Founded in 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim (of Maxim automobile and silencer fame) the 'League' is a non-profit national organization of Radio Amateurs. Founded in 1935 by, and operating under the auspices of, the ARRL, the ARES is a national organization of volunteer amateur radio operators who provided their services to serve the public, particularly during emergencies.ĪRRL: The American Radio Relay League. An AM voice signal typically occupies about 6 KHz of radio spectrum.ĪRES: Amateur Radio Emergency Service. It was the earliest form of wireless voice transmission. This method is used by AM broadcast stations and aircraft two-way radio. The modulating process actually causes the intelligence to be contained in mirror image 'sidebands' which reside just to either side of the carrier. Intelligence (audio, video, data, etc.) is impressed on a carrier (radio signal) for transmission by varying the carrier's amplitude. Many of the terms and procedures used today date back to pre-wireless days, being adopted from land line telegraph practice and carried over by telegraph operators dabbling in Amateur Radio after all, it was wireless telegraphy then.ĪM: Amplitude Modulation. It draws from a rich heritage and long history a history longer than wireless communication itself. (As wireless communication, knowing no borders, quickly evolved into chaos it soon became evident that both National and International regulations would be necessary.)Īmateur radio, like other technological endeavors has it's share of terminology, acronyms, and slang.

There were no laws governing the transmission of signals in the earliest days. Experimenters with 'wireless' became the first Amateurs as they, like Marconi (who claimed himself to be an Amateur), worked to improve the sensitivity and range of their homeīuilt stations. One of those technologies that captured the imagination of many was the idea of wireless communication. Home shops and chemistry labs were common place and it seemed everyone was dabbling in the new technologies in one way or another.

Many sought to experiment and duplicate the works of inventors and scientists of the day, perhaps hoping to find riches in some new invention of their own. Now without cost, online you may download, view and print Russian Phrases for Amateur Radio and listen to the audio recordings to learn pronunciation.The late 19th and early 20th centuries were times of rapid growth in science and technology and a fascinated public eagerly absorbed every new announcement and discovery.

There was a nominal cost of $6 ($8 international) for the booklet, and $6 ($8 international) for the audio cassette. The Beyond War movement of the 1980s (later Foundation for Global Community) sponsored the original printings of this educational endeavor to build global dialogue and cooperation. With the increasing realization that every relationship matters, and that one person can make a difference, Russian Phrases for Amateur was ordered by over 1,500 operators from 1,300 cities, including all 50 United States and 44 countries worldwide - all before the World Wide Web. The author, self-taught in Russian, undertook this project out of a personal interest in improving the quality of his QSOs with Soviet hams and to enhance USA-USSR relations during a time of need and change. While the booklet has not been updated in quite a few years, it remains fundamentally useful. (11) RUSSIAN ALPHABET (in Cyrillic and CW) - 3 MB (9) END OF THE QSO (saying 'goodbye') - 7 MB (2) CQ, CQ, CQ (seeking a contact) - 5 MB

Amateur radio lingo