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The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the national association for amateur radio in the United States of America, was founded in May, 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim. Image File history File links Arrl_logo. ...
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Amateur radio station with modern solid-state transceiver featuring LCD and DSP capabilities Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a hobby and a service that uses various types of radio communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public service, recreation and self-training. ...
Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 - February 17, 1936) was founder of the American Radio Relay League and had the amateur call sign W1AW (now the ARRL home station call sign). ...
The ARRL serves as the primary representative of amateur radio operators to the US government. It performs this function by lobbying the US Congress and Federal Communications Commission or FCC. The ARRL is also the international secretariat of the International Amateur Radio Union. An amateur radio operator is an individual who, typically, uses equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way personal communications with other similar individuals on radio frequencies assigned to the Amateur Radio Service. ...
For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American...
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At the end of 2005, ARRL had 148,877 members, which is approximately 22% of amateur radio licensees in the United States. However, some of ARRL's members are foreign amateurs which means that the percentage is somewhat lower. As of May 2007, there are 151,306 members of which 7,363 are foreign amateurs.
ARRL is run by an elected board of directors who are responsible for setting League Policy. Each director serves a 3-year term and represents the members within their particular region of the US. The CEO is currently David Sumner (K1ZZ), who is responsible to the ARRL Board of Directors for managing the affairs of the League including its headquarters staff and official journal, QST. There is also a field organization of volunteers who are supported by paid League staff. [1] Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...
QST is an ARRL published magazine for amateur radio enthusiasts. ...
League Field Organization The Field Organization of the ARRL is organized into 71 "sections" with each section having a "Section Manager." The Section Manager is one of three elected positions within the ARRL structure, and is responsible for all ARRL field organization operations within their section. ...
- The Section Manager is elected by the members living within his section for a two year term. The Section Manager has several different volunteers which serve as his local cabinet:
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- Affiliated Club Coordinator, Bulletin Manager, Official Observer Coordinator, Public Information Coordinator, Section Emergency Coordinator, Section Traffic Manager, and Technical Coordinator. A Section Manager may optionally appoint one or more Assistant Section Managers, with or without portfolio to serve at the cabinet level.
- The Section Emergency Coordinator is responsible for the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, or ARES operation within the section. This is the third largest single part of the field organization consisting of any volunteer who wishes to help with emergency and Public Service communications. (Participation is not restricted to league members.)
- The Technical Coordinator is responsible for assisting local amateurs with technical problems.
- The Official Observer Coordinator runs the Amateur Auxiliary program within a section.
The Official Observer Coordinator is an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) section-level leadership official, appointed by the Section Manager (SM), for two related purposes: to supervise the maintenance monitoring work of the section Official Observers, and to coordinate special Amateur Auxiliary efforts with Headquarters and the SM. The Official...
The Section Emergency Coordinator is the assistant to the Section Manager for emergency preparedness. ...
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The American Radio Relay League Technical Coordinator (TC) is a section-level official appointed by the Section Manager to coordinate all technical activities within the section. ...
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Logo In the United States and Canada, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a corps of trained amateur radio operator volunteers organized to assist in public service and emergency communications. ...
The Amateur Auxiliary is an American amateur radio organization operated by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that is authorized and works in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). ...
The National Traffic System (NTS) is an organized network of amateur radio operators sponsored by the American Radio Relay League for the purpose of relaying messages throughout the US and Canada. ...
League Services The ARRL provides several services to its members including the publishing of QST, the official journal of the ARRL, incoming and out-going QSL bureaus, publishing of technical and training books, sponsoring various contests, and support of the field organization. Other league publications include QEX and the National Contest Journal magazines, as well as various technical books and online courses. Members also have access to a special Members Only section of the ARRL website that includes technical documents, expanded contesting information, and a searchable database of all league publications. QST is an ARRL published magazine for amateur radio enthusiasts. ...
A 1969 Radio Moscow QSL card QSL, or QSL card, is the confirmation of a QSO (a radio contact) between two radio amateurs. ...
QEX is a bimonthly magazine published by the American Radio Relay League. ...
The National Contest Journal (also referred to by the acronym NCJ) is a bimonthly magazine published by the American Radio Relay League, with an independent volunteer editor. ...
