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<H1>European Parliament members get Amateur Radio Year Planner</H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>An <EM><STRONG>Amateur Radio 2009 Year
Planner</STRONG></EM> has been sent to all Members of the European
Parliament.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The website of the Austrian National Society OeVSV reports
that Amateur Radio is being promoted to Members of the European Parliament
(MEP).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>In 2007 the IARU Region 1 EUROCOM Working Group held a
successful Amateur Radio exhibition in the European Parliament.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>As a follow-up they recently sent a promotional Amateur
Radio 2009 Year Planner to all 785 Members of the European Parliament along with
an introductory letter, co-signed by MEP Fernando Fernandez-Martin EA8AK and
IARU Region 1 EUROCOM WG chairman Gaston Bertels ON4WF.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The Year Planner, created by RSGB staff, highlights the
use of Amateur Radio in Space, Emergency Communications and Training and has
pictures of three well known Amateur Radio operators - the first UK astronaut
Helen Sharman, Eagle guitarist Joe Walsh, and King Juan Carlos.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Read the full Google English OeVSV story 'Amateur Radio -
When all else fails!' at<BR></FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/5r3kso"><FONT
face=Verdana>http://tinyurl.com/5r3kso</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Download the Amateur Radio promotional 2009 Year Planner
from<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.oe3.oevsv.at/opencms/download/eu_parlament/NS0508A2.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.oe3.oevsv.at/opencms/download/eu_parlament/NS0508A2.pdf</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Covering letter sent to MEPs<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.oe3.oevsv.at/opencms/download/eu_parlament/NS0508A1.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.oe3.oevsv.at/opencms/download/eu_parlament/NS0508A1.pdf</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>EUROCOM Newsletter<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.oe3.oevsv.at/opencms/download/eu_parlament/News0508.rtf"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.oe3.oevsv.at/opencms/download/eu_parlament/News0508.rtf</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>2007 EU Parliament Amateur Radio Exhibition<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.uba.be/actual/flash/european_parlement.htm" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.uba.be/actual/flash/european_parlement.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>IARU Region 1 EUROCOM WG<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.darc.de/ausland/iaru/eurocom/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.darc.de/ausland/iaru/eurocom/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Österreichischer Versuchssenderverband (OeVSV) (in
German)<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.oevsv.at/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.oevsv.at/</FONT></A></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>