Welcome

Dear ARDF Friends!

Slovenian radio amateur society – ZRS is organizing the 4th World Youth ARDF Championships which will take place from 26th to 30th of June 2020. All current preparations are going as scheduled.

We wish you the best preparations for the Championship and we will do our best organizing it,
so that it may be satisfactory for everybody.

Fans of the sport or anyone else that would like to observe the activities are also invited.

Looking forward to meeting you,
Chairman of the Organization Committee
Bojan MAJHENIČ, S52ME

News

07 May 2021

Canceled!

Dear ARDF Friends. We are sorry to inform you, that we have to cancel WYAC 2020 due to a country’s government imposed restrictions of large gatherings.

26 Apr 2020

Alert!

Dear ARDF Friends.

Because of coronavirus pandemic, unfortunately, all preparations for WYAC in 2020 were stopped.

The WYAC Championships is postponed until June 2021.

Stay safe and we will see you next year!

29 Feb 2020

Bulletin No.2

2nd bulletin is published.

You can get it here or via the DOWNLOADS menu.

25 Dec 2019

Letter of intent

Letter of intent is published.

It is available via DOWNLOADS menu or you can access to .PDF file here and .DOC file here.

25 Dec 2019

Bulletin 1

1st bulletin is published.

You can access here or via DOWNLOADS menu.

25 Dec 2019

Welcome!

Welcome everybody to the page of the 4th World Youth ARDF Championships!

Ajdovščina

Ajdovščina is a small town with a population of about 6,700, located in the Vipava Valley (Vipavska dolina), Slovenia. The second largest town in the Vipava Valley, may seem a sleepy, rural town at first glance. Safely huddled next to the slopes of the Gora Plateau, it is tucked away in a fertile valley and influenced by the mild Mediterranean climate. But looks can be deceiving. Almost as though the town had taken on the character of the torrential Hubelj River next to which it grew, Ajdovščina is a surprisingly dynamic, on occasion even impulsive town, brimming with creative drive.

The first mentions of Ajdovščina go back to circa 2000 BC. In the Bronze Age and the Iron Age a fortified settlement stood on the nearby hill of Gradišče. In the early period of the Roman Empire, after a road was built from Aquileia towards Emona, a small post and goods station known as mansio Fluvio Frigido stood on the site of today’s Ajdovščina.

In the late 3rd century and the early 4th century a fortification system, Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, which run from the Kvarner Gulf to Cividale, was built by the Roman Empire. Its centre was the fortress of Castra or Castrum ad Fluvio Frigido, the remains of which are today still visible in Ajdovščina.

Despite the fact that the Italian border is less than 20 km away and that Ajdovščina was under Italian administration from 1918 to 1947, and from 1927 as a commune of the Province of Gorizia (as Aidussina), during Italian rule (1918–1943, nominally lasted to 1947), the style of the town does not resemble that of a typical Italian town. The strong bora winds would cause damage to the usual Italian house construction. Thus the population adopted and modified the classical Karst architecture for their own needs; for example, by putting stones on roofs to weight down the tiles against the strong winds.

After World War II Ajdovščina became the economic and cultural centre of the upper Vipava Valley. Major industries include textile fabrics, construction, food, beverages, and furniture.

Ajdovščina annexed the formerly independent settlement of Šturje (Italian: Sturie delle Fusine) in 1953.