Providence Radio Association, Amateur Radio Station W1OP, founded in 1919

1 -- W1OP [ with W1C ] ARRL Field Day, June 22-23, 2019
ouOaAssn. DX DAY Fri., June 21] 2 -- State of Rhode Island 3 -- Newport County	W1OP Kilo Award
	4 -- Beavertail State Park K-2868	5 -- Beavertail Lighthouse WLOTA L1422	6 -- NA-031 Conanicut Island	7 -- RI007S Conanicut Island
8 -- Look for our Special Event and Field Day GOTA station -- Whiskey One Centennial [ W1C ] June 16 to June 30, 2019				9 -- FT-8 ... WSJT-X /JTAlertX via IC-7300 FN41

W1OP Centennial Year 2019 . . . Look for W1OP/100

DXCC 300+ Countries ... 5-Band DXCC 2018... FD 2018 3A #9 USA ... IARU NE Record Holder 2018
DXCC --160M ... 1st --160M ... 160M WAS 2x ... WAS Triple Play 2019 ...

W1OP.com and .org are under construction.

Why Licensed Radio Amateurs?

Radio Amateurs Position to Support
Emergency Communication in Tsunami’s Wake

Radio Amateurs Pitch In
to Help as Major Coastal Storms Hit Northeast

Emergency Communications in Rural Maine
"...that's when amateur radio comes into play."

Hawaii's Communication Breakdown
-- How Going Ham Could Save Us

Licensed Radio Amateurs in Service

SATERN is the official emergency communications service of The Salvation Army SATERN, a group of licensed Amateur Radio Operators providing emergency communications support for Salvation Army operations in local,

regional, and international disaster and emergency situations.
Connected to the Red Cross Safe and Well Program.

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) consists of licensed Amateur Radio Operators who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment, with their local ARES leadership, for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes.

The "Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service," RACES is a protocol created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission. RACES volunteer operators are licensed Amateur Radio Operators certified by a civil defense agency to be able to communicate on Amateur Radio frequencies during drills, exercises and emergencies. They are activated by local, county and state jurisdictions and are the only Amateur Radio operators authorized to transmit during declared emergencies when the President of the United States specifically invokes the War Powers Act.

The Hurricane Watch Net is a group of licensed Amateur Radio Operators, trained and organized to provide essential weather related communications support to the National Hurricane Center during times of Hurricane emergencies.

1935 through 1955 ... the Providence Radio Association used the W1INM call sign. This QSL card is from 1935.

W1OP related links:

Field Day 2011/2012

Providence Radio Assn.
W1OP Log in

ARRL NEWS

Contest Calendar

W1OP Centennial Dinner
September

W1OP Centennial QSL Card
NOTE: W1OP operates from various locations throughout RI, New England and Florida. Check with Operator for actual location, and pay attention to Grid Square on Digital Modes.
[SASE Required]

W1OP/100 Wallpaper file here

W1OP Centennial Goal --
10,000 Digital QSOs

FT-8 3000+ uploaded as of 1/19/19
From FL as W1OP EL96

Lookups 36,000 12/31/2018
QRZ Gridmapper here
HQ -- Grid: FN41gt in RI
Beavertail -- Grid: FN41hk in RI
FL #1 -- Grid: EL96cd in Naples
W1OP/r 223.98MHz

W1OP Annotated History
1919 -- 2016
W1OP History Early Press

W1OP's First License '1LI'
signed by Herbert Hoover after WW1 in 1926

Note to W1OP from Pres. Clinton , 1997

75th Anniversary Report 1997