International Amateur Radio Day
AMATEUR RADIO DAY IS A DAY OF INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO DAY.
Around the world, 3,000,000 amateur radio operators are taking to the airwaves to celebrate International Amateur Radio Day on April 18th.
Throughout the day, Club members, as well as ham radio operators, will be on display and discussing amateur radio. Amateur radio operators will be on display throughout the day. The investigation will include studies of the station's operation capabilities and addressing amateur radio operators' interests, public service roles, and club participation by delivering information from local parades to natural disasters.
Ham Radio is extremely popular because you don't need a cell phone network or the Internet to communicate. Operators are particularly critical during a disaster when normal communication channels fail. For example, the Amateur Radio Service kept New York City agencies in touch after their command center was destroyed during the 9/11 terrorist attack. During Hurricane Katrina, where all other communications failed, Ham radio also came to the rescue. All other communications were interrupted during the storm.
Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that the short wave spectrum, rather than being a wasteland, could promote worldwide propagation.
There's a reason why amateur radio operators are called "ham radio" operators by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), according to the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).
Landline telegraphers who left 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 lot of the older profession's heritage.
Every station in those early days occupied the entire spectrum with its broad spark signal.. The time and signal supremacy in each other's receivers were competing for time and signal supremacy in each other's receivers.
Many of the amateur stations were very popular. Many of the amateur stations were very popular. Any other activities in the area could be effectively jammed by two amateurs who work together across town.
Frustrated commercial operators would refer to the ham radio interference by calling them "hams." Amateurs, who may not be familiar with the term's true meaning, picked it up and applied it to themselves. The original meaning has completely disappeared as the years have passed..
How to observe
Every April 18, radio amateurs or HAM radio operators around the world take to the airwaves to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day.
To post on social media, use #InternationalAmateurRadioDay to post.
History
In Paris, the International Amateur Radio Union was established on this day in 1925. The 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 strengthen international relations with other Amateurs worldwide.
