Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for International Studies publication #1816.Contents I. The Importance of Amateur Radio Activity in the Soviet Union 1 II. The Administration of Soviet Amateur Radio Activity 4 III. RADIO, The Official Journal of Soviet Amateur Radio Activity 8 IV. The Amateur Radio Operator 10 a. Technical Training i 11 b. Call Signs 15 c. Frequency Allocations. 20 V. Types of Amateur Communications Being Encouraged. 21 a. Short Wave, vhf. and uhf 21 b. Single-Sideband Communications 22 VI. Activities of Soviet Amateur Radio Operators 25 a. Contests, Titles, Awards 25 b. Tracking Artificial Earth Satellites 29 c. Military Significance of Radio-Amateurism. 31 VII. Radio Equipment 32 Exhibitions of Amateur-Built Equipment 34 VIII. Foreign Contacts of Soviet Amateur Radio Operators. 35 QSL Cards 35 Conclusions and Prospects 40 Footnotes 46 Appendix #1 49 Appendix #2 69 Appendix #3 70Digitized by www.dtic.mil