Welcome to the website of Íslenskir radíóamatörar (Í.R.A.)

The national association of Icelandic radio amateurs, Íslenskir radíóamatörar (Í.R.A.), was founded on August 14, 1946. The association is a member society of the International Amateur Radio Union (I.A.R.U.) and IARU Region 1, as well as being a member society of the Nordic Amateur Radio Union (NRAU).

The Í.R.A. reached 200 members in April 2010 of which approx. 80% are licensed. Headquarters are located at Skeljanes street in Reykjavík, the capital. Meetings are held on Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The club station, TF3IRA, is located at the Skeljanes headquarters along with the Í.R.A. QSL Bureau. The association runs an active website (www.ira.is) and publishes quarterly the magazine CQ TF. The association sponsors a number of amateur radio awards. See "Icelandic Awards". In early August the association sponsors the annual field day called TF útileikar.

Í.R.A. offers seminars for those interested to participate in amateur radio examinations. The seminars are offered by the association at least once a year, but final examinations are given by the Post and Telecom Administration. Seminars are also offered to those who want to learn Morse code (although not required after 2004). Members are encouraged to participate in contests from the club station, TF3IRA, and on occasions the special contest callsign TF3W is used. As of 2010, the association uses the special callsign TF3HQ in the IARU Radiosport Championship contest in July each year.

Five VHF repeaters are operative in the 2 meter band in Iceland. These are located in the Reykjavík area (TF3RPC, TF3RPA and TF1RPB); in the Selfoss area in the South (TF1RPE); and in the Akureyri area up north (TF5RPD). See "Repeaters and frequencies". The beacon TF1SIX is QRV on 50.057 MHz (Locator: HP94sc) and an “Echo-link” run by TF3GW, is active on 145.350 MHz (node number is 283634). Repeaters in Iceland do no not use access tones. Local calling frequencies: On 2 meters, 145.500 MHz; on 70 cm, 433.500 MHz; and on 80 meters: 3637 kHz.