4U1ITU celebrates its 50th anniversary

By HB9RS

50 years ago Bill Halligan wrote" Amateur Radio is a spirit which I believe is so evident in the International Amateur Radio Club (IARC), and the Hallicrafter Company is proud to have played a role in the development of the Club station 4U1ITU."

4U1ITU Opens

N e w In te rn a tio n a l Ham S ta tio n

a t G en eva

HB9SI, club secretory, holds the ribbon while K9EBE of the Hollicrafters Company performs the cutting ceremony; to the right are club president John Gayer and ITU

Secretary-General Gerald C. Gross

Indeed, William (Bill) Halligan, W4AK / W9AC donated the entire Hallicrafters station which was inaugurated on June 10,1962 with the famous call 4U1ITU.

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As mentioned on the QSL, the complete Hallicrafters station consisted mainly of : TX: HT 37, HT 32 B and HA 2 LIN : HT 33 A, HT 33 B RX: SX 101 A, SX 115

The IARC was created in 1961 by a team of hams working at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), at the United Nations or Geneva amateurs friends.

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Seen high on the roof of the new ITU building in Geneva, Switzerland Are some of the amateurs responsible for installing a 4-element beam and other equipment used by 4U1ITU.From left to right, up the pyramid, are : HB9UD, HB9ETChls I’EVEQUE (an s.w.l.), PA0BB/HB9SI, and at the apex is W2YEJHallicrafters representative.

With the support of the Swiss Administration and the ITU Secretary-General an IARC Station was set up in the Montreux Palace Hotel, headquarters of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, Montreux 1965.

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This station was allocated the special call HB3ITU by the Swiss P.T.T. and was on the air for the two months duration of the conference. A special IARC QSL card was sent acknowledging all contacts.

Our photos shows the late Dr.Sarwate, elected Secretary-General by the Montreux Conference, and (left to right) Mr. Gustav Wettstein, then Director-General of the Swiss PTT, and another senior Swiss PTT Official, Mr.Rutschi, ,1966 President of the ITU Administrative Council Visiting HB3ITU.

Another IARC station operated from Monte Carlo in Monaco in August 1965.

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The International Amateur Radio Club came into existence at the inauguration, in 1962, of the new International Telecommunication Union Headquarters building located in the vici­nity of the United Nations complex in Geneva. Allocated a callsign in the United Nations 4U series, it started operation on amateur bands from 2m to 80m with a station donated by the Hallicrafters Company as a gift of the Government of the United States of America to theI.T.U. Since that date, 4U1ITU has contacted, as a new DXCC country, countless tens of thousands of radio amateurs all over the world, with the Hallicrafters SX 115 receiver HT 323 exciter and HT 333 linear and a Hy-Gain TH-4 antenna. A dual station incorporating the original equipment and a Hammarlund line HQ 180 receiver, HX 50 exciter, and HXL-2 linear is now in full operation. Also, due to the generosity of a number of additional manu­facturers, a Club working on an extremely modest budget and with the aid of hard working Club members, has enabled the IARC station to maintain a high standard of operating efficiency and to foster friendship between radi» amateurs in all the earth’s continents.

References:1) 4U1ITU Calling, by Werner Wolter DL1YJ, QST April 1965

2) 4U1ITU Story Amateur Radio Station by George Jacobs, W3ASK,CQ September 1962

3) 4U1ITU Calling, Annual Publication of the IARC, Nr.1 October 1963,"Why an Anniversary" by Bill Halligan.

4) 4U1ITU Calling, Annual Publication of the IARC, Nr.2 September 1964,"Personalities" Bill Halligan.

5) 4U1ITU Calling, Annual Publication of the IARC, Nr. 3, ITU Centenary Year 1965

6) IARC Newsletter No.4, 1965

7) IARC Newsletter No.11, December 1968 (Cover page)

8) 4U1ITU Opens, QST August 1962.

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References 1: 4U1ITU Calling, by Werner Wolter DL1YJ, QST April 1965

4U1ITU CallingBY WERNER WOLTER,* DL1YJ

W olter, DL1YJ,Wernerthe editor o f 4U1ITU

Calling.

A familiar signal on the DX hands, particu­larly on 14-Mc. sideband, is that of 4U 1 ITU. headquarters station of the International

Amateur Radio Club, located on the top floor of the building housing the International Tele­communications Union in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a unique station, because it is the world's only international radio station anil because of the opportunity it has of demonstrating amateur radio to telecommunications delegates visiting ITU Headquarters.

4U1ITU has been on the air since June 10, 1962, and since that time has made some 00,000 contacts all over the world. A list of the amateurs who have operated at 4U1ITU reads like an in­ternational who’s who in amateur radio. Besides the liams on the staff of ITU, who spend as much of their off-duty time ns possible at 4U1ITU, there has been a steady stream of operators from all over the world. Some of these hams have been delegates to special conferences at ITU, others have been tourists passing through Geneva, still others liave been businessmen on regular trips through Europe. The International Amateur Radio Club offers a personal invitation to you to stop in and operate 4U1ITU if you have the opportunity to visit Geneva.

T h e In te r n a t io n a l A m a te u r R a d io C lu bWhat is this I ARC that we have heard so much

about during the last couple of years?Whenever a few hams live near each other, or

work with each other, they tend to form a club. So it was at ITU headquarters. There were a number of enthusiastic hams on the staff, and be­cause the ITU staff is drawn from many countries there were many prefixes represented. Thus, because of the international flavor of the member­ship, and because of the Geneva location, it was only natural that the name chosen should bethe International Amateur Radio Club._______ *

* Editor, 4 U H T U Calling; Publicity Officer, IARC

Patrons of the IARC arc U Thant, Secretary General of the United Nations: Gerald C. Gross (HB9IA, W3GG), Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union; and G. A. Wettstein, Director General of the Swiss PTT. John Gayer, HB9AKQ, became the first president of IARC and is now honorary presi­dent. Miroslav Joachim, OK1W1, was chosen vice president and is now 1965 president: Ted Robinson, FsRU. secretary: and Heinz ltobig, HB9QC, treasurer.

