A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AMATEUR RADIO ACTIVITY IN ROMANIA

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At the begining of the 20-th century  the activity of amateur radio in Romania was not regulated by Law. However the Romanian radio enthusiasts were not stopped by this situation and they started their experiments from the early 20's situating Romania among the first nations of the world in this respect.
    Here below you can find some important dates for the romanian amateur radio activity.

1925

    In March 1925 some radio enthusiasts led by professor Dragomir Hurmuzescu and Eng.C. Busila established  "The Association of Radio friends"  (RADIOFONIA).

    In June 1925, the romanian Parliament voted "The Law for settlement and use of  electrical radio stations". However this Law did not mentioned the right of individuals to use private radio stations.

    On 13-th of september 1925 was issued the  first Romanian radio magazine "RADIO ROMAN".  In this magazine there were articles about: Morse code,
Q - code, schematics of radio receivers, etc.

    On october 1925 it was issued  the second Romanian  radio magazine
"RADIOFONIA"

1926

    In 1926 on the 8-th issue of the radio magazine "RADIO ROMAN" it was published the first schematic diagram of a radio transmitter.

    In 1926, a young Romanian student Popescu Malaiesti  made the first QSOs from Romania using the call sign BR5AA on 42 meters.  One of his QSOs is certified by the QSL received from G2BUO, dated 27.12.1926 at 18.35 GMT.

    On 18-th of March 1926 in the city of Craiova it was founded the Associations of Radio Friends "RADIO CRAIOVA"  and the first Radio Club from Romania "RADIOCLUBUL CRAIOVA".
    The President of the radio club was Dr.A. Savopol. (CV5AS).His activity was very important for the development of amateur radio in Romania.

    The first Romanian experimental broadcast short-wave radio station (25 w power output)  was  activated in October 1926 inside the University Electrotechnical Institute from Bucharest.

1927

    In 1927, the radio amateur Popescu Malaiesti (BR5AA) changed  his call sign  in ER5AA according to the new IARU regulations.
    In March 1927 a new Romanian amateur starts his activity, Eng. Nicolae Lupas
using the call sign ER5AB.
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Youngsters on the Air

The entire month of December several youngsters will become active with YOTA as suffix in the callsign. The idea for this is to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham radio waves.

https://events.ham-yota.com/ 

Give a demonstration in a school or local club, gather together with your friends, grab a pizza and make some QSOs or enjoy a great pile-up. Let us all show this great hobby to the world!

Feel free to make a QSO with the youngsters, they are happy to get some attention and exchange information. Licensed and unlicensed youth will be making QSOs, be aware this could be their first radio contact ever and give them a chance to experience a possible new hobby.