JORDANIAN AMATEURS APPROVED FOR NEW CLUB STATION

The Royal Jordanian Radio Amateur Society has established a new club station with the callsign JY6SC - one of many stations to be established at schools, universities and within Jordan's Armed Forces, to promote amateur radio. It recently received permission to set up the station from the Jordanian Special Communications Commission, the governmental agency that oversees the nation's communications network.

The Royal Jordanian Radio Amateur Society was created in 1971 by the celebrated radio amateur King Hussein, JY1. The amateur group enjoys the involvement of the royal family, including Prince Hussein, JY2A, who in 2018 supported the society's launch of the nation's first amateur satellite. The student-built CubeSat bears the callsign JY1SAT, in memory of King Hussein, who became a Silent Key in 1999.