In its Rules, the IARC set forth its purposes:a) to further, through amateur radio,

international friendship and under­standing.

b) to encourage the proper use of the frequency bands, and also goodwill and good manners on the air.

c) to cooperate with radio amateurs and their associations.

d) to manage and operate the IARC transmitting and receiving station 4U1ITU. and

e) to share experiences with amateurs and telecommunication experts visit­ing ITU headquarters and in this way, to further contribute to the develop­ment of communications.

To implement these noble purposes, one of the first goals of the new Club was to activate its station, 4U1ITU. Through the generosity of manufacturers in Europe and the United States, many items of amateur radio equipment were donated. No less important, tlirough the courtesy of the ITU itself, space was provided on the top floor of the new ITU headquarters building for a club room and the erection of antennas was permitted on the roof, some six stories above ground level. At noon, Greenwich, on June 10, 1962, 4UIITU went on the air for the first time. It has been active ever since, and a contact with 4U1ITU is a widely sought experience on the ham bands, counting towards DXCC.

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I A R C C o n v e n tio n sSince tin* founding of IARC, it lias held two

conventions in Geneva, with a third scheduled for this coming September. In keeping with the international flavor of IARC, these conventions have been attended by aniatuurs from nil over the world and have been a means for imple­menting another of IARC’b purposes — the furthering of international friendship and under­standing.

This year's lARC convention will Ite In-id on September 17. IS and 19 in (ieneva. and the Club would like to hear at an early date from anyone who plans to attend. This will In- a par­ticularly important period in international com­munications, for at the same time the Inter­national Telecommunications Union will be holding its Centenary Plenipotentiary Con­ference (which as now planned will l>e in session from September 14 to Xovemlter 12). Numerous telecommunications dignitaries from the 124 member countries of the ITU will be on hand for the “ plenipot" in Montreux, Switzerland, and many of them will take the opportunity to come over to ( lenevn for the weekend conven­tion of the 1ARC.

S p e c ia l O p e ra tio n o f 4 U 1 IT U in M a yOne hundred years ago. in May of I860, the

representatives of twenty European countries met in Paris and signed a Convention setting up what was then the International Telegraph Union, in order to provide for common rules for tin- telegraph systems in Europe. The first radio conference was held in Berlin in 1906, and in the combined radio and telegraph conference held in Madrid in 1982 the organization changed its name and nature to the International Telecom­munication Union. As the ITU traces its origins back to the original telegraph conference held in

Paris in 1865, it is celebrating its centenary this year. The ITU Centenary reminds all hams that they too are part of the community of the Union. Hams are the blood-brothers of the propagation research engineer in Tokyo, the antenna specialist in I .os Angeles, the radio astronomer in Sverdlovsk — and the radio ojs-r- ator on a tramp steamer a week out of Mel­bourne as well. The amateur and the profes­sional see one another's faults close-up, like members of a family, but we are still members of the one family just the same. In any family, something ennu-s up now and then that reminds the quarreling partisans of their common iden­tity, and this year for us all, it is the hundred years of the ITU. < >ur common ancestors are the great men who always stand out so clearly at a distance of generations. Faraday and Max­well; Hertz, Poppy and Marconi; Pupin, de Forest, and the rest.

There will Ik- special centenary ceremonies at the Plenipotentiary Conference in Montreux, taking place in September as already mentioned. The International Amateur Radio Club will celebrate this anniversary by being on the air continuously from 0000 GMT May 16 through 2400 (IMT on May 17, to commemorate the actual (May 17) centennial date of the Interna­tional Telecommunication Union. Five trans­mitters will l>e operating simultaneously in dif­ferent amateur bands. A special Centenary QSL card will be sent to each station worked during this Centennial celebration, and special 4U1ITU operator certificates will be issued to hams who come from anywhere (and everywhere) in tla- world to operate during this period. Radio ama­teurs who wish to operate 4U1ITU on either or both days are invited to contact the Station Manager of 4UUTU, IARC, Geneva 20, Switzer­land, right now! The station manager is Gunter

V is ito rs o t 4 U IIT U hove a m a te u r ra d io e x p la in e d to them b y HB9UD (se a te d , le f t re a r) who is the S ta tio n M a n a g e r ond OKI FY (s ta n d in g , r ig h t fo re g ro u n d ) who is S ta tio n Engineer.

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The handsome surroundings o f an ITU m eeting room p ro v id e the a p p ro p r ia te se tting fo r one o f the IARC Convention fo rm a l sessions.

Jorasehkewitz, 11B9UD, and he'd like to start planning operating schedules as soon as possible.

In te r n a tio n a l S a le s m a n s h ipBecause of its location, the International

Amateur Radio Club has a unique opportunity to demonstrate amateur radio to visitors at the ITU headquarters. Telecommunications dele­gates who might not have much understanding of wliat amateur radio is about are personally invited to visit 4U1ITU and participate in some of the international conversations. IARC mem- l>ers are able to demonstrate that amateur radio forms a national resource of trained operators and technicians, and many a delegate leaves the 4U1ITU shack with a much better appreciation of the amateur radio service.

