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Amateur radio in the news: Clubs celebrate 80th anniversaries, MI sisters
get their tickets

Posted: 06 Oct 2021 06:17 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kb6nu/tVpu/~3/b7yKhOB1Q4o/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email


In November 1941, the Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council was established.
80 years later, the membership continues to grow and fill the ham radio airwaves.

Amateur radio group marks 80 years of community service during disasters

PITTSBURGH >> After eight decades of providing emergency backup
communications during some of the region’s worst disasters, members of the Steel City Amateur Radio Club hit the airwaves to sing their own praises.

The club of about 60 members hosted a special event each day at its
clubhouse in Collier. Members spent the week taking turns sending messages
to other amateur radio ­operators around the world, sharing the news of
their 80-year anniversary and their volunteer work.
read more >>

Midland sisters earn amateur radio licenses

Two years ago, Kanushi Desai, always an inquisitive youngster, decided to
join the Jefferson Middle School Electronics Club. The then sixth grader
took an immediate liking to the activity.

“Kanushi was so young, she had no idea of any of these things,” said Pranali Desai, Kanushi’s mother. “Even when she was little, she was always exploring, always doing something.”

The first thing she built in the club was a flashlight, and the megawatt
smile that lit up Kanushi’s face following this success is something her mother won’t soon forget.

“The happiness on her face when she saw all these elements come together
told me, as a parent, that we should continue to support this new
interest,” said Pranali Desai. “She started learning more and more and soon got her older sister, Jashvi, interested. She started learning from
Kanushi.”

Today the pair of sisters are proud owners of amateur radio licenses after passing both the FCC Technician Class and General Class Amateur Radio exams. read more >>

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ARRL says stats need updating, number of new hams declining in UK, IARU to
hold workshop on the future of #hamradio

Posted: 05 Oct 2021 10:59 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kb6nu/tVpu/~3/y8-ErMWyLaw/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email


Over the past couple of days, there has been three news stories related to
the future of amateur radio. The first, Data on Number of Radio Amateurs Worldwide Needs Updating, is kind of an odd story, if you ask me. The first paragraph reads:

The oft-cited figure of 3 million radio amateurs worldwide may need
updating. That number was what the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) published in 2000 for the global head count. The IARU once regularly
collected amateur radio population statistics, but stopped the practice
around the point when the worldwide amateur radio population began to
decline.

It then goes on to cite some statistics on the declining number of amateur radio operators around the world. For example, the story says, Japan’s ham radio population has dropped by more than 600,000 over the past 2 decades;
as of 2015, it was 435,581, according to JARL. And, the story concludes,
The specific size of the worldwide amateur radio population remains open to speculation, although a 2021 figure of 1.75 million may be closer to the
truth.

My reaction to this is, OK, so why doesnt the ARRL get the IARU to start counting again? The ARRL is, after all, the elephant in the room when it
comes to to the IARU, isnt it?


The next story, Numbers taking up amateur radio in UK declining, reports:

Figures in RSGB Board Proceedings suggest there has been a decline during
this year in numbers joining the hobby but numbers are still much better
than those before [remote] online exams were introduced.

Unfortunately, the story gives no reasons for the decline.


The third story, IARU Region 1 prepares for Workshop, announces the
upcoming event, “Shaping the Future.” According to the story, the event is designed as a highly interactive workshop where small groups of delegates
will discuss the goals for amateur radio into the future and how Member Societies and IARU can support progress towards those aims.

The workshop takes place October 17-21, and is being held virtually. Ive emailed the IARU to see if this workshop is open to the general public, but
Im guessing that its only for invited IARU delegates. If I find out
otherwise, Ill post that information here.



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