Subj : World Amateur Radio Day is April 18
To : QST
From : ARRL de WD1CKS
Date : Fri Mar 31 2023 04:12 pm
03/31/2023
In less than a month, 2023 World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) will be celebrated,
literally, around the world!
WARD is held on April 18 every year and is celebrated by radio amateurs and
their national associations which are organized as member-societies of the
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). It was on this day in 1925 that the
IARU was formed in Paris. American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Co-Founder Hiram
Percy Maxim was its first president.
The IARU announced previously[1] that Human Security for All (HS4A) will be
this year's World Amateur Radio Day theme. The day is being celebrated with a
2-week operating event occurring April 11 - 25. Special event stations will be
operating from around the world, making two-way radio contacts to call
attention to the HS4A campaign. The United Nations Trust Fund for Human
Security describes 'human security' as "a more powerful, lasting approach to
the most difficult deficits in peace and development," such as poverty, war,
and natural disasters.
ARRL encourages all radio amateurs to take to the airwaves for WARD, to enjoy
our global friendship with other amateurs, and to show our skills and
capabilities to the public.
More information about 2023 World Amateur Radio Day is available at
www.arrl.org/world-amateur-radio-day [2]and
www.iaru.org/on-the-air/world-amateur-radio-da[3]
[1]
http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2023-02-23#toc04
[2]
https://www.arrl.org/world-amateur-radio-day
[3]
https://www.iaru.org/on-the-air/world-amateur-radio-day.
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