The Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI) is a national

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for

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enthusiasts in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. ARSI is recognized by the Indian government under the provisions of Section 13 of the Indian Societies Registration Act (No. XXI of 1860) as amended and extended.Amateur Radio Society of India (2009)
Amateur Radio Society of India
official web site. Retrieved 16 January 2009. ARSI operates a QSL bureau for those amateur radio operators in regular contact with amateur radio operators in other countries, and supports

amateur radio operating award An amateur radio operating award is earned by an amateur radio operator for establishing two-way communication (or "working") with other amateur radio stations. Awards are sponsored by national amateur radio societies, radio enthusiast magazi ...

s and radio contests. The Amateur Radio Society of India represents the interests of Indian

amateur radio operator An amateur radio operator is someone who uses equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way personal communications with other amateur operators on radio frequencies assigned to the amateur radio service. Amateur radio operators ...

s before national and international regulatory authorities. ARSI is the national member society representing India in the

International Amateur Radio Union The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is an international confederation of national organisations that allows a forum for common matters of concern to amateur radio operators worldwide, and collectively represents matters to the Internatio ...

.International Amateur Radio Union (2008)
"Member Societies"
. Retrieved 1 Aug. 2008.

Expeditions

The Amateur Radio Society of India has been instrumental in leading amateur radio

DX-pedition A DX-pedition is an expedition to what is considered an exotic place by amateur radio operators and DX listeners, typically because of its remoteness, access restrictions, or simply because there are very few radio amateurs active from that pl ...

s to the remote island territories of India in the

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. ARSI organised an amateur radio

Lakshadweep Lakshadweep () is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north), and th ...

in December, 2006 with the

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VU7LD. A second ARSI expedition was carried out from

Andaman Andaman may refer to: * Andaman Islands, an island group in the Bay of Bengal * Andaman Island, Penang, an artificial island in George Town, Penang * Andaman Sea, a sea of the eastern Indian Ocean * ''Andaman'' (1998 film), an Indian Kannada-lang ...

in 2011 operating from

Port Blair Port Blair (), officially named Sri Vijaya Puram, is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is also the local administrative sub-division (''tehsil'') of the islands, the headqu ...

with the callsign VU4PB. Many ARSI members have also operated from smaller islands in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal as part of the

Radio Society of Great Britain The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is the United Kingdom's recognised national society for amateur radio operators. The society was founded in 1913 as the London Wireless Club, making it one of the oldest organisations of its kind in the ...

's Islands On The Ai
IOTA
programme.

References

External links

Bangalore Amateur Radio SocietyMumbai Amateur Radio Institute
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HAM RADIO CallSign Directory of India qrz.vu2ukr.com Tamilnadu Amateur Radio Society

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