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Founded in 1914, the Amateur Radio Relay Leage (ARRL) is dedicated to helping
messages get across the country. In much the same way as the "Pony Express" got
messages across the country, by relaying the bag of mail from one rider to the
next, the original ARRL members handed off messages (called "traffic") from one
radio operator to the next. Networks were formed to help messages get from A
to B using the low power and relatively primitive radios of the day.
To this day, many of the contests and training materials from the ARRL still
have at their heart the idea of "message traffic."
The SOARESSS Club is an Amateur Radio Relay League (A.R.R.L.) affiliated club,
having been given a
"Service Club Award"
in 2004. But the ARRL does more than hand out awards. Among their public
service programs are:
Organizationally, the ARRL also promotes the continuation of HAM radio through various
lobbying efforts, chiefly with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In addition
the ARRL helps to inform the HAM community of various topics of interest. Among the
more "hot" topics at the moment are:
- Band Threats
are typically encroachments into the radio spectrum by other users that causes
RFI/EMI into those frequency ranges Ham's use to perform emergency communications.
- ARRL Government Relations
is the chief method by which Ham's are able to voice their opposition to various
bits of legislation as a lobby.
- Broadband over Power Lines
can be a destructive form of RFI/EMI. The ARRL is one of the chief opponents
to this technology and seeks to assist the industry develop this form of networking
in a way that will not endanger HAM radio frequency bands.
As a local club, the ARRL has several localized services:
- Oklahoma ARRL Section
is a useful web link for determining what ARRL events are upcoming. Additionally,
the ARRL section manager posts notes about our section.
- Club Companion
outlines many other services.
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