IARU Considers Consolidation

May 12, 2025The IARU has released guidance on potential restructuring to help the organization meet modern challenges. The proposed changes would combine the 3 separate regional organizations into a single global entity.

The proposal (PDF) outlines a number of areas where the currently independent, regional organizations struggle. Problem areas include declining membership, duplication of resources, lack of coordination, and other various inefficiencies. The changes are designed to establish a number of benefits:

• Global representation
• Streamlined decision making
• Better allocation of resources
• Improved communication
• Long-term sustainability
• Centralized finances
• Greater influence

Member societies will vote on the restructuring with the potential for a transition as early as next year. The full consultation on restructuring (PDF) is available on the IARU website.

Source: IARU open_in_new

Amateur Radio Newsletter Round-up May 2025

May 11, 2025The following are updates from recently published newsletters focused on ham radio.

Ria’s Ham Shack: A preview of Dayton Hamvention
Ham radio’s biggest annual event. This week I talk about activities at Hamvention in Ohio – what I plan to do and things you can do.
Ria’s Ham Shack

Random Wire Review: Issue 130
Issue 130 leans into M17, covering an M17 radio, connecting to Kansas City Wide, configuring WPSD, and getting started free on M17. A beautiful new full-duplex AllStar node is available.
The Random Wire

Zero Retries 0201
Amateur Radio Isn’t Having All The (Radio) Fun, New Types of New Amateur Radio Operators… and Their Expectations, Langstone (V2) VHF / UHF Software Defined Radio Project, and more!
Zero Retries

Experimental Radio News 12
Satellite selfies, drilling with millimeter waves, mobile phone rescues, a hypersonic glider, and more.
Experimental Radio News

Radio Silence [068]
Do you sometimes wish that you can tear down your entire amateur radio station and start again? Not me, it was perfect.
73 from G5DOC

The Communicator May-June 2025 [PDF]
Mentoring Young Hams, Operation Manna, Computing Science and Ham Radio, Making a Better Heathkit Antenna, and more.
The Communicator

The Logger’s Bark May 2025 [PDF]
Lamptenna 3, Numbers Stations, How FT8 Works, and more.
The Logger’s Bark

Source: Amateur Radio Daily open_in_new