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Stamps no: 702
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO
UNION REGION 1 IN CAVTAT, 2008 |
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Value: |
3,5
kn |
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Author: |
Sabina Resic, painter and
designer, Zagreb |
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Size: |
48,28
x 29,82 mm |
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Paper: |
white 102g,
gummed |
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Perforation: |
Comb,14 |
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Tehnique: |
Multicoloured
Offsetprint |
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Printed by: |
"Zrinski" - Cakovec |
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Date
of issue: |
14.11.2008 |
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Quantity: |
100000 |
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International Amateur
Radio Union Region 1 |
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Motif: Symbolic image of the
emission of radio waves of the amateur radio communications Presently there are
some ten million active radio amateurs in the world. Out of this number almost
three million of them are licensed radio amateurs (the majority of radio
amateurs come from the USA and Japan). Licensed radio amateurs are those who
hold the permit for keeping their own amateur radio stations by means of which
they can hold mutual communication on short and ultra short wavelengths. Every
amateur radio station also has its own access code that distinguishes it from
other similar stations. The beginning of such a code marks the country where
this station is situated, while the letters at the end mark the radio amateur
who is the owner of this station and its operator. Thus Croatia is recognized in
the amateur radio world since the year 1992 according to the code 9A. In every
country the radio amateurs get associated in their national unions and clubs. In
Croatia the radio amateurs have been associated in the Croatian Radio Amateur
Union (HRS – Croatian acronym). The Croatian Radio Amateur Union is the national
professional union of technical culture, a non-party, nongovernmental and
non-profit organization that gathers more than 2000 radio amateurs in more than
90 radio clubs across Croatia. The HRS is member of the Croatian Technical
Culture Community and the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). Short
history of the HRS • 1924 – founding of the radio clubs “Zagreb” and “Vinkovci”
• 1924 – launching of the magazine “Radio šport” • 1945 – launching of the
magazine “Radio” • 1949 – official establishment of the Croatian Radio Amateur
Union • 1966 – General conference of the IARU Region 1 held in Opatija • 1992 –
HRS becomes member of the IARU • 1992 – International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) assigned the access code 9A to the Republic of Croatia, under which the
Croatian radio amateurs are also working • 1992. – launching of the magazine
“Radio HRS” • 2008 – General conference of the IARU Region 1 to be held in
Cavtat (November 16 to 21, 2008) National unions are associated in the
International Amateur Radio Union that is also member of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) as the world’s highest-ranked body in the area of
wireless communications. The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is the
association of national unions of licensed radio amateurs that represents more
than 150 countries and dissociated areas all over the world. The IARU is
organized in three regions: • IARU Region 1: Europe, Africa, Near East and
Northern Asia • IARU Region 2: Northern and Southern America • IARU Region 3:
Asia and the Pacific The International Amateur Radio Union was recognized by the
United Nations as a nongovernmental organization and has consultative status
along with other UN bodies like the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
The International Amateur Radio Union is the regional member of ITU in the radio
communications and telecommunications developmental sector of ITU. Three
regional organizations of the International Amateur Radio Union cooperate in the
work of the regional telecommunications organizations like the Asia Pacific
Telecommunity (APT), European Congress of Postal Telecommunications
Administrations (CEPT), African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). The International Amateur
Radio Union organizes and promotes numerous competitions on SW and USW regions.
The Union organizes competitions in the Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF)
that gather a great number of the young who thus find themselves on a proper
road to becoming radio amateurs. The activities of the International Amateur
Radio Union also encompass continuous work with developing countries in the
promotion of radio amateurism and the related legal regulations in these
countries. The Union also systematizes courses for the organization and
development of national unions and seminars for national administrations. At the
same time the Union develops and harmonizes the attitudes of national unions
concerning common issues like frequency areas, optimization of radio amateur
spectre usage, standards for transmitters and digital communication as well as
the organization of an international system of connections for emergency
contingencies. The representatives of the International Amateur Radio Union also
participate in the work of the International Telecommunication Union and the
World Radio Conference (WRC). By the majority vote of the members of the IARU
Region 1 at the general conference held in Davos, Switzerland, in 2005, the
Croatian Radio Amateur Union was entrusted with the organization of the general
conference of the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 to be held from
16th to 21st November in Cavtat. The Croatian Radio Amateur Union is going to be
host and organizer of the abovementioned conference where representatives of the
majority of member countries of the IARU Region 1 will be present as well as the
representatives of the management of the second and third region of the
International Amateur Radio Union. |
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General Conference - 16th to 21th November 2008 - Cavtat, Croatia
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