European Radio Amateurs' Organization

At the proposal of its Board, the EURAO Assembly decided to support the M17 project with a modest donation.

In the picture the M17 team at Friedrichshafen, from left to right: SP5WWP, Olha, ON4MOD, IU2KWO and KC1AWV.

This project, based on open-source Codec 2, aims to define a new digital voice (DV) mode for VHF and higher bands.

From countries all over Europe and even from other continents, the EURAO booth has received a lot of visitors, some of them already members, but others were new ones interested in knowing more about our Organization and its benefits, especially for small Clubs&Groups. Other interesting contacts have also been made, which we expect to see the results soon.

In this article we will try to answer the most frequently asked questions that visitors have asked us and provide links to the brochures that we have published in various languages.

The European Radio Amateurs' Organization announces a new party on the air, this time with the motto: "CQ 8m". Remember this is not a contest, it is just a radio meeting with a few simple 'rules', better to call them recommendations.

In this issue you will find:

• Free pilot test for Clubs&Groups membership: working on it
• EURAO on the way to HAM RADIO 2024
• EURAO General Assembly 2024: in two steps

The scheduled date for this year's EURAO formal General Assembly is: Thursday evening, July 4, 2024, at 18:00 CEST (16:00 UTC), that will be held virtually using the Google Meet platform, as in the last editions. Those interested in participating, ask for the link.

However, those attending the HAM RADIO exhibition will have the opportunity for a first live exchange of impressions the weekend before.

Once again EURAO will be at this European exhibition in Friedrichshafen, Germany, June 28-30, to attend members, friends and visitors, listening opinions and sharing experiences about amateur radio.

As usual, its booth (A1-991) will be beside the CISAR one (A1-990). We are looking forward to your visit!

A few months ago EURAO launched a free campaign to promote its most flexible membership category: Clubs&Groups, and, in return, get some feedback on how to improve its customization to the clubs' requirements.

For this purpose, a few associations were chosen as volunteers for this pilot test. Anyway, the door remains open to other testers, preferably from new countries.

In this issue you will find:

• World Radio Day 2024: A century informing, entertaining and educating
• YO9KCS: Radio club at the National Pedagogical College
• EUDOTA: Europe Day "on the air" 2024

In this issue you will find:

• WRC-23: EURAO was at Dubai venue
• WRC-23: meeting of General Secretaries in the desert
• FEDERACHI rejoins EURAO

At WRC-23 it was not all just about work, there was also time for networking and several side events were organized to make it easy to know the other participants and reinforce the relationship among them.

One of these events was a trip to the Dubai desert in occasion of the 52nd National Day of the United Arab Emirates, the host country of the WRC-23. There were several traditional shows: camels, falcons, food, drink, a massive dinner and a spectacular sunset.

There, in a more relaxed atmosphere, it was possible to exchange impressions with locals and colleagues.

In this context, it took place the meeting between the EURAO Secretary-General, EA3CIW, and the ITU Secretary-General, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, KD2JTX, from left to right in the picture.