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The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the largest membership association of amateur radio enthusiasts in the United States. ARRL is a non-profit organization and was co-founded on April 6, 1914, by Hiram Percy Maxim and Clarence D. Tuska of Hartford, Connecticut .
Traffic passing by formal relay (via amateur radio) originates from the founding of the American Radio Relay League.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.
American Radio Relay League, Inc. v. FCC, 617 F.2d 875 (D.C. Cir. 1980) was a notable Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit case between plaintiff, the American Radio Relay League and the Federal Communications Commission regarding licensing rights and radiofrequency interference (RFI). The case was argued in the Court of Appeals on December 12 ...
Originally created by a committee of the Detroit Amateur Radio Association led by Ralph Thetreat, W8FX. [1] Ev Battey W1UE (W4IA-SK), then ARRL assistant communications manager, later printed them in QST. [2] The QN Signals are defined in ARRL document FSD-218 [3] and listed in the ARRL Operating Manual. [4]: 5–3
The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) is an emergency radio service authorized in Part 97.407 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations governing amateur radio in the United States. [1]
Radio amateurs have been early in arranging relay leagues, as is reflected in the name of the organization of American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Radio amateur message relay operations were originally conducted in the first two decades of the 20th century using Morse code via spark-gap transmitters .
Solar-powered Amateur Radio Station in tents. Note the portable VHF/UHF satellite and HF antennas in the background Rugged HF transceiver for voice communications. In times of crisis and natural disasters, amateur radio is often used as a means of emergency communication when wireline, cell phones and other conventional means of communications fail.
Most individual ARES units are autonomous and operate locally. Although the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is a program (and trademark) of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in the U.S., the structure is more supportive than directive in nature, providing mostly for mutual aid in the event of large-scale emergencies. As long as local units ...