You can participate in IARC’ activity by joining the I ARC' and helping to support it. Membership is open to anyone anywhere in the \oorld. The yearly membership dues of $5 for amateurs includes a membership certilicate, a membership lapel pin, quarterly news letters, and the annual issue of the Club’s magazine 4U1ITU Ctillinti1 It publicizes international amateur radio and is aimed not only at hams but also at Administrations, delegates, and oth­ers in different walks of life.

A m a te u r R ad io I s In te r n a t io n a lThe spirit and nature of amateur radio have

made it international from the beginning. Ama­teurs have not only kept pace with changing times, but often have been in advance. Amateur radio is no longer a hobby. It is an institution of understanding and education. Amateur radio will go ahead into the scientific and leisure age to

1 Four-color international coverage. Single copies available from IAHC at $1.00 (or equivalent).

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contribute knowledge, increasing the degree of scientific thinking and stimulating many to learn on their own.

After 50 years of pioneer work, amateur radio can now make .a great contribution to the efforts of the United Nations and ITU technical coop­eration programs. There is a great interest in new countries to learn amateur radio and what goes on in the world. Many amatuurs now have the opportunity to pass on their knowledge and to really help their less fortunate brethem. In­numerable visitors to 4U1ITU have left under­standing and admiring amateur radio enthus- i:ists. and recognizing that amateur radio is a potent force for developing enthusiasm for tele­communications in their countries. IARC’ sells amateur radio under the slogan, “ Young radio amateur today telecommunication engineer tomorrow.” Our task is crystal clear. Radio amateurs must cooperate with young countries struggling to gain the fruits of scientific and technical progress. Assistance is required to help organize amateur radio clubs in new nations. The (sdiey of new nations towards amateur radio will reflect the ideas of these clubs and the good will shown by the whole world. There are strong moral reasons why those of us who luive been fortunate should help those who have been less fortunate. _____

We all live today in one world. IQ5T- 1

FEEDBACKTo the list of distinguished amateurs shown on

page 40 of February QST as new Fellows of the In­stitute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, may lie added the name of D. Gerald A. Rooselot, WslISF, of Birmingham, Michigan, a vice president of Bcndix. (Via WW DC/M'tS 1 CO).

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References 2: 4U1ITU Story Amateur Radio Station by George Jacobs, W3ASK, CQ September 1962

S e p t e m b e r 1 9 6 2 5 Q c

This Month:The 4U1ITU Story.

See Page 34.

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4U1ITU.. m Am ateur Radio Station of

the International Telecom m unication Union

BY GEORGE JACOBS*, W3ASK

S in c e th e f i r s t l ia r s o f J u n e . th e e x o t ic c a l l s ig n " 4 U 1 I T L ' Itas b e e n h e a rd o n c a r io u s a m a te u r h a n d s . T h is is th e s t o r y b e h in d th is u n u s u a l s ta t io n , a n d th e im p o r ta n t m ile s to n e it r e p re s e n t s f o r a m a te u r ra d io .

nated. as a gift, much of the equipment being used by 4U1ITU. Don Chesser. W4KVX. George Jacobs. W3ASK and A1 Embrechts, W2YEJ.

For nearly a century, the International Tele­communication Union has been the adminis­trative center for world-wide communication. The Union, now a specialized agency of the United Nations, is responsible for administer­ing the international regulations which govern and control the use of radio, telephone and telegraph communications throughout the world. The Union is also responsible for main­taining and extending international cooperation for the improvement and rational use of tele­communications, and for promoting the de­velopment of technical facilities and their most efficient operation. One of the Union's most important responsibilities in the field of radio communication is the registration and co­ordination of frequencies used throughout the world, in an effort to avoid or reduce inter­ference. More than 100 countries participate in the work of the ITU.

The International Telecommunication Union is one of the oldest international organizations, having been founded on May 17, 1865. Until the end of the second World War. the Union was located in Berne, Switzerland. Earlier this year it moved from its post-War headquarters in Geneva's historic Palais Wilson, to a modern office building in Geneva’s Place des Nations. 4UIITU is located on the top floor of the

Sam ple o f the Q S l ca rd b e in g sent fro m 4U1ITU to

con firm con tact w ith th is unusual s ta tion . D uring the

firs t 24 hours o f its o p e ra tio n , the s ta tion was m anned

by HB9ET, H B 9IA , HB9SI, HB9UD, F9DD, F9DG,

DL3DU, S M 5A N V , G8KS, PA0FX, PA0CS, W IIV Q , W 2

YEJ, W 3 G G , W 3A SK , W 4K VX , K9EBE, and others.

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O ne o f the tw o o p e ra tin g positions a t 4U 1ITU , h e a d ­

q u a rte r 's s ta tion o f the In te rn a tio n a l Te lecom m unica­

tio n U nion in G eneva, S w itze rla n d . Shown a t the

o p e ra tin g desk is Miss V era Jackson o f the ITU staff.

In the re a r, le ft-to -r ig h t, a re : G u n te r Joraschkew itz ,

HB9UD, s ta tion m a nage r fo r 4U 1ITU , a n d W a lte r

B aum gorten , PA0BB 'H B 9 S I, S ecre tary-Treasurer o f

the In te rn a tio n a l A m a te u r R adio C lub.

newly erected ITU building. The station’s equipment has been donated as part of a gift from the United States, marking the occasion of the Union’s move to its new. permanent headquarters.

Sinee the ITU is a specialized agency of the UN. its amateur radio station has been assigned call-letters from the 4UA-4UZ block, which has been allocated to the United Nations. This is the first time that call-letters from this block have been assigned to an amateur radio station. Permission has been granted from the Swiss Government, the UN and the ITU for 4U1ITU to operate from the ITU building with extra­territorial privileges.

