Amateur Radio Association at the University of Maryland
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The Amateur Radio Association at the University of Maryland (ARAUM), formerly the University of Maryland Amateur Radio Association (UMARA), was formed between 1932 and 1933. The ARAUM marginally predates the Federal Communications Commission
and received its initial callsign grant of W3EAX from the United States Department of Commerce
, which regulated United States radio communications at the time.
ARAUM maintains a fully stocked ham shack high atop the South Campus Dining Hall on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park
campus, complete with a 2-meter repeater, operating at 145.490 MHz(-).
In 1996, the Spartan Packet Radio Experiment
(SPRE), an Amateur Radio (Ham radio) communications experiment designed by members of W3EAX, flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-72
) as part of the Spartan package.
The club continues to hold the amateur radio callsign of W3EAX.
Federal Communications Commission
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and received its initial callsign grant of W3EAX from the United States Department of Commerce
United States Department of Commerce
The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903...
, which regulated United States radio communications at the time.
ARAUM maintains a fully stocked ham shack high atop the South Campus Dining Hall on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
campus, complete with a 2-meter repeater, operating at 145.490 MHz(-).
In 1996, the Spartan Packet Radio Experiment
Spartan Packet Radio Experiment
The Spartan Packet Radio Experiment was an Amateur Radio communications experiment that flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavor's STS-72 mission as part of NASA's Spartan/OAST-Flyer spacecraft in January 1996...
(SPRE), an Amateur Radio (Ham radio) communications experiment designed by members of W3EAX, flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-72
STS-72
STS-72 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit...
) as part of the Spartan package.
The club continues to hold the amateur radio callsign of W3EAX.