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 | | Amateur radio, commonly called "ham radio", is a hobby enjoyed by many people throughout the world (as of 2004 about 3 million worldwide, 60,000 in UK, 70,000 in Germany, 5,000 in Norway, 57,000 in Canada, and 700,000 in the USA). |
 | | The oldest of these societies is the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA), formed in 1910; other notable early societies are the Radio Society of Great Britain founded in 1913, the American Radio Relay League created in 1914 and Radio Amateurs of Canada. |
 | | Amateur radio represents a unique research and development (RandD) environment that cannot be duplicated in the labs or research parks of either industry or the government. |
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