International Am ateur Radio ClubThe station’s equipment, and the mainte­

nance and operation of 4UI1TU. have been entrusted to the International Amateur Radio Club, a newly formed club under the sponsor­ship of the ITU. Membership to the IARC is open to all radio amateurs in the United Na­tions and its specialized agencies. Delegate membership is open to all officials attending conferences of international organizations in Geneva, and who are licensed radio amateurs. Associate membership is open to all other li­censed radio amateurs upon their expressed request to become associated with the club. The officers of the International Amateur Radio Club are: President: John H. Gayer, member of the International Frequency Registration Board of the ITU: First Vice-President: M. Joachim tOKIWI), an official of the Inter­national Radio Consultative Committee of the ITU: Second Vice-President: Willi Menzcl (HB9AAB). a technical-expert with the ITU: Secretary-Treasurer: Walter Baumgarten <HB9- Sl). a telecommunication official with the United Nations, (Walter may be remembered for the long string of exotic calls he has held in the past, among them being PAftBB. ZC6UN. ZC6UNJ. AR8UN. K2UN. and SV5UN. 1 Membership details can be obtained directly from the Secretary-Treasurer. International Amateur Radio Club— 4UIITU. ITU Building. Geneva 20. Switzerland.

All members, delegate members and associ­ate members of the IARC must be in agree­ment with the following aims and purposes of the club: 1. through amateur radio, to further

international friendship and understanding: 2. to cooperate with all radio amateur associa­tions; 3. to promote the proper use of the bands allocated to the radio amateur service; 4. to provide the organization through which the club's transmitting and receiving station (4UIITU) will be managed and operated.

4UI1TU is neither a DXpedition. nor a short term operation. The station plans to be on the air daily, operating on all bands between 2 and 80 meters. Specific operating schedules will be maintained on c.w., a.m. and s.s.b.. and teletype may be added in the future. A distinctive QSL card has been designed which will be sent to confirm contact with the new station.

The inauguration of 4UIITU. the first radio station ever to be sponsored by the ITU. marks a milestone for amateur radio. Formal identi­fication with the ITU in this way not only raises the prestige of amateur radio, but pro­vides for the first time, a truly international station that may be operated by licensed radio amateurs from all parts of the world.

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References 3: 4U1ITU Calling, Annual publication of the IARC, Nr.1 October 1963,"Why an Anniversary" by Bill Halligan.

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WHYAN ANNIVERSARY?

W illiam J . " B ill" H alligan S r . W9AC

A m ateu r rad io has been a p a r t of m e fo r a lm o s t a l l of m y life. I have spanned the e r a from the s p a rk co il and the a r c to the high pow er vacuum tube and t r a n s is to r , from the h e trodyne , to to d a y 's so p h is tic a te d s in g le s ideband c i r ­cu itry ; from b a re ly being ab le to w ork the fe llow at the o th e r end of town, to spann ing o cean s , to copying s ig n a ls from o u te r space . The e v en ts now u n fu rlin g in G eneva at T he In te rn a tio n a l T e leco m m u n ica tio n Union r e c a l l fo r m e my m any p e rs o n a l fee lin g s about a m a te u r rad io . T h is is why I c o n s id e r it a p r iv ileg e to w rite a few w ords fo r th is f i r s t ed ition o f "4U 1ITU C alling".

If a m a te u r ra d io is to have a "go lden a n n iv e rsa ry " , 1963 s e e m s to be a m ost a p p ro p ria te y e a r fo r it. Indeed, it is m ost d ifficu lt to pin down when a m a te u r ra d io r e a lly began. Who is to say that its s p i r i t w as not in the m inds of such s c ie n tif ic a lly in q u is itiv e m en a s F ran k lin , F a ra d a y , M axw ell, and H e r tz , C e rta in ly , one would not be w rong in po in ting to M arco n i and Popov a s am ong the f i r s t ra d io a m a te u r s s in ce n e a r the tu rn of th e p re s e n t cen tu ry , they w ere am ong the f i r s t to com m u n icate with ra d io w aves I p ro p o se 1963 a s the golden a n n iv e rs a ry of a m a te u r rad io , how ever, b ecau se it w as f if ty y e a r s ago th a t the f i r s t a m a ­te u r ra d io lic e n ce w as is su e d in my country . T he y e a r 1913, w as a lso the beg inn ing of the Radio S ocie ty of G rea t B rita in , and it w as a lso the y e a r in which in it ia l p lan s w ere m ade to e s ta b lis h the A m erican Radio R elay League (which o ff ic ia lly cam e in to being in 1914), and s im i la r r a d io a m a ­te u r o rg a n iz a tio n s in n e a r ly a dozen o th e r c o u n tr ie s . I d o n 't be lieve that I am fa r a s t r a y by se le c tin g 1963 a s the y e a r in which " th e s p i r i t " of a m a te u r ra d io began, a s we know it today.

But one m ust n e v e r look back n o s ta lg ica lly , w ithout looking fo rw a rd with en th u siasm and e x c item en t fo r the fu tu re . With fifty y e a r s behind it. a m a te u r ra d io now looks fo rw a rd to com m unication h o riz o n s beyond the vo ids of o u te r space . I be lieve that the tra n s i t io n betw een the p ast and the fu tu re , is now tak in g p lace in G eneva in a v e ry tang ib le way. The d e lib e ra tio n s now going on a t the IT U 's E x tra o rd in a ry A d m in is tra tiv e R adio C onfe rence on Space C om m unications and R adio A stronom y m ark , in m y op in ­ion. the beginning of a new e ra fo r the a m a teu r , a s indeed fo r a ll com m unication s e rv ic e s . In a r e a l s e n s e , th is is an h is to r ic co n fe ren ce , fo r i t is c a r ry in g out the a llo c a tio n oi the ra d io s p e c tru m freq u en cy bands in w hich fu tu re com ­m u n ica tio n s s y s te m s in sp ace w ill f lo u r ish and grow . T h is is tru ly an even t to m a rk w ith d is tin c tio n .

