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“When radio first started in the beginning of the 20 th century, originally people didn’t even tune their radio, it just went out on every single wave band. These skills and licenses are necessary as the electromagnetic spectrum, which is used by technology like radios, Wi-Fi and cellular phones, has a finite amount of bandwidth. The test covers both operating practice and radio theory, until recently, it also required familiarity with Morse code.
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It was common at the event to see a ham’s call sign displayed on badges, embroidered clothing or even car license plates offered by New York for amateur radio call signs. As a part of receiving a license, a ham is issued a call sign of four to six letters and numbers on-air identification.
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One part of the Hamfest meetup was the administering of FCC tests required to gain a license to operate an amateur radio set. “We position a bunch of people around the circuit with handheld radios so they can communicate what’s going on so if somebody falls over and hurts themselves then we can get a message back to base.” We take part in public service events, providing radio communication with things like the Tour de Cure event,” says Tim Barrett, president of RARA. “Our aim is education to promote ham radio in the community. About 500 of them are members of the Rochester Amateur Radio Association. with upwards of 3 million hams worldwide. Often known affectionately as ham radio and its practitioners as “hams,” the hobby is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission and is enjoyed by more than 700,000 licensed ham operators in the U.S. The Rochester Amateur Radio Association recently held its 90 th Hamfest at the Hilton Exempt Club venue, drawing scores of ham aficionados.Īmateur radio’s history is about as old as the technology itself, dating back to the early 1900s, and is largely a hobby pertaining to the operation of radio sets by individual operators for non-commercial purposes like communication, technical education and emergency services. The Rochester Amateur Radio Association’s Hamfest (Photos by Colin Hawkins)