{"id":2532,"date":"2009-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.iaru-r2.org\/francisco-marroquin-university\/"},"modified":"2009-05-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T22:00:00","slug":"francisco-marroquin-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/francisco-marroquin-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Francisco Marroqu\u00edn University"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks to Dr. Giancarlo Ibarguen, (ex TG9IZ<\/span><\/a>) President of Universidad Francisco Marroqu\u00edn<\/a> (UFM<\/span>), in Guatemala City and to Juan Carlos Mu\u00f1oz TG9AJR<\/span>, IARU<\/span> Region 2 Monitoring Service Coordinator, an interesting conference promoting Amateur Radio took place in mid April at their campus.<\/p>\n

Using videoconference Jim Talens N3JT<\/span> and student Jonathan Coveney, who is working to obtain his callsign, both from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Ramon Santoyo XE1KK<\/span>, IARU<\/span> Region 2 Secretary, who was present at UFM<\/span>, jointly talked about amateur radio to a group of more than 100 students who attend spontaneously.<\/p>\n

Different radio amateur activities were discussed and at the end of the event a handful of students came closer to ask specific questions on how to become a radio amateur.<\/p>\n

Also present in the event were Marco Tulio Gudiel TG9AGD<\/span>, IARU<\/span> Region 2 Director Area D; Marco Tulio Loarca, TG9ANM<\/span>, IARU<\/span> Emergency Coordinator Area D who were also representing CRAG<\/span><\/a>, IARU<\/span> member society in Guatemala.<\/p>\n