The golden a n n iv e rs a ry of a m a te u r ra d io and the oc ­c u r re n c e of the sp ace co m m u n ica tio n s C o n fe ren ce , would by th e m se lv e s have m e r ite d a c o m m em o ra tiv e ed itio n of "4U1ITU C alling". But I be lieve th a t th e re is s t i l l a th ird , and p e rh a p s even m o re o v e rp o w erin g re a s o n fo r an a n ­n iv e rs a ry - - and that i s to m a rk the f i r s t y e a r of 4U1 IT U 's o p e ra tio n , and the e x is ten c e of i t s p a re n t o rg an iza tio n , the In te rn a tio n a l A m ateu r R adio Club.

A m a teu r ra d io is a com m unication s e rv ic e , but it is a ls o a s p ir i t . I could devote p ag es to re co u n tin g the m u lti­tude of life - sa v in g e x p e r ie n c e s in which ra d io a m a te u rs have p a rtic ip a te d , in a ll c o rn e r s of the w orld , but space does not p e rm it th is . I could a lso r e la te d o zen s and dozens of s to r ie s from m y own p e rs o n a l e x p e r ie n c e s and tra v e ls , w here the w ords " a m a te u r ra d io " have led to new fr ien d s in d is ta n t o r s tra n g e p la c e s . T h e se fr ien d sh ip s vault p o l­i tic a l, so c ia l and econom ic b a r r ie r s , and they a r e a s f r a te rn a l , w arm and s in c e re a s any I have m ade in my life tim e . Y es, a m a te u r rad io is a s p ir i t - Indeed, it is a lm o s t a way of life . It is th is s p i r i t w hich I be lieve is so Evident in the In te rn a tio n a l A m a te u r R adio C lub, and the H a llic ra fte rC o m p an y is p ro u d to have p layed a ro le in the developm ent of the C lu b 's s ta t io n . 4U1ITU. It is , I be lieve . th is s p ir i t th a t has m ade a m a te u r ra d io what it is today, and it is the e x is te n c e of th is s p i r i t th a t we a re re a lly noting on th is s p e c ia l o ccasio n .

THE AIMSOF THE RADIO AMATEUR TO-DAY

W ern er D iefenbach, DL3VD

At p re s e n t th e re a r e about 372 ,000 a m a te u rs lic en sed a ll o v e r the w orld . 252 ,000 of whom liv e in the U. S. A. It is ex p ec ted th a t the to ta l w ill have re a ch e d 400, 000 at the end o f th is y e a r , fo r the p e rc en tag e in c re a s e of a m a te u rs is h ig h e r than th a t of the w o rld 's population . We m ay e x ­pect 750, 000 a m a te u r s w ithin the next te n y e a r s . Only 37. 000 a m a te u rs live in the Sou thern H em isp h e re (23000 in South A m e ric a , 7000 in A sia . 4000 in A u s tra lia , and 3000 in A frica ). O utside the U. S. A. m o s t a m a te u rs a re found in the S ov iet Union and in G rea t B r ita in (about 10,500 each). C anada, B ra z il, and J ap a n have about 9000 lic e n c e s each . W est G erm any m o re than 8000, A rg en tin a 7000, A u s tra lia m o re than 4000. F ra n c e n e a r ly 3000, and South A frica 2. 500.

• W ith th is in c re a s e of the n u m b er of a m a te u r s , the p o s i­tio n in th e bands b eco m es m o re and m o re c r i t ic a l . T h is is co n sid e ra b ly a g g rav a ted by the po licy of c e r ta in co u n trie s v io la tin g the e s ta b lis h e d conven tions byuBing o u r f req u en c ­ie s fo r c o m m e rc ia l rad io co m m u n ica tio n s .

On the in te rn a tio n a l lev e l, a m a te u r ra d io has renew ed re p re s e n ta tiv e s . F o r in s ta n ce , the son of th e fo rm e r U. S. A. P re s id e n t, H e rb e r t H oover, is the p re s id e n t of the In te r ­n a tiona l A m a teu r R adio Union and th e p T T M in is te r of P o l­and is lik ew ise an a m a teu r .

A m a teu rs con tinua lly p ro v e the value of th e ir a c t iv it ie s in the sav in g of hum an liv e s , by help ing when n a tu ra l d is ­a s te r s o ccu r , a s s is t in g in r e s e a r c h p ro g ra m m e s , e tc . O ur freq u en cy bands a r e fo r o u r hobby, but often help d ire c tly in pu b lic s e rv ic e . Often a m a te u r s have a r ra n g e d fo r dang­e ro u s ly s ic k o r in ju red peop le to be supp lied with life sav ­ing m e d icam en ts , when help sought by m ean s of e s ta b lis h e d conven tional ch an n e ls would have com e too la te .

T ake the re c e n t c ase when H am burg w as s tru c k by a c a ta s tro p h ic flood, in w hich pow er supply and te le co m m u n ­ic a tio n s e n tire ly fa iled . When th is o c c u r re d , a m a te u rs with th e ir m obile s ta t io n s a s s is te d the p o lic e and u n its of Red C ro s s from the f i r s t h o u rs . As a consequence o f the le s ­so n s le a rn e d from th is , g re a t e f fo r ts a re now being m ade to e s ta b lis h t ra n s is to r iz e d s ta tio n s .

