List of amateur radio organizations

This is a list of amateur radio organizations. It includes notable amateur radio international, national, regional, and local organizations. It also includes lists of organisations from dependent and overseas territories and other territories.

## International

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* Amateur Radio Digital Communications \- amateur radio and Internet protocol coordination and funding
* Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society \- devoted to maritime communications, amateur radio, lighthouses, and lightships
* European Radio Amateurs' Organization (EURAO)
* International Amateur Radio Club
* International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) - League of National Societies of Amateur Radio.
* International League of Esperantist Radio Amateurs
* Quarter Century Wireless Association \- an organization of amateur radio operators first licensed 25 or more years ago
* Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) - Organization dedicated exclusively to amateur radio communications via artificial orbiting satellites
* Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society \- a specialised group or club for amateur radio operators who have a link with maritime employment
* Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) - Dedicated to packet radio, digital communications and digital technology in amateur radio including software-defined radio
* Young Ladies Radio League

## National organisations

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Country  | Organization(s)  | Comments

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Algeria  | Amateurs Radio Algeriens | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Algeria
Andorra  | Unió de Radioaficionats Andorrans | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Andorra
Argentina  | Radio Club Argentino | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Argentina
Aruba  | Aruba Amateur Radio Club | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Aruba
Australia  | Wireless Institute of Australia | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Australia
Austria  | Österreichischer Versuchssenderverband | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Austria
Bangladesh  | Bangladesh Amateur Radio League | National Association of Bangladeshi Radio Amateur. Member society of IARU
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication |
Belarus  | Belarusian Federation of Radioamateurs and Radiosportsmen | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Belarus
Belgium  | Royal Union of Belgian Radio Amateurs (UBA)  | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Belgium[1]
Brazil  | Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Rádio Emissão (LABRE)  | national non-profit organization of amateur radio in Brazil. Founded in 1934. Member society of IARU.
Bulgaria  | Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs |
Canada  | Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC)  |
Manitoba Amateur Radio Museum | a national non-profit organization of amateur radio enthusiasts in Canada
Chile  | Radio Club de Chile | Santiago, Chile
China  | Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA)  | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in the People's Republic of China, national member society in the IARU, have affiliations such as Shanghai Radio Sports Association
Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (HARTS)  | National Society of Radio Amateurs in Hong Kong (VR2HK), Member society of IARU, Non-profit organization.
Associação dos Radioamadores de Macau |
Colombia  | Liga Colombiana de Radioaficionados |
Costa Rica  | Radio Club de Costa Rica |
Croatia  | Hrvatski Radioamaterski Savez |
Cuba  | Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba |
Denmark  | Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører |
El Salvador  | Club de Radio Aficionados de El Salvador |
Estonia  | Eesti Raadioamatööride Ühing |
Finland  | Suomen Radioamatööriliitto | Finnish Amateur Radio League
France  | Réseau des Émetteurs Français |
Germany  | Deutscher Amateur Radio Club e.V. (DARC) | Largest national association for the German Radio Amateur. Member society of IARU
Verband der Funkamateure in Telekommunikation und Post e.V. (VFDB) | Second largest national association for the German Radio Amateur.
Greece  | Radio Amateur Association of Greece |
Guatemala  | Club de Radioaficionados de Guatemala |
Honduras  | Radio Club de Honduras |
Iceland  | Íslenskir Radíóamatörar |
India  | Amateur Radio Society of India | National Association for the Indian Radio Amateur. Member society of IARU
National Institute of Amateur Radio | Government funded organization based in Hyderabad, India which is set up to promote Amateur Radio in India.
Indonesia  | Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia |
Iraq  | Iraqi Amateur Radio Society |
Ireland  | Irish Radio Transmitters Society |
Israel  | Israel Amateur Radio Club |
Italy  | Associazione Radioamatori Italiani | Italian Amateur Radio Society - IARU member for Italy
Japan  | Japan Amateur Radio League | National Amateur Radio Society of Japan (JARL), Member society of IARU
Korea  | Korean Amateur Radio League | Member society of IARU
Kuwait  | Kuwait Amateur Radio Society |
Latvia  | Latvijas Radio Amatieru Līga |  |
Lesotho  | Lesotho Amateur Radio Society |
Lithuania  | Lietuvos Radijo Mėgėjų Draugija | Lithuanian Amateur Radio Society
Luxembourg  | Radioamateurs du Luxembourg (RLX)  | Member society of IARU[2]
Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union (LARU)  | an independent national organization[3]
Malaysia  | Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters' Society (MARTS)  | National organization and representation for amateur radio since 1952.
Malta  | Malta Amateur Radio League |
Mauritius  | Mauritius Amateur Radio Society |
Mexico  | Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores |
Moldova  | Asociația Radioamatorilor din Moldova |
Mongolia  | Mongolian Radio Sport Federation |
Montenegro  | Montenegrin Amateur Radio Pool | Montenegrin Amateur Radio Pool representing radio amateurs in Montenegro. Member society of IARU
Morocco  | Association Royale des Radio Amateurs du Maroc |
New Zealand  | New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters | National Amateur Radio Association representing amateur radio in New Zealand. Member society of IARU
Nicaragua  | Club de Radioexperimentadores de Nicaragua |
North Macedonia  | Radioamaterski Sojuz na Makedonija |
Norway  | Norsk Radio Relæ Liga |
Pakistan  | Pakistan Amateur Radio Society |
Panama  | Liga Panameña de Radioaficionados |
Paraguay  | Radio Club Paraguayo |
Peru  | Radio Club Peruano |
Philippines  | Philippine Amateur Radio Association |
Poland  | Polski Związek Krótkofalowców |
Portugal  | Rede dos Emissores Portugueses | National Amateur Radio Association representing amateur radio in Portugal. Member society of IARU
Qatar  | Qatar Amateur Radio Society |
Romania  | Federatia Romana de Radioamatorism | Romanian Amateur Radio Federation
Russia  | Russian Amateur Radio Union |
Serbia  | Savez Radio-Amatera Srbije |
Singapore  | Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (SARTS)  |
Slovakia  | Slovenský Zväz Rádioamatérov |
Slovenia  | Zveza radioamaterjev Slovenije |
South Africa  | South African Radio League |
Spain  | Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles | Spanish Amateur Radio Union - IARU member for Spain
Sweden  | Föreningen Sveriges Sändareamatörer | Swedish Radio Amateur Society - IARU member for Sweden
Switzerland  | Union of Swiss Short Wave Amateurs |
Syria  | Syrian Scientific Technical Amateur Radio Society |
Taiwan  | Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio League |
Thailand  | Radio Amateur Society of Thailand |
Trinidad and Tobago  | Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society | National IARU affiliated amateur radio society.
Turkey  | Türkiye Radyo Amatörleri Cemiyeti | The primary Turkish national amateur radio society with IARU & CEPT affiliation.
Ukraine  | Ukrainian Amateur Radio League |
United Kingdom  | Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB)  |
Radio Amateur Emergency Network (RAYNET) | a national organization devoted to emergency communications.
British Amateur Television Club | specializing in Fast Scan (LIVE) Amateur Television
First Class CW Operators' Club | a club for amateur radio operators who regularly make use of Morse code
United States  | Amateur Radio Emergency Service | a program of the ARRL
American Radio Relay League (ARRL)  | The National Association for Amateur Radio of United States of America
National Amateur Radio Alliance (NARA)  | Another US-based National Association
Military Auxiliary Radio System | a United States Department of Defense sponsored program
Uruguay  | Radio Club Uruguayo |
Venezuela  | Radio Club Venezolano |

