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About

My name is Thor Farrow, and N9IK is my amateur radio callsign.

I am not a very active ham; in fact I’ve been completely inactive for the past several years since I started having medical issues, the treatment of which caused some memory loss and loss of cognitive ability. But now I think I’m finally ready to dive in again and get “radio active”, if you’ll forgive the pun.

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Amateur Radio Clubs

This is a list of amateur radio clubs that I am a member of. Not all of them have dues, and I may not have my dues paid up for all of those, but for those clubs that provide a membership number, the number is allocated for life.

  • AmQRP
    • No membership numbers
    • The American QRP Club was formed in June 2003, and later incorporated, as a organization of ham radio operating enthusiasts interested in low power operation - these types of hams are called QRPers. The AmQRP Club is not affiliated with any geographic area and its membership does not meet monthly as do many regional radio clubs. Instead, the AmQRP provides online information, instruction, goods and services to the general QRP population for educational and enjoyment purposes.
  • ARRL
    • Membership number #0001607212
    • The American Radio Relay League is the national membership association for Amateur Radio operators in the United States.
    • Today ARRL, with approximately 152,000 members, is the largest organization of radio amateurs in the United States. The ARRL is a not-for-profit organization that:
      • promotes interest in Amateur Radio communications and experimentation
      • represents US radio amateurs in legislative matters, and
      • maintains fraternalism and a high standard of conduct among Amateur Radio operators.
  • ARS
    • Membership number #997
    • The Adventure Radio Society is a membership organization of more than 1700 amateur radio operators the in United States and many other parts of the world. They are seven and a half years old and growing steadily, and sponsor uncommonly interesting events and support the development of imaginative equipment and antennas. The ARS Sojourner is their monthly magazine and information center. We make extensive use of the Internet to exchange information with our members.
      • ARS promotes a sense of adventure by supporting radio operation from beautiful and remarkable places.
      • ARS sponsors events that encourage the use of human-powered travel, in its myriad forms, to reach outdoor operating sites.
      • ARS supports the development of imaginative equipment and antennas.
  • FISTS
    • membership number lost
    • The International Morse Preservation Society, FISTS, is a well established and recognized CW organization in the world of amateur radio. Founded in 1987 by Geo Longden, G3ZQS, it now has a membership in the thousands, is world-wide, and growing daily.
    • What FISTS wants to accomplish
        1. To further the use of CW on the amateur bands.
        2. To encourage newcomers to the CW mode.
        3. To engender friendship within the membership.
  • FISTS OF IL
    • Membership number #8656
    • The purpos of FISTS of Illinois is to supports FISTS at a local level.
    • Club call sign W9FFF, FISTS club member number #6900
  • FPQRP
    • Membership number #438.
    • The Flying Pigs QRP Club, International, call sign W8PIG
    • They Flying Pigs QRP Club’s purpose:
      1. We’re  here  to  have  FUN!
      2. We’re  here  to  have  FUN!
      3. We’re  here  to  have  FUN!
    • GQRP
      • Membership number #11026.
      • The G-QRP club is a U.K. club formed by Rev. George Dobbs G3RJV in 1974 to cater for those interested in low power communications after a group used to meet around 3.560MHz. In the year 2000, the club celebrated its 25th birthday.
      • The club has a quarterly magazine called SPRAT, so called for Small Powered Radio Amateur Transmissions. This magazine is 2/3 full of circuit ideas and 1/3 editorial.
    • LC RACES
    • NAQCC #1076
    • NJ-QRP #363
    • Nor-Cal
    • QRP-ARCI #11098
    • QRPp-I
    • SKCC #3299
    • TAPR