Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio, as we know, is a diverse hobby. It provides us with vast expanses of spectrum, which encourages variety in our technical investigations and use. Just as our radio signals know and respect no borders, neither does diversity in amateur radio. I recently attended the kick off session for the IARU Region 1 strategy conference. It was astonishing to ...

Every April 18, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on this day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris. Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that the short wave spectrum — far from being a wasteland — could support worldwide propagation. In the rush to use these ...

Amateur Radio, often called Ham Radio, is a communications hobby practiced by over 3 million people worldwide.