To celebrate International Amateur Radio Day, around the world, 3,000,000 amateur radio operators from around the world are taking to the airwaves on April 18th.
The day will feature demonstrations and discussion of amateur radio throughout the day, as well as ham radio operators. Reviews of the station's operations and discussing amateur radio operators' interests, public service positions, and club participation will all be included in the discussion, from local parades to natural disasters.
Ham Radio is popular because you don't need a cell phone network or the Internet to communicate, and it's easy to use Ham Radio. During a disaster when normal communication channels fail, operators are particularly important. After their command center was destroyed during the 9/11 terrorist attack, the Amateur Radio Service kept New York City agencies in touch with each other, for example. During Hurricane Katrina, where all other communications failed, Ham radio also came to the rescue, where all other communications were interrupted.
Amateur Radio experimenters were among the first to discover that the short wave spectrum, rather than being a wasteland, could promote worldwide propagation.
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) claims that amateur radio operators are called "ham radio" operators for a reason.
ft their offices to go to sea or to man the coastal stations were the first wireless operators. They took with them their language and a portion of their older occupation's rich heritage.
Every station in those early days occupied the entire spectrum with its broad spark signal... Time and signal supremacy in each other's receivers were fought for time and signal supremacy in each other's receivers.
Many of the amateur stations were extremely popular. Any of the other activities in the area could be jammed by two amateurs who work together across town.
"hams" would be used to describe the ham radio interference by frustrated commercial operators who would call them "hams" in response. Amateurs, who were perhaps unfamiliar with the term's true meaning, picked it up and applied it to themselves. The original meaning has completely disappeared as the years progressed.
How to observe
In honor of World Amateur Radio Day, radio amateurs or HAM radio operators around the world take to the airwaves every April 18.
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History
The International Amateur Radio Union was established in Paris on this day in 1925. International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Member-Societies can demonstrate our services to the public and foster global cooperation with other Amateurs around the world on World Amateur Radio Day, the day when the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Member-Societies can demonstrate our worldwide presence and enjoy global friendship with other Amateurs around the world.
