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On the wall are examples of various amateur radio awards, certificates, and reception report cards (QSL cards) from foreign amateur stations. Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation ...
QRZ.com is an amateur radio website listing almost every callsign in the world. In 1992, QRZ founder Fred L. Lloyd accessed data from the FCC database to create a CD-ROM with all call signs issued in the United States. [1] A copy of the CD-ROM is carried on board the International Space Station and one was also aboard the Russian Mir space
The call signs are used to legally identify the station or operator, with some countries requiring the station call sign to always be used and others allowing the operator call sign instead. [1] The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) allocates call sign prefixes for radio and television stations of all types. Since 1927 these have been ...
FCC amateur radio station license of Al Gross. In the United States, amateur radio licensing is governed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Licenses to operate amateur stations for personal use are granted to individuals of any age once they demonstrate an understanding of both pertinent FCC regulations and knowledge of radio station operation and safety considerations.
Radio amateurs build and operate several types of amateur radio stations, including fixed ground stations, mobile stations, space stations, and temporary field stations. A slang term often used for an amateur station's location is the shack , named after the small enclosures added to the upperworks of naval ships to hold early radio equipment ...
SHRAK is a non-profit organization for the amateur radio service in the Republic of Kosovo [6] Sovereign Military Order of Malta The Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps (CISOM) Amateur Radio Station Amateur radio station operating from Sovereign Military Order of Malta under callsign 1A0C [7]
PSK Reporter is an amateur radio signal reporting and spotting network and website started by Philip Gladstone in 2014 which allows operators to see where their radio signals are being received. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The platform works by collecting digital signal reports from software clients such as WSJT [ 3 ] and FLDIGI, [ 4 ] then mapping them to ...
Callsign Frequency City of license WBAA: 920 AM: West Lafayette, Indiana: WBAC: 1340 AM: Cleveland, Tennessee: WBAE: 1490 AM: Portland, Maine: WBAF: 1090 AM ...