## Regional and local clubs

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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

### In Canada

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* Halifax Amateur Radio Club, founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1933, is one of Canada's oldest amateur radio clubs.[4]

### In India

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* JNA Wireless Association, one of the oldest amateur radio clubs in Mumbai
* Mumbai Amateur Radio Society, a group of ham radio enthusiasts in Mumbai

### In Luxembourg

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* Association des Radioamateurs du Kayldall (ADRAD), a local organization based in Rumelange[5]

### In Portugal

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* Associacao de Radioamadores da Linha de Cascais, Cascais Local Radio Amateurs Association

### In the United States

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* Frankford Radio Club, founded in Philadelphia in 1927
* South Jersey Radio Association
* Texas DX Society

## Organisations of dependent and overseas territories

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Dependent territory  | Organization(s)

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Aruba | Aruba Amateur Radio Club
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society
Macao | Macau Amateur Radio Society

## Other organisations

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List of amateur radio organisations based in other territories / entities or unrecognized countries

Country / Territory / Entity  | Organization(s)  | Comments

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Kosovo  | Shoqata e Radioamatorëve të Kosovës (SHRAK)  | SHRAK is a non-profit organization for the amateur radio service in the Republic of Kosovo[6]
Sovereign Military Order of Malta  | The Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps (CISOM) Amateur Radio Station  | Amateur radio station operating from Sovereign Military Order of Malta under callsign 1A0C[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Latest - UBA - Royal Belgian Amateur Radio Union". uba.be. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
2. ^ "Radioamateurs du Luxembourg (RL)". rl.lu. Retrieved 7 January 2018. "Luxembourg Amateur Radio Society is a member of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). Established in 1937, it's the first and largest amateur radio society in Luxembourg."
3. ^ "Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union A.s.b.l." laru.lu. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
4. ^ "Halifax Amateur Radio Club - Hamshack". 4 February 2021.
5. ^ "Wëllkomm - ADRAD Kayldall". Adrad-kayldall.lu. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
6. ^ "Kosovo Amateur Radio Association SHRAK Joins International Amateur Radio Union". www.arrl.org. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
7. ^ "1A0C – Order of Malta". 1A0C. 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

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