When the f i r s t s a te l l i t e s w ere launched , few im agined that soon an a m a te u r s a te l l i te would be in o rb it . The s ig ­n a ls of th is a m a te u r b eaco n -ty p e s a te l l i te w ere p icked up by a m a te u r s a ll o v e r the w orld who fo rm ed a g re a t netw ork fo r the OSCAR A ssoc ia tion . F o r th a t m a tte r , a m a te u rs have a lw ays c o n trib u ted g re a tly to the p ro g r e s s o f sc ie n c e . A fte r th e ir p a rt ic ip a tio n in the In te rn a tio n a l G eophysical Y ear, they a re now p re p a r in g to tak e p a r t in the p ro g ram m e of the In te rn a tio n a l Q uiet Sun Y ear. As w ell a s th is , they a re a l ­read y engaged in o b s e rv a tio n s ’on tro p o s p h e r ic p ro p ag a tio n and s a te l l i te s ig n a ls .

R e s e a rc h in s ti tu te s a r e not a lw ays affluen t. It would be im p o ssib le fo r them to s e t up and o p e ra te such w ell equipped w orldw ide o b se rv a tio n ch a in s a s the a m a te u r s o ffe r them fre e of c h a rg e . The ra d io a m a te u r i s an u n se lf ish c o n tr i­b u to r who g ives f r e e ly o f h is in te re s t and en th u siasm in any s c ie n tif ic p ro g ram .

A m a te u rs ’ co n tr ib u tio n s to ra d io te ch n iq u es a re c e r t a in ly c o m p a rab le with th o se of p ro fe s s io n a ls ; le t m e only quote th e ir p io n e e rin g of the H F S p ec tru m . A la rg e n u m b er of a m a te u r s w ork in the fie ld s of e n g in ee rin g and sc ien ce and add the e x p e r ie n ce of e x p e r ts to the e n th u s ia sm of a m a ­te u rs .

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References 4: 4U1ITU Calling, Annual publication of the IARC, Nr.2 September 1964,"Personalities" Bill Halligan.

INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

P E R S O N A

BILL HALLIGAN

BILL HALLIGAN - W9AC

W hat rad io ham anyw here d o e sn 't know of H allic r a f te r s ? H a llic ra f te r s w as founded by s t i l l - a c t iv e ham W9AC B ill HaUigan* way back in 1933. and h e re is the s to ry .

In 1913, a s a young lad . B ill H alligan and s e v e ra l of h is f r ien d s tra d e d b o o k s on the su b jec t of rad io and g a th e re d to g e th e r to p ra c t ic e code. T he W ell fle e t, M assa c h u se tts w e a th e r s ta tio n WCC s ig n a ls w e re u sed to gain code p ro f ic ien cy . B ill a t th is tim e u sed r e c e iv e r s of h is own d esig n , w inding c o ils on c a rd b o a rd tu b es , ll is sp a rk gap t r a n s m it te r w as one of th o se tha t c re a te d havoc with the Navy Y ard in B oston .

He w as b o rn th e y e a r M arcon i tra n s m it te d h is s ig n a ls a c r o s s the E ng lish c hanne l. A fte r h is e x p e r i­m en ts w ith ra d io in h is v e ry e a r ly y e a r s , he ob tained both h is c o m m e rc ia l and a m a te u r l ic e n c e s in 1916, the y e a r he g rad u a ted from high schoo l. T he next couple of y e a r s found him s a il in g a s w ire le s s m an ab o ard c o as ta l and deep sea v e s s e ls . D uring W orld W ar I he w as on a m ine la y e r in th e N orth Sea off the c o a s t of S co tland .

Upon h is r e tu rn from a c tiv e duty, H alligan en ro lled in T ufts C ollege to obtain m o re en g in eerin g know ledge. He la te r won h is ad m iss io n to th e Poin t. N ever a c o n fo rm ist, H alligan le ft W est Point w ithin a y e a r of g radua tion to m a r ry M iss K ate F le tc h e r of New R ochelle , New Y ork .

A fte r le n v in g th e P o in t, H alligan w ro te one of the f i r s t " ra d io " co lum ns fo r a B oston n ew sp ap e r. M any of th e se co lum ns defended the a m a te u r ra d io o p e ra ­to r a g a in st an o u trag ed pub lic .

L a te r H alligan m oved to C hicago b ecau se he wa8 convinced it w as to becom e the c ap ita l o f the e le c ­tro n ic in d u s try in the USA. BUI would design h is r e c e i ­v e rs , draw h is sc h e m a tic s , pick up h is o rd e r pad and s e ll r e c e iv e r s to the ra d io s to r e s . A fte r he had so ld 50 to 100 u n its , he would co m m issio n the m an u fac tu re of the s e ts .

W9AC'8 ph ilosophy is , and h a s b een , to m ake equipm ent s m a l le r , b e t te r , and le s s ex pensive .

The H T -4 t r a n s m it te r and the SX -28 r e c e i ­v e r w ere the fru its of th is ph ilosophy and th e key sto n e of H a llic ra f te rs .

A fte r 1945, H alligan re m a in e d in b u s in e s s by re v e rtin g to h is p re -w a r ph ilosophy co n ce rn in g the a m a te u r rad io o p e ra to r . He desig n ed and b u ilt the b est r e c e iv e r s and t r a n s m it te r s a v a ilab le fo r th is m a rk e t. H a llig an 's b e lie f was tha t the a m a te u r ra d io o p e ra to rs would begin to in c re a s e in la r g e n u m b e rs . His d ec isio n a t that tim e to p ro v id e equ ipm ent fo r th e se o p e ra to rs has been w ell p roven o v e r the y e a r s .

