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World Amateur Radio Day Set for Monday, April 18



04/12/2011
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) and its more than 160 Member-=
Societies that represent countries around the world will celebrate World=
 Amateur Radio Day on April 18. The theme for this year=E2=80=99s celebrat=
ion is Amateur Radio: The First Technology-Based Social Network.
Long before the Internet and smart phones, Amateur Radio operators have be=
en talking, texting and sharing for decades. But unlike those commercial=
 services, Amateur Radio continues to attract people world-wide by providi=
ng international communications for free. And because it does not need pre=
-established supporting infrastructure, these radio-savvy =E2=80=9Camateur=
s=E2=80=9D can reach out to friends in every corner of the world, as well=
 as into space.
Amateur Radio operators have been the leaders in developing many of today=
=E2=80=99s modern electronic and communications marvels. Today, the citize=
ns of Earth think of =E2=80=9Cwireless=E2=80=9D as being the ubiquitous ce=
llular phone. But this technology is only made possible due to the pioneer=
ing work in radio technologies first explored by these =E2=80=9Camateurs.=
=E2=80=9D Many of our leading electrical engineers draw from their practic=
al experiences as Amateur Radio operators as they continue to develop appl=
ications blending computers and radios. Ham radio operators may be =E2=80=
=9Camateur=E2=80=9D because they are unpaid volunteers, but their skills=
 and contributions to the world are of the highest order.
=E2=80=9COf course, not just anyone [in the early days of wireless] could=
 hook themselves up to a commercial telegraph wire. While there were priva=
te telegraph lines constructed and operated for the personal amusement of=
 their owners, they were not generally able to form networks covering more=
 than a neighborhood,=E2=80=9D explained ARRL Chief Executive Officer Davi=
d Sumner, K1ZZ, in his editorial =E2=80=9COur Social Network=E2=80=9D [QST=
, =E2=80=9CIt Seems to Us,=E2=80=9D April 2011, page 9]. =E2=80=9CEarly te=
lephone operators got to know their customers as well as one another, but=
 their technology-based social network did not extend much beyond a town=
 or city. It was not until the advent of wireless telegraphy that it becam=
e possible for individuals to span significant distances and communicate=
 instantaneously with one another without a costly intermediary. Thus was=
 born the first open, technology-based social network -- the one we now ca=
ll Amateur Radio.=E2=80=9D
Calling, texting or even using old Morse code on the amateur bands can res=
ult in chatting with other radio amateurs across town -- or far across the=
 oceans. While hams have repeatedly been in the news for their life-saving=
 communications services in disasters, a large part of their activities is=
 the excitement and joy of contacting distant and remote areas of the worl=
d, learning directly about each others=E2=80=99 regions and lives and tryi=
ng different ways to make radio contacts around the world.
=E2=80=9CThe social network created and maintained by hams continues to gr=
ow, even as the landline telegraph operators who coined the epithet have=
 disappeared,=E2=80=9D Sumner wrote. =E2=80=9CToday there is so much going=
 on in Amateur Radio that it=E2=80=99s impossible for one person to take=
 it all in. Just as it isn=E2=80=99t possible to interact meaningfully wit=
h hundreds of =E2=80=98friends=E2=80=99 on Facebook, even the most dedicat=
ed of us must choose among the dozens of subgroups that are pursuing speci=
fic interests within Amateur Radio. There isn=E2=80=99t even room here to=
 list them all. Experience teaches us that the ones that will flourish are=
 those that actively welcome newcomers, whether they are newly licensed or=
 just new to this particular pursuit. One of the beauties of our social ne=
twork is that there are no internal barriers; one can move from chasing lo=
w-band DX in the winter to microwave hilltopping in the summer, from publi=
c service one weekend to a contest the next, from trying out the latest di=
gital mode in the morning to tapping a straight key after dinner.=E2=80=9D


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und-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Long=
 before the Internet and smart phones, Amateur Radio operators have been=
 talking, texting and sharing for decades. But unlike those commercial ser=
vices, Amateur Radio continues to attract people world-wide by providing=
 international communications for free. And because it does not need pre-e=
stablished supporting infrastructure, these radio-savvy =E2=80=9Camateurs=
=E2=80=9D can reach out to friends in every corner of the world, as well=
 as into space.</div>

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und-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Amate=
ur Radio operators have been the leaders in developing many of today=E2=80=
=99s modern electronic and communications marvels. Today, the citizens of=
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r phone. But this technology is only made possible due to the pioneering=
 work in radio technologies first explored by these =E2=80=9Camateurs.=E2=
=80=9D Many of our leading electrical engineers draw from their practical=
 experiences as Amateur Radio operators as they continue to develop applic=
ations blending computers and radios. Ham radio operators may be =E2=80=9C=
amateur=E2=80=9D because they are unpaid volunteers, but their skills and=
 contributions to the world are of the highest order.</div>

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=80=9COf course, not just anyone [in the early days of wireless] could hoo=
k themselves up to a commercial telegraph wire. While there were private=
 telegraph lines constructed and operated for the personal amusement of th=
eir owners, they were not generally able to form networks covering more th=
an a neighborhood,=E2=80=9D explained ARRL Chief Executive Officer David=
 Sumner, K1ZZ, in his editorial =E2=80=9COur Social Network=E2=80=9D [<i=
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 to Us,=E2=80=9D April 2011, page 9]. =E2=80=9CEarly telephone operators=
 got to know their customers as well as one another, but their technology-=
based social network did not extend much beyond a town or city. It was not=
 until the advent of wireless telegraphy that it became possible for indiv=
iduals to span significant distances and communicate instantaneously with=
 one another without a costly intermediary. Thus was born the first open,=
 technology-based social network -- the one we now call Amateur Radio.=E2=
=80=9D</div>

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und-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Calli=
ng, texting or even using old Morse code on the amateur bands can result=
 in chatting with other radio amateurs across town -- or far across the oc=
eans. While hams have repeatedly been in the news for their life-saving co=
mmunications services in disasters, a large part of their activities is th=
e excitement and joy of contacting distant and remote areas of the world,=
 learning directly about each others=E2=80=99 regions and lives and trying=
 different ways to make radio contacts around the world.</div>

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=80=9CThe social network created and maintained by hams continues to grow,=
 even as the landline telegraph operators who coined the epithet have disa=
ppeared,=E2=80=9D Sumner wrote. =E2=80=9CToday there is so much going on=
 in Amateur Radio that it=E2=80=99s impossible for one person to take it=
 all in. Just as it isn=E2=80=99t possible to interact meaningfully with=
 hundreds of =E2=80=98friends=E2=80=99 on Facebook, even the most dedicate=
d of us must choose among the dozens of subgroups that are pursuing specif=
ic interests within Amateur Radio. There isn=E2=80=99t even room here to=
 list them all. Experience teaches us that the ones that will flourish are=
 those that actively welcome newcomers, whether they are newly licensed or=
 just new to this particular pursuit. One of the beauties of our social ne=
twork is that there are no internal barriers; one can move from chasing lo=
w-band DX in the winter to microwave hilltopping in the summer, from publi=
c service one weekend to a contest the next, from trying out the latest di=
gital mode in the morning to tapping a straight key after dinner.=E2=80=9D=
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