Uvodnik iz časopisa QST od prosinca 2020. Norm, W3IZ, je sve kratko i jasno rekao, a
vrijedi univerzalno, za sve radioamatere. Preveo sam samo dva pasusa. Ako neko baš
treba prijevod, tu je Google prevoditelj.
Kao i mnogi radioamateri, kada sam se počeo baviti sa radioamaterizmom, članstvo u ARRL-u
je bilo nešto sasvim prirodno – ako ste radioamater, postajete član ARRL-a. Kada sam se prvi
put učlanio, uglavnom me zanimao DXCC i primanje QST-a. Međutim, kasnije sam shvatio da
sam kao član nacionalnog saveza dio nečeg većeg. Tada je ''Savez'' postao moj Savez, naš
Savez, koji toliko toga pruža radioamaterima.
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ARRL je jedan od mnogih saveza Međunarodne radioamaterske unije (IARU) koja predstavlja
radioamatere na globalnoj sceni. Trebaju nam radioamateri u drugim zemljama, ne samo radi
kontakta, nego zato jer je amaterski radio javni resurs koji mora biti zaštićen.
Bez radioamaterskih saveza koji čine IARU, radioamaterizam jednostavno ne bi postojao.
Why I'm An ARRL Member
Like many hams, when I first started in ham radio, getting an ARRL membership was
something you did naturally - if you were a ham, you become an ARRL member. When
I first joined, I was mainly interested in DXCC and receiving QST. Later on, however,
I realized that as a member of a national association, I was part of something bigger.
That's when ''the League'' become my League - and by extension, it is our League,
that does so much in service to ham radio.
Our League is our liaison to the FCC. When there are threats to our frequency
allocations, ARRL navigates the government bureaucracy to ensure that we can
retain these valuable bands of radio spectrum. There are some who think lighling
for frequency spectrum above the traditional HF, VHF and UHF bands is a waste
of resources. However, radio amateurs have been advancing radio science since the
beginning. When radio was in its infancy, the Navy was only interested in very low
frequencies and cast off the HF bands to the amateurs, who discovered that communications
over long distances was possible with ionospheric propagation. As mesh networking
is becoming popular, especially as a tool for public service communications, the
microwave frequencies assigned to the Amateur Radio Service have greater value,
and our League is fighting to keep them in the Amateur Radio Service. At the time
of this writing, our League is preparing a response to an FCC Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking to charge a fee for amateur radio license transactions.
ARRL and the FCC have worked together to create the Volunteer Monitor program, a
team of vetted and skilled radio amateurs who help support the FCC field offices by
listening to hams on the air. This doesn't mean that every offender on the local
repeater is going to the stockade, but it provides direction for the volunteers to
collest information that will help the FCC prosecute egregious offenders. The
FCC and ARRL know that good operators far outnumber the bad actors, so
Volunteer monitors make note of the exemplary operators, who we recognize
with a Good Operator Notice.
ARRL is one of many societies of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU),
which represents amateur radio on the global stage. We need amateur radio in
other countries not only so we can have people to contact, but because amateur
radio is a public resource that must be protected. Without the amateur radio
societies of the IARU, ham radio simply would not exist.
Our League works directly with manufacturers that cause problems. Historically,
this has included the BPL industry, manufacturers of wireless modem jacks that
operated on 3.52 MHz, and others. Recently ARRL has worked with two solar-panel
manufacturers and manufacturers of wireless power transfer devices to solve
noise issues with their products. Currently, the ARRL Lab is actively involved with
the IARU and The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), helping to develop
international law about spectrum use and interference at all levels, and specifically
wireless power transfer tor electric vehicles. As and individual, I could not possibly
be heard by the automobile industry when it comes to RF noise or anything else.
Our League has staff who are voting members on IEEE boards that shape
industry standards, Electromechanical Compatibility (EMC) standards, and
power company policies on how to handle RFI issues.
Amateur radio should be fun, and our League sponsors many on-air contests
and operating events. Even if competitive contesting is not your primary
activity, these events bring many hams together on air at one time, to offer
you an opportunity so sharpen your skills, test your station, or try out things
you have been experimenting with at your station. Proficiency gained while
playing a game is the best kind of training. Regardless of what you do for fun,
it's all ham radio and our League is here to ensure you can do what it is that
you like to do.
Your are reading this in QST, so it's probably safe to say you are already an
ARRL member. Thank you for your membership. Your job now is to find
someone who is not a member of our League and explain to them why you
are an ARRL member, and how it would benefit them to be a member too.
So, why am I a member of ARRL? For the very same reasons every radio
amateur should be a member: because the ARRL represents me, and you,
and all of amateur radio.
W3IZ
