 63 votes in favor of admission and 2 abstentions.

The medical and food support being provided to the many people affected by the flood disaster in Pakistan affecting six million people is being assisted by the combined efforts of radio amateurs, a group of four wheel drive enthusiasts and the Pakistan Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP). Around a quarter of the country has been affected by the floods over the last three weeks that were triggered by intense summer monsoon rainfall swelling the Indus River into Pakistan's worst ever flood. The United Nations estimates 20 million have been affected in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh provinces and 1600 lives lost.

With the holiday season in Europe almost over it is time for your IARU representatives to prepare themselves for the next sessions of CEPT and WRC-12 preparatory meetings.   The following shows the September meetings that need to be attended to protect existing amateur radio services and to progress WRC-12 agenda items.

The countdown has begun.....

The Calling Note for the 22nd General Conference of IARU Region 1 scheduled for 12 to 19 August 2011 at Sun City, South Africa, has been e-mailed to Member Societies, Chairmen of Working Groups and members of the Executive Committee of Region 1. A copy of the calling note can be requested from the Region 1 Secretary at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The IARUMS Newsletter July 2010 is now available! Click here!

Egypt announces the establishment of The Egyptian Radio Amateurs Society for Development (ERASD) , the national official representative body for radio amateurs in Egypt. With the foundation of ERASD, EARA ceased to exist and that ERASD is now the IARU Member society.
 
Despite the fact that amateur radio has been present in Egypt since the early twenties of the last century, there was no officially recognized society to represent radio amateurs in Egypt for nearly the past eight decades. The earnest efforts by a steering group composed of seasoned radio amateurs (Greiss Sobhi, SU1GS - Said Kamel, SU1SK , Atef Osman, SU1AO - Hossam El Shenawy, SU1HM – Sayed Abdel Samie, SU1SA) had eventually borne fruit by the incorporation of ERASD on 7 June 2010 as the officially recognized representative body for radio amateurs in Egypt under the registration no. 7902 for the year 2010.

The newly elected board members are: Greiss Sobhi  (SU1GS) – President,   Sayed Abd El Samie (SU1SA) – Vice president,   Said Kamel  (SU1SK) – Secretary,   Atef Osman (SU1AO ) – Treasurer,   Hossam El Shenawy (SU1HM) - IARU Liaison.

The illlegal daily transmissions in AM from Naples on 14000 kHz have been finished. Someone from Naples has disturbed 14000 kHz in AM daily with BC-like emissions in the mornings and evenings. The Italian PTT has found out the source in Naples and stopped this nonsense. Many thanks to all involved Italian Hams, the German PTT (BNetzA) and the Italian PTT. Another success in saving our bands!