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Emirates Amateur Radio Society

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ5372557 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Emirates Amateur Radio Society (in Arabic, جمعية الإمارات لهواة اللاسلكي) is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in the United Arab Emirates. EARS is formally recognized as a national organization by the Ministry of Social Affairs in the United Arab Emirates. The EARS represents the interests of UAE amateur radio operators before UAE and international telecommunications regulatory authorities. EARS is the national member society representing the United Arab Emirates in the International Amateur Radio Union, approved on February 10, 2009.

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The public source identifies “Emirates Amateur Radio Society” as organization. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Emirates, Amateur and Radio.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Emirates, Amateur and Radio providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Emirates Amateur Radio Society”, the useful work is to connect “organization” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5372557. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Emirates Amateur Radio Society primary sources, Emirates Amateur Radio Society archive and Emirates research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Emirates Amateur Radio Society” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.