In addition the ARRL operates station W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, as a living memorial to the "Father of Organized Amateur Radio". W1AW is located at the ARRL headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. Licensed Amateurs are welcome to operate the station while visiting ARRL HQ. Among its many services, W1AW transmits Morse code for those wishing to learn. W1AW is both the amateur radio call sign and the primary operating station of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). ...
Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 - February 17, 1936) was founder of the American Radio Relay League and had the amateur call sign W1AW (now the ARRL home station call sign). ...
Newington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[3] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[2] Area Ranked 48th - Total 5,543[4] sq mi (14,356 km²) - Width 70 miles (113 km) - Length 110 miles (177 km) - % water 12. ...
1922 Chart of the Morse Code Letters and Numerals Morse code is a method for transmitting telegraphic information, using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters, numerals, punctuation and special characters of a message. ...
The ARRL/VEC (Volunteer Examiner Coordinator) sponsors amateur radio licensing examinations for the three classes of amateur license. License classes and examinations are held in various locations throughout the year. An amateur radio license is a legal document or permit giving official permission to the license holder to operate an amateur radio station. ...
The ARRL's symbol consists of a vertical parallelogram with the initials ARRL arranged around the symbols for antenna, inductor (coil) and ground to earth, the schematic diagram of the fundamental radio circuit. A parallelogram. ...
A yagi antenna Most simply, an antenna is an electronic component designed to send or receive radio waves. ...
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Sponsored Contests The ARRL sponsors numerous amateur radio contests through-out the year with the biggest of these being November Sweepstakes. Other contests include Straight Key Night, VHF Sweepstakes, International DX Contest, UHF Contest, and 10 GHz and Up Contest. The ARRL also participates as a Headquarters station for the IARU World HF Championship. Although Field Day is considered by many to be a contest, it is an emergency readiness exercise. Champions of the 2002 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC), Helsinki, Finland. ...
Field Day is the name of several different amateur radio contests. ...
Other Organization Activities Recently, the ARRL has opposed BPL, or Broadband over Power Lines, making the case that the power lines will radiate interfering radio energy, impeding amateur radio activities. The League has filed several interference reports with the FCC. Power line communication (PLC), also called Broadband over Power Lines (BPL), is wireline method of communication using the existing electric power transmission and electricity distribution lines. ...
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In 2005, the ARRL, along with amateur radio operators, provided key communications assistance to officials coordinating Hurricane Katrina disaster relief. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Criticism The ARRL is often criticized for acting in its own interests rather than in the interest of the amateur radio community. Common criticisms include ARRL's support for less strict licensing requirements in recent years, which are felt to be "dumbing down" amateur radio and/or are making amateur radio more like CB radio (where FCC regulations are generally not followed). Critics claim that the ARRL is doing this for purposes of gaining additional membership.[2] Other criticisms include pushing for segmentation of the HF amateur bands in the US by bandwidth, rather than by mode, which some claim gives preference to Winlink.[3] Dumbing down is viewed either as a pejorative term for a perceived over-simplification of, amongst other things, education, news and television, or as a statement of truth about real cultural trends in education and culture. ...
Citizens band radio (CB) is, in the United States, a system of short distance radio communication between individuals on a selection of 40 channels within the single 27 MHz (11 meter) band. ...
The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City...
Winlink, also known as the Winlink 2000 Network, is a worldwide radio messaging system that mixes internet technology and appropriate amateur radio technologies to deliver advantages not possible with each alone. ...
See also Amateur radio organizations have been important from the earliest days of radio communications. ...
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Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), known in French as Radio Amateurs du Canada, is a Canadian association of amateur radio operators. ...
The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters, or NZART, is a non-profit association of Amateur Radio Operators. ...
The National Body representing Amateur Radio in South Africa. ...
External links
References - ^ http://www.arrl.org/aarrl.html ARRL.org About the ARRL
- ^ http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/ZB%20April%202004.html CQ Amateur Radio Magazine Editorial, April 2004
- ^ http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/ZB%20Nov%202004.html CQ Amateur Radio Magazine Editorial November 2004
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