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The ARRL publishes various technical books and online courses. Members of the organization also have access to a special Members Only section of the ARRL web site that includes technical documents, expanded product reviews of amateur radio equipment, expanded contesting information, and a searchable database of all league publications.
[4] [7] Typical awards include the QRP ARCI club's "thousand-miles-per-watt" award, available to anyone presenting evidence of a qualifying contact. QRP ARCI also offers special awards for achieving the ARRL's Worked All States, Worked All Continents, and DX Century Club awards under QRP conditions. Other QRP clubs also offer similar versions ...
ARRL. "An explanation of the [Maidenhead] system and how it came into being". jonit.com. From the field hunter's web page. "Map grid square". levinecentral.com. [Maidenhead] grid square for any location or amateur radio call sign "Generate a KML file that outlines a grid position". w8an.net. "Maidenhead locator". dev.unclassified.de.
United States Amateur Radio Emergency Service: a program of the ARRL American Radio Relay League (ARRL) The National Association for Amateur Radio of United States of America Military Auxiliary Radio System: a United States Department of Defense sponsored program Uruguay Radio Club Uruguayo: Venezuela Radio Club Venezolano
The NTS as it exists today was first outlined by George Hart, W1NJM (died 24 March 2013) in "New National Traffic Plan: ARRL Maps New Traffic Organization for All Amateurs" as part of the September 1949 issue of QST. While traffic passing between amateur radio operators was nothing new, Hart's system extended coverage of traffic capability in a ...
The First Annual Official Wireless Blue Book of the Wireless Association of America, produced in 1909, contains a list of amateur radio stations. [4] This radio callbook lists wireless telegraph stations in Canada and the United States, including 89 amateur radio stations. As with radio in general, amateur radio was associated with various ...
Logbook of the World (LoTW) is a web-accessed database provided by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) to implement a contact verification service among amateur radio operators. Using LoTW, radio amateurs (hams) are able to claim and verify contacts (QSOs) made with other amateurs, generally for claiming credit for operating awards, such as ...
Many amateurs also enjoy setting up and contacting special event stations. Set up to commemorate special occurrences, they often issue distinctive QSLs or certificates. . Some use unusual prefixes, such as the call signs with "96" that amateurs in the US State of Georgia could use during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, [1] or the OO prefix used by Belgian amateurs in 2005 to commemorate their ...