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  Amateur radio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The birth of amateur radio and radio in general has mostly been historically associated with various experimenters.
At the conference, the familiar amateur radio bands of 80, 40, 20 and 10 meters were established by treaty and international radio callsign prefixes were devised.
Amateur radio operators who are involved in emergency communications often belong to a national or local emergency club, such as ARES and RACES in the United States, AREC in New Zealand, RAYNET in the United Kingdom, WICEN in Australia and Hamnet in South Africa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amateur_Radio   (4543 words)

  
 Amateur radio - tScholars.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The birth of amateur radio and radio in general has mostly been associated with the experiments of Guglielmo Marconi from 1895 to 1899 to send a wireless message across the English Channel and the first transatlantic transmission in 1902History of Wire and Broadcast Communication http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/evol.html.
After licensing, a radio amateur is issued a callsign by his or her government.
In contrast to most commercial and personal radio services, most radio amateurs are not restricted to using type-approved equipment, allowing them to home-construct or modify equipment in any way so long as they meet national and international standards on spurious emissions.
www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Amateur_radio   (3502 words)

  
 Impact of Titanic Upon International Maritime Law : ET Research (2004) by Allison Lane - 31 August 2004
Confusion reigned on the radio waves in the immediate aftermath of the sinking, as other ships in the vicinity and operators all along the east coast of the United States who had caught wind of the disaster clogged the air with traffic, all seeking information.
In addition to the inquiry committee’s recommendations, the Radio Act stated that all wireless operators now had to be licensed and adhere to certain bandwidths, while a large portion of the radio spectrum would be given over to the United States Navy for official use.
All steamship companies should include in their regulations that when ice has been sighted near or in the path of a ship, the ship should either alter its course to steer well clear of the danger or proceed at moderate speeds during nighttime.
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /item/3620   (4768 words)

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