It's already a busy year for school amateur radio clubs in Portugal and especially in the Azores which recently began coordinating joint activities and sharing their knowledge through a newly formed group with the acronym RERA.The organisation stands for Rede Escolar de Radioamadorismo dos Açores, or Azores School Amateur Radio Network. It was established last June at a meeting coordinated by Ana Braga CU2YK, a teacher at Capelas Integrated Basic School in the Azores. In addition to its educational goals, RERA is also raising the profile of amateur radio as a public service resource and aims to assist other schools in the region to establish their own student amateur radio clubs.
RERA plans to hold its first regional meeting at the end of the school year in 2027 so that teachers, students and cooperating ham radio operators can present their projects and share the experiences they had during their first year of working together.
