Iaru-r1.org Website Review

Welcome to the International Am*teur Radio Union Region 1 Homepage. The federation of national as*ociations of radio am*teurs from Europe, The International Am*teur Radio Union (IARU) is a federation of national as*ociations of certified radio am*teurs, representing over The three IARU Regions are organised to broadly mirror the structure of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and its related regional telecommunications organisations. The Regions comprise: - IARU Region 1: Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Northern Asia - IARU Region 2: The Americas - IARU Region 3: Asia-Pacific The IARU represents the interests of the Am*teur Radio Service worldwide to relevant international organisations, promoting the interests of am*teur radio and seeking to protect and enhance its spectrum privileges. Another December came and went, and with it another edition of December YOTA Month did as well. We are happy to host an event which brings young people – licensed HAM radio operators and youngster who are new to the hobby and are making their first QSOs alike, and inspires them to be more active on the bands and shows them there are many people listening on the other side. For a better overlook on the past month we make sure to keep statistics; this is not to say that the joy isn’t in the experience, but rather to confirm it. This year as many as 44 participating stations made 82,938 QSOs in December, proving once again that neither the weather nor the holidays can keep a radio am*teur away from the station. And while December YOTA Month is not a competition, for the truly devoted to catching as many special calls as they can, there were awards and in 2018 there were 1516 awards do*nloaded throughout the DYM period. Most active this December were II5YOTA with the whopping 8,387 QSOs made from their station, whereas the 28th of December proved to be the most active day for the participating stations as 5,326 QSOs were made on that day alone. The most popular mode remains SSB with 46,989 QSOs made in this