* and I. A .R .C . M em ber

L I T I E Sl la l l ic r a f te r s today is m anaged by W 9AC's

son Bob H alligan . T he com pany is a healthy m ix tu re of New E ngland c o n se rv a tis m and M idw este rn d y nam ics. U nder B o b 's d ire c tio n the com pany has su b s id ia ry co m p an ies on both C o as ts of the United S ta te s and an a s s o c ia te com pany in the M idw est. He i s a ls o engaged in e s ta b lis h in g s tro n g r e s e a r c h and developm en t re la tio n s with M id w este rn u n iv e rs i t ie s .

O v er th e y e a r s , H a l l ic ra f te r s h a s c o n trib u ted m any f i r s t s to th e e le c tro n ic in d u s try . Som e of the " f i r s t s " a re a c a l ib ra te d s - m e te r , a dual d iv e rs ity r e c e iv e r , on au to m a tic n o ise l im i te r , a te m p e ra tu re co m p en sa ted H. F . o s c i l l a to r a b a tte ry p o rta b le all wave c o m m u n ica tio n s r e c e iv e r , a dual A. V. C. s y s te m , n b rid g e te e notch f i l te r , and c o m m e rc ia l p roduction of an e le c tro n ic k e y c r w ith d ig ita l te ch n iq u es .

W hile Bob H alligan h a s b eco m e p re s id e n t and C hief E x ecu tiv e O ffice r of th e com pany . B ill re m a in s C h a irm an of the B o ard . He liv e s on the C hicago lake fron t and con tinues to o p e ra te W9AC. N e v er a co n fo rm ist to c u r r e n t th ink ing , th e an ten n a fo r 9AC is d ia m e tr ic a lly opposed to m o s t a n a te u r o p e r a to r 's th ink ing . H a llig an 's an tenna i s s p e c ia lly d esigned d ipo le , which i s seven flo o rs below' him on the ro o f o f th e D rake H ote l. He o p e ra te s CW on 7. 015 M e. and 14. 080 Me. O ccasionally , he can be found o p e ra tin g on 20 m e te r s SSB.

H alligan c u r re n t ly ho lds W9AC and W4AK. In the p a st, he h a s held 1AEH in 1916, 1UL. W9WOE, and W 9WZE.

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References 5: 4U1ITU Calling, Annual Publication of the IARC, Nr. 3, ITU Centenary Year 1965

ITU Centenary year amateur stations

With the support o f the Swiss Administration and the ITU Secretary-General an I ARC station was set up in the Montreux Palace Hotel, headquarters o f the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, Montreux. 1965. This station was allocated the special call HB3ITU by the Swiss P. T. T. and was on the air for the two months duration o f the conference. A great number o f interesting QSOs were made by visiting ITU Delegates. A special IARC QSL card was sent acknowledging all contacts. Our photos shows the late Dr. Sarwate. elected Secretary-General by the Montreux Conference, and (left to right) Mr. Gustav Wettstein, then Director-General o f the Swiss P.T.T. and another senior Swiss P.T.T. official, Mr. Riitschi, 1966 President o f the l.T.U. Administrative Council, visiting HB3ITU.

Another I ARC station operated from Monte Carlo in Monaco in August 1965.

The Montreux Palace

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L A M A TE U R RA DI O CLU BI A l t , P.0. I0 X 6 GENEVA 20, SWITZERLAND

3 A 0 I T UN T H E B E A U T I F U L C I T Y O F M O N T E - C A R L O

P R I N C I P A U T t DE M O N AC O

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References 6: IARC Newsletter No.4, 1965

INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR \RADIO CLUB 20

P.O. Box 6

The International Amateur Radio Club came into existence at the inauguration, in 1962, of the new International Telecommunication Union Headquarters building located in the vici­nity of the United Nations complex in Geneva. Allocated a callsign in the United Nations 4U series, it started operation on amateur bands from 2m to 80m with a station donated by the Hallicrafters Company as a gift of the Government of the United States of America to the I.T.U. Since that date, 4U1ITU has contacted, as a new DXCC country, countless tens of thousands of radio amateurs all over the world, with the Hallicrafters SX 115 receiver HT 323 exciter and HT 333 linear and a Hy-Gain TH-4 antenna. A dual station incorporating the original equipment and a Hammarlund line HQ 180 receiver, HX 50 exciter, and HXL-2 linear is now in full operation. Also, due to the generosity of a number of additional manu­facturers, a Club working on an extremely modest budget and with the aid of hard working Club members, has enabled the IARC station to maintain a high standard of operating efficiency and to foster friendship between radio amateurs in all the earth's continents.

D u rin g th e IT U C e n te n a ry w e e k e n d , IA R C had s ix c o m p le te s ta t io n s on th e air. D u rin g th e 17-20 S e p te m b e r IA R C C O N V E N T IO N , th e re w i ll be te n ! The Companies who made it possible are:

Hallicrafters Co., Chicago, IllinoisHammarlund Mfg. Co. Inc., New York, New YorkHy-Gain Antenna Products Co., Lincoln, NebraskaTechnical Materiel Corp., Mamaroneck, New YorkMoseley Electronics Inc., Bridgetown, MissouriNew-Tronics Corp., Cleveland, OhioWorld Laboratories/Galaxy, Council Bluffs, IowaCornell-Dubilier Electronics, Fuquay/Varina, North CarolinaThe Turner Co., Cedar Rapids, IowaPartridge Electronics Ltd., Broadstairs, Kent, EnglandDow-Key Co., Thief River Falls, MinnesotaWaters Mfg. Co., Wayland, MassachusettsAmpex, Red Wood City, CaliforniaScientific Instrument R & D Co., Union, N. J.

