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IARU Region 3 Conference 2004
Report 1 - issued 18th February 2004
Representatives of 15 radio societies have begun the 13th triennial meeting
of the International Radio Union Region 3 being held in Taipei and hosted by
Taiwan's society CTARL.
During the opening ceremony, Tim Chen BV2A briefly explained the growth of
amateur radio that began in 1983 with his callsign being the first and only
for some time. Taiwan was put on the map with 12 DXpeditions in the period
1983-88.
CTARL was formed in 1991 and in the following year gained IARU membership.
Tim BV2A said that the hosting of the IARU R3 conference was the realisation
of a dream by CTARL, which warmly welcomed all who are attending.
The Director of the Taiwanese Dedicated Telecommunications Department,
Kuo-Jen Tsai in a speech to officially open the conference praised the
contributions being made by the CTARL, and amateur radio generally.
Taiwan has 72,282 radio amateurs ranging in age from 12 to 88 years and the
government recognised the contributions of CTARL in enthusiastically
promoting amateur radio.
Mr Tsai referred to CTARL's support for Dxing, ARDFing, and the Amateur Radio
Emergency Service (ARES).
In particular, he said the provision of emergency communications by radio
amateurs "helped save lives during Taiwan's Typhoon Herb in 1996 and the
earthquake of 1999. These efforts did make a remarkable contribution to our
people."
After the traditional group photograph session, the conference began its
agenda items hearing reports presented by most of the participating radio
societies.
The conference then split into two working groups (WG) where the bulk of the
agenda is to be discussed. WIA team members Neil Penfold VK6NE and Brenda
Edmonds VK3KT are attending the Policy WG and Jim Linton VK3PC the Technical
WG.
BrendaVK3KT is also chairing the conference's Editorial Committee, assisted
by Jim VK3PC and Paul Anderson VR2BBC of HARTS.
At the end of the first day the CTARL hosted an evening banquet, where each
country attending the conference sang a song of their choosing.
(Issued by Jim Linton VK3PC)
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