QST

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Title

QST

Coverage

Hartford, Conn.

Publisher

Hiram Percy Maxim and Clarence D. Tuska

Date

December 1915

Subject

Volume 1, number 1

Description

Amateur radio’s pioneer organization was the American Radio Relay League, founded in 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim. Its journal, QST, begun in December 1915, was the first and remains the foremost publication in the field. Since its inception, radio amateurs or “hams” have played an immense role in the advancement of American radio and television communications.