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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270420
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URL:https://www.chadarc.org.au/events/iaru-world-amateur-radio-day-2027-04
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SUMMARY:IARU World Amateur Radio Day
DESCRIPTION:Every April 18\, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves 
 in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on this day in 1925 that
  the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris.\n\nAmateur Rad
 io experimenters were the first to discover that the short wave spectrum
  — far from being a wasteland — could support worldwide propag
 ation. In the rush to use these shorter wavelengths\, Amateur Radio was 
 “in grave danger of being pushed aside\,” the IARU’s history has not
 ed. Amateur Radio pioneers met in Paris in 1925 and created the IARU to su
 pport Amateur Radio worldwide.\n\nJust two years later\, at the Internatio
 nal Radiotelegraph Conference\, Amateur Radio gained the allocations still
  recognized today — 160\, 80\, 40\, 20\, and 10 meters. Since its fo
 unding\, the IARU has worked tirelessly to defend and expand the frequency
  allocations for Amateur Radio. Thanks to the support of enlightened admin
 istrations in every part of the globe\, radio amateurs are now able to exp
 eriment and communicate in frequency bands strategically located throughou
 t the radio spectrum. From the 25 countries that formed the IARU in 1925\,
  the IARU has grown to include 160 member-societies in three regions. IARU
  Region 1 includes Europe\, Africa\, the Middle East\, and Northern Asia. 
 Region 2 covers the Americas\, and Region 3 is comprised of Australia\, Ne
 w Zealand\, the Pacific island nations\, and most of Asia. The Internation
 al Telecommunication Union (ITU) has recognized the IARU as representing t
 he interests of Amateur Radio.\n\nToday\, Amateur Radio is more popular th
 an ever\, with more than 3\,000\,000 licensed operators!
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