Associations

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International Associations

• IARU The International Amateur Radio Union is the public voice of amateur radio internationally. Their charter includes developing amateur radio worldwide and speaking on behalf of all amateurs in matters of regulation, spectrum allocation and spectrum usage. It was created in 1925.

• ITU The International Telecommunication Union. created in 1865 to standardise and regulate international radio communications. More information here

• IARC International Amateur Radio Club

• IARRA International Association of Railway Radio Amateurs

• FISTS International Morse Preservation Society is dedicated to a love of Morse code and a concern for its perpetuation

• Salvation Army SATERN - Salvation Army Emergency Response Team

• Society for Preservation of Amateur Radio offers a few awards, including a rag chewers club for direct contact between two radio amateur stations for an uninterrupted half-hour or more and a winter field day.

• YLRL Young Ladies' Radio League is a worldwide association of female ham operators of all ages. The group offers a monthly newsletter, scholarships to women in selected fields, and contests.

National Associations

• Argentina - Radio Club Argentino

• Australia - The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) is the oldest amateur radio association in the world, and publishes a monthly magazine Amateur Radio.

• Bahrain - Amateur Radio Association of Bahrain

• Belgium - Union Royale Belge des Amateurs-emetteurs

• Canada, eh? - Radio Amateurs of Canada

• Cyprus - Cyprus Amateur Radio Society

• Denmark - Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører

• Dominica - The Dominica Amateur Radio Club

• Finland - Finnish Amateur radio League

• France - UNION FRANÇAISE DES RADIOAMATEURS

• Germany - Deutscher Amateur-Radio Club e.V.

• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (HARTS)

• Iceland - Íslenskir radíóamatörar / Icelandic Radio Amateurs (IRA)

• Ireland - The Irish Radio Transmitters Society

• Japan - Japan Anateur Radio League (JARL)

• Latvia - LATVIAN AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE (LRAL)

• Latvia - Ham Radio Latvia Not an official site but has good information

• Lebanon - Radio Amateurs of Lebanon (RAL)

• Madeira - Associação de Radioamadores da Região da Madeira The national association for the Islands of Madeira

• Malta Maltese Amateur Radio League (MARL)

• Mexico - Federacion Mexicana De Radio Experimentadores, A.C.

• Netherlands - Vereniging voor Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek Nederland (VERON)

• New Zealand - New Zealand Association od Radio Transmitters (NZART)

• Papua New Guinea - Papua New Guinea Amateur Radio Society (PNGARS)

• Philippines - Philippine Amateur Radio Association is the national Amateur radio society for The Philippines

• Singapore - Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (SARTS)

• South Africa - South Africal Radio League (SARL)

• Spain - Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles. Spanish Amateur Radio Association.

• Switzerland - Union Schweizer Kurzwellen Amateure (USKA)

• United Kingdom - Radio Society of Great Britain is national Amateur radio society for United Kingdom

• USA - American Radio Relay League is the national membership association for Amateur Radio operators in the United States of America.

• Venezuela - Radio Club Venezolano

Armed Forces Associations

• Navy Amateur Radio Club K4NAR For past and present member of the navies of USA and Canada.

• Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society Based in the UK, but has global membership to any past and present members of the Royal Navy.

• Royal Signals Amateur Radio Society Based in the UK, but has global membership to any past and present members of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom.