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

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for

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enthusiasts in

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. 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 awards and radio contests. The Amateur Radio Society of India represents the interests of Indian amateur radio operators before national and international regulatory authorities. ARSI is the national member society representing India in the International Amateur Radio Union.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

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s to the remote island territories of India in the

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. ARSI organised an amateur radio

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in December, 2006 with the

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VU7LD. A second ARSI expedition was carried out from

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in 2011 operating from

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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's Islands On The Ai
IOTA
programme.

References

External links

Bangalore Amateur Radio SocietyMumbai Amateur Radio Institute
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