We thank them!

I ARC CONVENTIONActivities are directed towards supporting national amateur radio societies and

maintaining the individual amateur's privileges and his right to establish contact freely with his brother amateurs no matter in what part of the world they may live.

The highlight of each IARC year is its CONVENTION. The Conventions are normally held in Geneva to coincide with a special event. The first was held in October 1963, during the ITU Space Radio Conference; the second in September 1964, during the Second United Nations Conference on the Use of Atomic Energy. The third Convention will be held in Sep­tember (17th-20th) 1965, during the time of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (100 years of ITU Co-operation) Montreux, Switzerland. For each of the IARC Conventions, the IARC Annual Magazine INTERADIO— 4U1ITU CALLING— is published. IARC also now publishes a quarterly Newsletter. The 1 October Newsletter will report on the Third (17-20 September 1965) IARC Convention.

The tentative IARC Convention program was distributed with IARC Newsletter No. 2.

INTERNATIONAL RADIO—I ARC makes a special effort to contribute to the development of all forms of radio through­

out the world and to promote its effective use and assist in its use, especially Amateur Radio.H A M -T E C H -A ID is k n o w n in n e w d e v e lo p in g c o u n tr ie s . O u r o n ly re g re t is ou r

re so u rce s ha ve n o t been e n o u g h to h e lp in th e w a y w e w o u ld lik e . H o w e v e r, IA R C b y c o u rte s y o f H a llic ra fte rs and H y -G a in , has e s ta b lis h e d a T e le c o m m u n ic a tio n C lu b s ta t io n in A d d is A b a b a w ith an S R 150 and a d ip o le a n te n n a . W e ho pe to im p ro v e th is and o th e r s ta t io n s w h ile c o n tin u in g , by c o u rte s y o f A R R L , R S G B , REF as w e ll as w ith IA R C in fo rm a tio n , to p ro v id e p u b lic a t io n s and lite ra tu re th e y so m u ch need in th e ir s tu d ie s and use o f ra d io .

IARC membership is open to all. Licensed Radio Amateurs as Members, others as Associates. The Annual dues are: 22 Sw.Frs., S5, or the equivalent. (Short-wave listeners (SWL) and students— 12 Sw.Frs., S3, or equivalent). IARC membership certificates are given to licensed wives (XYLs) of members without charge. An Annual Membership List is published. List No. 2, in alphabetical order and callsigns, will be distributed with the IARC CONVENTION Newsletter No. 3 (October 1965). We would appreciate receiving any further corrections NOW.

On the occasion of the I.T.U. Centenary year, IARC inaugurated Ambassador-Life Membership. Ambassador-Life Membership is extended to enthusiastic supporters of IARC and International Radio. (Membership fee: 430 Sw.Frs., S100 or equivalent).

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References 7: IARC Newsletter No.11, December 1968 (Cover page)

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References 8: 4U1ITU Opens, QST August 1962

4U1ITU Opens

N ew In tern a tion a l Ham Station

a t G eneva

HB9SI, club secretary, holds the ribbon while K9EBE o f the Hallicrafters Compony performs the cutting ceremony; to the right are club president John G oyer and ITU

Secretory-General G era ld C. Gross

ON June 10, in the presence of many distin­guished international experts in the field of

telecommunications, amateur station 4U1ITU was dedicated at its location in the new head­quarters building of the International Telecom­munications Union, Geneva, Switzerland.

A ham club station has long been the aim of amateurs among the executive and staff personnel at ITU, but for reasons of space it hail to await the construction of a new building. With the blessing of Gerald C. Gross, W3GG/HB9IA, Secretary-General of the Union, the Administra­tive Council granted approval for the amateur installation and accepted equipment donated by the Hallicrafters Company sis a gift of the United States. Various members of the Administrative Council, International Frequency Registration Board, technical consulting committees and the General Secretariat witnessed the inauguration.

4U1ITU is licensed to the International Ama­teur Radio Club, with general membership open to till staff members of international organiza­tions, delegate membership open to all official delegates to conferences held by international organizations, anil associate membership open to all other licensed amateurs. Club officers are .1 11. Gayer, DL4ZA, president; M. Joachim,

OK1W1, first vice president; W. Menzel, HB9AAB second vice president; W. Baumgar- ten, HB9SI, secretary-treasurer.

The purposes of the club are:1. through amateur radio, to further interna­

tional friendship and understanding;2. to co-operate with all radio amateur asso­

ciations;3. to promote the proper use of the bands allo­

cated to the radio amateur service;I. to provide the organization through which the

I ARC radio transmitting and receiving station will be managed and operated.ITU Inis, in essence, extra-territorial rights in

Switzerland and so by agreement with Swiss au­thorities the station operates with a United Na­tions prefix. Any licensed amateur may operate the station. Over 500 contacts in 55 countries on all continents were made the first weekend of operation, largely due to the all-night c.w. stints of a visiting Stateside DXer, W4KVX, although amateurs from various countries took a trick tit one time or another during the inaug­uration. ITU personnel ho|>e to keep the new station regularly active on the air, using all bands from time to time but probably with a preference for 14-Mc. sideband. Watch for it! IQST̂ |

Amateurs ond international telecommunications experts taking pa rt in the inauguration ceremonies assembled on the front steps o f the new headquarters b u ild irg housing

the International Telecommunications Union offices.

August 1962

The first contact a fte r form al opening o f 4U1ITU is made by W 3 G G /H B 9 IA while W 3ASK assists.

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