Part
97.1 points out five bases and purposes of the
Amateur Radio Service. The third principle -- encouragement and improvement of the Amateur
Service through rules which provide for advancing skills in both the communication and technical
phases of the art -- has been a hallmark of the Amateur Radio Service from the beginning. This
quiz
lists a few of those pioneers and their achievements -- feathers in every ham's hat.
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