Welcome to the website of Íslenskir radíóamatörar, Í.R.A.

1. ICELANDIC RADIO AMATEURS - OVERVIEW

ÍRA, the society of Icelandic Radio Amateurs founded in 1946, with number of members today approximately 200, is both a radio club and a national IARU/IARU-R1/NRAU radio amateur society having by Icelandic Regulation for radio amateurs an official advisory role and liaison between Icelandic radio amateurs and the Post and Telecommunication Administration in Iceland (PTA).

Our 65th anniversary on August 15, 2011 was celebrated with an open house at our headquarters in Reykjavík, which was a great success as members visited the society with their families and guests and enjoyed refreshments on a Sunday afternoon.

2. PTA LIAISON

Maintaining close relationship with the PTA is one of ÍRA’s highest priorities. Among tangible results are:

• Joint semi-annual to annual meetings between ÍRA and the PTA, discussing amateur radio issues.
• Now for decades ÍRA has composed and conducted amateur radio examinations in Iceland on behalf of the PTA.
• Secondary privileges on the following bands: (1) 493-510 kHz; (2) 5.260-5.410 MHz; (3) 70.000-70.200 MHz; and (4) 1850-1900 kHz (in certain international contests).
• Notes between IRA and the PTA prior to the WRC-2012 conference,
  where support of the Icelandic delegation was secured for the 472-479 kHz new band segment at the conference.

3. INTERNATIONAL LIAISON

As member of IARU/IARU-R1/NRAU, ÍRA seeks to be as active in the international radio amateur arena as possible for such a small society and of such limited means.

4. NATIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES

To mention a few of the local national society activities:

• Of major importance is our magazine, CQ TF, which is published quarterly.
• By the same token, the society’s web page (www.ira.is) is actively maintained in order to fulfill the members’ need for the latest amateur radio news.
• Amateur radio courses and examinations are given 1-2 times per annum.
• ÍRA publishes an annual report, the most recent of which is from our 2011 annual meeting. The report is 103 pages in Icelandic language. It may be viewed here: http://ira.is/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4558568
• ÍRA established for the first time an EMC committee in December 2011. The committee will seek a close relationship with specialized bodies of other national societies and the EMC coordinator.
• ÍRA was the 2nd society in the world to translate and publish ON4UN’s “Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur” in 2009. The booklet was distributed free to all members.
• QSL Bureau.

5. CLUB ACTIVITIES.

A few of the club activities are:

• Our headquarters in Reykjavík are open to our members and those interested in amateur radio, once a week. Facilities are provided to sit down with a cup of coffee and look at the latest amateur radio magazines. Many also bring their outgoing QSL cards and check for incoming cards, but the IRA QSL Bureau is located there.
• Our club station TF3IRA QRV on HF and VHF and is open to licensed members and in weekends for activating the station in international contests. Also run in contests as TF3W.
• The society offers an ambitious program of lectures and seminars that are given each year from February to May and from October to December. The total number of such events exceeds 40 per annum.
• ÍRA owns and runs VHF repeaters in around the country and has an APRS digi-peater located at its headquarters in Reykjavík.
• The society sponsors a TF Field day which is held annually in early August. This event first took place in 1979. A separate annual VHF field day is being discussed.
• For a number of years the society has actively supported participation in the annual International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend.
• The Society supports CW code practice transmissions that are offered three days a week on 80 meters.
• A new activity for this year is a code proficiency test, is being planned to be offered as of June (2012).

ÍRA club headquarters are located at Skeljanes street in Reykjavík. The antenna in the photo is a SteppIR 3E Yagi.

6. VHF repeaters in the 2 meter band

See "Repeaters and frequencies" for further information.

*TF8RPH uses tone access, CTCSS 88,5 Hz.

7. Beacon on 6 meters

Beacon TF1SIX QRG 50.057 MHz is QRV from locator: HP94sc.

8. EchoLink

An EchoLink, is run by TF3GW in Reykjavík on QRG 145.325 MHz, node number: 283634.

9. Local calling frequencies

(May 16, 2012 / TF2JB.)