The Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (HARTS, ) is an organization representing a majority of the

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s in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. HARTS is a

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recognized by the Inland Revenue Department since early 2008. HARTS was established in the Oct 1929, when Hong Kong was a

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of the

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. HARTS is the member society representing Hong Kong 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 (2009)
"Member Societies"
Retrieved Sep. 22, 2009. The organization's primary mission is to popularize and promote amateur radio in Hong Kong. HARTS operates and maintains

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and

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Tai Mo Shan Tai Mo Shan is the highest mountain, peak in Hong Kong, with an elevation of . It is located at approximately the geographical centre of the New Territories. The Tai Mo Shan Country Park covers an area of around Tai Mo Shan. It is located ...

Tate's Cairn Tate's Cairn or Tai Lo Shan () is a mountain in Hong Kong at in height. It is one of the peaks of the Kowloon Ridge and falls within Ma On Shan Country Park. The peak began to appear on colonial maps in the 1860s but remained unnamed until the ...

Victoria Peak Victoria Peak is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak only generally. With an elevation of , it is the highest hill on Hong Kong Island, ranked 29 in terms of elevation in H ...

, and

Tin Shui Wai Tin Shui Wai New Town is a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. Originally a ' fish pond area, it was developed in the 1980s as the second new town in Yuen Long District and the eighth in Hong Kong. It is due northw ...

. The organization has provided communications support for charitable groups and events, and has formed a support network for

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. One membership benefit of the organization is a QSL bureau for members who regularly make communications with

s in other countries.Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (2008)
"About HARTS"
Retrieved 22 Sep. 2009.

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Clubs and societies in Hong Kong 1930s establishments in Hong Kong Organizations established in the 1930s Radio in Hong Kong {{Amateur-radio-stub

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