European Radio Amateurs' Organization

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, ...

In this issue you will find:

• EURAO on Facebook groups in several languages: en, es, it, pt
• EURAO for Ukraine
• EURAO General Assembly 2022: on July 2, virtual again

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

In English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese you can find on Facebook EURAO groups where to share activities, technical experiences, doubts and comments about amateur radio.

Just click on your preferred language above to access the group of your choice.

The scheduled date for this year's EURAO General Assembly is: Saturday, July 2, 2022, at 17:00 CEST (15:00 UTC).

All members are invited to participate. Remember that only associations have the right to vote according to the Statutes.

As in the last editions, it will be held virtually using the Google Meet platform. If you are interested in participating, ask for the link.

773RG, IQ0XV, founded in 2016, is an Italian association of radio amateurs, born out for fun, friendship, the desire to learn, to experiment, to joke, to build... It has two associative branches: one for HF and another for repeaters, digital systems, networking, APRS, etc. It manages also a permanent award for II0MPO.

Volunteer members of the European Radio Amateurs' Organization are helping Ukrainian residents from their respective countries, starting with the transfer from the Romanian border and continuing through the passage or reception in other European countries such as Italy or Spain.

In this issue you will find:

• EURAO individual members by country in 2021
• AO#WRD: World Radio Day 2022
• AO3MWC: Mobile World Congress 2022

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

Once the 2021 financial year has been closed and the draft financial report prepared, today we want to highlight an interesting aspect of that report: from which countries do the individual members of EURAO come?

Germany leads the ranking with 18,2%, followed by Spain with 15,1% and the United Kingdom with 13,8%. At a certain distance they are followed by Portugal (8,2%), Belgium (7,5%), Italy (7,5%), Netherlands (6,3%) and France (5,7%). Finally we can find Greece (3,8%), USA (2,5%), Ireland (1,9%) and Romania (1,3%). Within the remaining 8,2% we can find radio amateurs from countries as far away as Australia or from nearby, European ones, such as Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Slovakia, etc.