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  The Saudi Amateur Radio Society (SARS) in coordination with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and the Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) celebrates the 18th anniversary of the launch of the Saudi satellite 1C SO-50 in December 2002. Saudi satellite 1C SO-50 is still working to this moment, breaking all expectations due to the quality of the technology made with it and how it works. A HZ18SAT call signal has been established. SARS has allocated prizes for the participating stations by calling via the Saudi satellite according to the following conditions: 1- Start 17 Dec 2020 00:00 UTC – End 27 Dec 2020 23:59 UTC 2- The connection is on the Saudi satellite SO-50 only. 3- The connection to the station HZ18SAT is calculated 2 points once. 4- QSO between two stations gets 2 points for the Grid Locator once. 5- Taking into consideration not to violate the international regulations and conditions for satellite communication for radio amateurs. 6- Log submitted via email to SO-50@SARS.SA 7- Last date for receiving the log 2020/12/31 23:59 UTC , No Duplicate New SO-50 Long distance record trophy souvenir requires video recording to confirm participation.

The Saudi Amateur Radio Society (SARS) announces that you will agree to use the 6-meter band (50-54mhz). We sincerely thank Communications and Information Technology Commission and wish all parties success.

Saudi Amateur Radio Society (SARS) Celebrating its membership in the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) in 22/01/2020 We are pleased and honored by the presence of International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) attending our event: 1- Deputy Chief of IARU Ole Garbstad LA2RR 2- Chief of IARU for region one Donald Betty G3BJ 3- Deputy Chief of IARU for region one Faisal Al-Ajmi 9K2RR Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS): 1- Eng. Ali bin Nasser Al-Harthi A41KQ - Deputy Chairman 2- Pilot. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Riyami A41CK - Board Member Emirates Amateur Radio Society (EARS): 1- Mrs. Kabelah Shater Al-Marzouqi A61YL - CFO and Board Member 2- Mr. Obaid Bin Muhammad Al-Mesmari A61QQ - Board Member Kuwait Amateur Radio Society (KARS): 1- Eng. Faisal Bin Nahar Al-Ajmi 9K2RR - Chairman of the Board Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC): 1- Eng. Saad bin Ibrahim Al-Askar - Ground Radio Services Officer King Saud University (KSU): 1- Dr. Walid bin Muhammad Zahid - Dean of the College of Engineering 2- Dr. Abdul Mohsen bin Ahmed Al-Baddah - Undersecretary for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, Faculty of Engineering 3- Dr. Qais Al-Gilani Belwafi - Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association: 1- Mr. Saeed bin Muhammad Abu Dash - Secretary-General Assistant Administrative Affairs 2- Mr. Salem bin Awad Al-Muhanna - Public Relations Commissioner 3- Mr. Ibrahim bin Hussein Al-Bishi - Scoutmasters Leader Cooperative Association for desert plants: 1- Major General Dr. Mohamed El-Sayel - Secretary-General of the Association 2- Major General Pilot. Saeed Al-Haznawi - Executive Director We were also pleased and honored by the presence of a number of Amateurs of Radio operators from the Kingdom of Saud Arabia and abroad.

The Saudi Amateur Radio Society (SARS) in cooperation with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) celebrates the 17th anniversary of the launch of the Saudi satellite 1C SO-50 in December 2002. Saudi satellite 1C SO-50 is still working to this moment, breaking all expectations due to the quality of the technology Made with it and how it works, a HZ17SAT call signal has been extracted. SARS has allocated prizes for the participating stations by calling via the Saudi satellite and set them according to the following conditions: 1- Start 15 Dec 2019 00:00 UTC – End 22 Dec 2019 23:59 UTC 2- The connection is on the Saudi satellite SO-50 only. 3- Geographic Focus: Worldwide 4- Exchange: call + RST +Grid 5- QSO Points: Any QSO count 2 points. 6- Multipliers: 4 digits grid square 7- Score Calculation: Total score = total QSO points x total mults. 8- Mail logs to: SO-50@SARS.SA 9- Last date for receiving the log 2019/12/27 23:59 UTC  

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We are pleased to announce for launching of Saudi Amateur Radio Society Website. Our website represents an integrated mechanism to improve the level of services provided by the site to members and visitors to taking advantage of modern technologies and according to international standards. Our website contains many services including satellite viewing, Live broadcast of the Society activities, Listen to radio stations and watch the Propagation waves and many of the services to be included soon.