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Retiring IARU Secretary Honored:

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 06:09 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37777


The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has awarded the outgoing IARU
Secretary Rod Stafford W6ROD, with the Michael J. Owen Memorial Award. The
Owen Award is named after Michael VK3KI (sk) who died in 2012 while serving
the IARU Region 3 as its chair and being President of the Wireless
Institute of Australia (WIA). He may be best remembered for his WRC-03 work
on Article 25 - a package of revisions to the international Radio
Regulations specific to the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services. His
career of involvement began in the early 1960s. Presenting the award at a
dinner on the opening day of the IARU Region 2 General Assembly Chile was
IARU President Tim Ellam VE6SH/G4HUA. Obviously surprised, Rod W6ROD was
very grateful for being considered worthy of the honour describing Michael
VK3KI as well remembered, and himself an example of dedication to the
interest of our hobby. The Owen Award is bestowed upon an individual
with "an outstanding trajectory of service to Amateur Radio," IARU Region 2
said, in announcing Stafford as the award's recipient.


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Terror Chatter? Hams Track Communications on Bengal-Bangla Borders:

Posted: 15 Oct 2016 06:11 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37776


Amateur radio operators in south Bengal have raised alarm over unauthorised
radio communication along the Bengal-Bangladesh border. The communication
is taking place using radio signals (very high frequency) at dead in the
night and the sources of the signals are moving and speaking in code
languages. When ham radio operators of Bengal tried speaking to them, they
stopped communication briefly only to resume it again. After they brought
the matter to the notice of the Centre, they were asked to monitor the
signals round the clock. Interestingly, radio sets were found with the
terrorists in recent Uri attacks that were used by them for communication
with their bases in Pakistan. Alarmed, the ham operators have deployed 23
operators to monitor the signals round the clock. They also worked
throughout the pujas.