SB QST @ ARL $ARLB009 ARLB009 Two apply to IARU ZCZC AG75 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 9 ARLB009 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 27, 1995 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB009 ARLB009 Two apply to IARU Two apply to IARU Amateur Radio societies in Turkmenistan and Burkina Faso have applied for membership in the International Amateur Radio Union. The IARU Region 1 executive committee has found both applications to be in order and current member societies are now voting, through June 19, 1995, on proposals for their admission. The ARRL has voted in favor of both applications. The president of the Turkmenistan Radio Amateur League (LRT) is Eugene M. Zwontsov, EZ8BO (ex-UH8BO). LRT says it has 24 members, 23 of whom are licensed to transmit. The total number of licensed amateurs in Turkmenistan is 32. The Association des Radioamateurs du Burkina Faso (ARBF) says it has 29 members, including a number of officials of the Office National des Telecommunications. ARBF president is Youssouf Kaba, XT2KY. Current IARU membership is 144 national societies. NNNN /EX