European Radio Amateurs' Organization

ARLC, CS5ARLC, founded in 2011, is an institution of Public Utility. It was created to give continuity to the 'Clube de Radio Amadores de Cascais', which had been initially started by the honorary Carlos Silvestre, CT1TC, also known on the frequency bands as "Terra Cascais".

In this issue you will find:

• World Radio Day 2023: Radio and Peace
• AO#WRD: World Radio Day 2023
• Radio Science 2.0: video with subtitles in English

The European Radio Amateurs' Organization announces a new party on the air, this time with the motto: "World Radio Day for Radio and Peace". 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:

• Radio Science 2.0: video of ham activities for kids in Romania
• Novice radio amateurs visiting Spain: no problem to transmit

The European Radio Amateurs' Organization announces a new party on the air, this time with the motto: "hunting SES". 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:

• Excellent Amateur Radio Strategic Planning from down under
• Radio Science 2.0: ham radio activities for kids in Romania

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

An small team of EURAO members from Romania, with the financial support of a local foundation in Buzau City: Fondul Stiintescu , started in April a program dedicated to the children and young people in order to experience applied science with the help of amateur radio.

The project aims to create an educational space and apply in practice the phenomena that accompany the interaction between people using radio waves.

The final selection of the projects was made by a dedicated jury, made up of specialists in fields related to the Fund's themes, together with a member of the Board of Directors of the Buzau Community Foundation.

The General Assembly 2022 of EURAO was held the first Saturday of July via internet. The incorporation of two new member associations, both Italian, was approved.

The beneficiaries of the Radio Amateur Insurance have also been extended to the members of the member associations, starting with the members of their boards of directors.

The Radio Amateur Society of Australia (RASA) sent us, at the end of last year, an interesting document entitled: "A Strategic Review of Amateur Radio in Australia", in which, the current situation of ham radio there, is analyzed using a SWOT technique by a panel of volunteers.

The goals of the study were quite ambitious: explore the future of Amateur Radio; retain existing amateurs within the hobby; attract newcomers to the hobby; promote the interesting and exciting elements of the hobby and encourage greater participation; and promote the hobby from within as being inclusive, friendly and engaging.

The results, not at all surprising, do not seem very far from what happens in other places around the world.

The detailed action plan provides very innovative and interesting proposals in an specific section called "Recommended Strategies & Actions". However, ...