Nordic Radio Amateur Union Explained

Nordic Radio Amateur Union is a Regional Radio Amateur Alliance.^{[1] [2]} It was founded in 1935 by the Radio Amateur Societies of the Nordic countries.

Its works towards common solutions for Nordic amateurs. Members, being delegates from member societies, meet ahead of each IARU meeting to prepare joint positions.

It organises the NRAU Activity Contest (NAC), from 28 MHz (10 m) and up; and the Scandinavian Activity Contest (SAC) on the five original HF bands. There are SSB and CW (Morse) divisions.

See also

• International Amateur Radio Union
• Finnish Amateur Radio League
• Norwegian Radio Relay League
• Swedish Society of Radio Amateurs
• Icelandic Radio Amateurs
• Faroese Amateur Radio Association
• Danish Amateur Radio Experimenters

Notes and References

1. Book: Gullberg, Ingvar E. . Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning . 1977 . Norstedt . 978-91-1-775052-7 . en.
2. Web site: Viitala . Iiro . April 2009 . Radioamatööritoiminta Osana Kriisiviestintää . Radio amateur activities as part of Crisis Communication . https://web.archive.org/web/20230504224420/https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/105161/SK1100.pdf . 2023-05-04 . 2023-05-04 . National Defence University (Finland). The activities of radio amateurs are managed by the Finnish Amateur Radio League (SRAL), which is the national central organization of radio amateurs in Finland. SRAL is a member of IARU (International Amateur Radio Union) and of NRAU (Nordic Radio Amateur Union), a cooperative body of Nordic amateur radio unions..