ARRL

American Radio Relay Legue

ARRL is the largest organization of radio amateurs in the United States with approximately 163,000 members. The ARRL is a not-for-profit organization that:

  • promotes interest in Amateur Radio communications and experimentation
  • represents US radio amateurs in legislative matters, and
  • maintains fraternalism and a high standard of conduct among Amateur Radio operators.




    For more information on ARRL, please visit their national website at www.ARRL.org

    Here are the Pennsylvania ARRL Contacts:

  • ARRL Eastern PA Website

    • Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager
    Eric Olena WB3FPL
    wb3fpl@arrl.org

  • ARRL Western PA Website

    • Western Pennsylvania Section Manager
    Rich Beaver, N3SRJ
    n3srj@arrl.org

  • ARRL Atlantic Division Web Site

    • Here is another WPA ARRL Information Site

    (This site is maintained by N3YEA


    ARES

    The Amateur Radio Emergency Service

    The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes. Every licensed amateur, regardless of membership in ARRL or any other local or national organization, is eligible for membership in the ARES. The only qualification, other than possession of an Amateur Radio license, is a sincere desire to serve. Because ARES is an amateur service, only amateurs are eligible for membership. The possession of emergency-powered equipment is desirable, but is not a requirement for membership.


    For more information on ARES, please visit the ARRL web page at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec1-ch1.html


    NTS

    The National Traffic System

    The National Traffic System plan is a means for systematizing amateur traffic handling facilities by making a structure available for an integrated traffic facility designed to achieve the utmost in two principal objectives: rapid movement of traffic from origin to destination, and training amateur operators to handle written traffic and participate in directed nets. These two objectives, which sometimes conflict with each other, are the underlying foundations of the National Traffic System.


    For more information on NTS, please visit the ARRL web page at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec2-ch1.html

    Here's a great site by N3ON, a PA Ham, on Traffic Handling:
    http://www.qsl.net/n3on/

    Here is a listing of some of the regularaly scheduled HF Pennsylvania Traffic Nets:
    http://www.pa-sitrep.com/pahf.htm#PAHFTRAFFICNETS

    Click here to conduct an ARRL Amateur Radio Net Search:
    http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/nets/client/netsearch.html



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