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<H1>Regional Conference on Amateur Radio 2010</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The <STRONG>Regional Conference on Amateur Radio</STRONG>
will be held April 4 - 6, 2010 in Doha, State of Qatar and will be the biggest
Regional Symposium on Amateur Radio in the Middle East in 2010.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Conference is organized by the <STRONG>Qatar Amateur
Radio Society</STRONG> (QARS) jointly with the International Amateur Radio Union
(IARU). </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>So far the kind invitation from the QARS Chairman H.E.
Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, A71AU, has been accepted by a number of IARU
societies in the Middle East as well as one from Region 3 together with Telecom
Regulators and Administrations from the GCC area. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Participation is also expected from ITU officials as well
as local Qatar officials.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The IARU team will consist of: IARU Vice President Ole
Garpestad, LA2RR, IARU Region 1 President Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T and IARU
Region 1 EC-member Hani Raad, OD5TE.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The symposium gives the delegates the opportunity to
exchange information related to the Amateur Radio Service in the Arab World
along with the regulatory aspects in connection with the Amateur Radio Service.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>The program consist of presentations on Regulatory
issues, preparation for WRC-12</STRONG>, Amateur Radio Emergency and Disaster
Communication, national regulations of Amateur Radio in the GCC States combined
with panel discussions and workshops with the aim to assist in building and
maintaining good working relationship between the National Regulators and the
Amateur Radio Societies.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Doha has been launched by UNESCO as the capital of the Arab
culture and a celebration of ”Al-Doha Capital of Arab Culture 2010" with H.E.
Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage will take place during the RCAR 2010
event.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>More information on the invitation, program, hotel and visa
may be found in related documents available on the IARU Region 1 web or obtained
from any of the IARU team members listed above.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The above information is from Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, IARU
Vice-President and appeared in the IARU E-Letter.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma> </FONT><FONT face=Tahoma>IARU Region 1 </FONT><A
href="http://www.iaru-r1.org/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.iaru-r1.org/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>IARU </FONT><A href="http://www.iaru.org/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma>http://www.iaru.org/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS) </FONT><A
href="http://www.qsl.net/a71a/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.qsl.net/a71a/</FONT></A></P></BODY></HTML>