# List of amateur radio organizations

This is a list of amateur radio organizations. It includes notable amateur radio international, national, regional, and local organizations. It also includes lists of organisations from dependent and overseas territories and other territories.

## International

* Amateur Radio Digital Communications - amateur radio and Internet protocol coordination and funding
* Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society - devoted to maritime communications, amateur radio, lighthouses, and lightships
* European Radio Amateurs' Organization (EURAO)
* International Amateur Radio Club
* International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) - League of National Societies of Amateur Radio.
* International League of Esperantist Radio Amateurs
* Quarter Century Wireless Association - an organization of amateur radio operators first licensed 25 or more years ago
* Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) - Organization dedicated exclusively to amateur radio communications via artificial orbiting satellites
* Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society - a specialised group or club for amateur radio operators who have a link with maritime employment
* Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) - Dedicated to packet radio, digital communications and digital technology in amateur radio including software-defined radio
* Young Ladies Radio League

## National organisations

| Country | Organization(s) | Comments |
| Algeria | Amateurs Radio Algeriens | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Algeria |
| Andorra | Unió de Radioaficionats Andorrans | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Andorra |
| Argentina | Radio Club Argentino | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Argentina |
| Aruba | Aruba Amateur Radio Club | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Aruba |
| Australia | Wireless Institute of Australia | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Australia |
| Austria | Österreichischer Versuchssenderverband | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Austria |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh Amateur Radio League | National Association of Bangladeshi Radio Amateur. Member society of IARU |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication | |
| Belarus | Belarusian Federation of Radioamateurs and Radiosportsmen | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Belarus |
| Belgium | Royal Union of Belgian Radio Amateurs (UBA) | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Belgium |
| Brazil | Liga de Amadores Brasileiros de Rádio Emissão (LABRE) | national non-profit organization of amateur radio in Brazil. Founded in 1934. Member society of IARU. |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs | |
| Canada | Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) | |
| Canada | Manitoba Amateur Radio Museum | a national non-profit organization of amateur radio enthusiasts in Canada |
| Chile | Radio Club de Chile | Santiago, Chile |
| China | Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) | a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in the People's Republic of China, national member society in the IARU, have affiliations such as Shanghai Radio Sports Association |
| China | Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (HARTS) | National Society of Radio Amateurs in Hong Kong (VR2HK), Member society of IARU, Non-profit organization. |
| China | Associação dos Radioamadores de Macau | |
| Colombia | Liga Colombiana de Radioaficionados | |
| Costa Rica | Radio Club de Costa Rica | |
| Croatia | Hrvatski Radioamaterski Savez | |
| Cuba | Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba | |
| Denmark | Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører | |
| El Salvador | Club de Radio Aficionados de El Salvador | |
| Estonia | Eesti Raadioamatööride Ühing | |
| Finland | Suomen Radioamatööriliitto | Finnish Amateur Radio League |
| France | Réseau des Émetteurs Français | |
| Germany | Deutscher Amateur Radio Club e.V. (DARC) | Largest national association for the German Radio Amateur. Member society of IARU |
| Germany | Verband der Funkamateure in Telekommunikation und Post e.V. (VFDB) | Second largest national association for the German Radio Amateur. |
| Greece | Radio Amateur Association of Greece | |
| Guatemala | Club de Radioaficionados de Guatemala | |
| Honduras | Radio Club de Honduras | |
| Iceland | Íslenskir Radíóamatörar | |
| India | Amateur Radio Society of India | National Association for the Indian Radio Amateur. Member society of IARU |
| India | National Institute of Amateur Radio | Government funded organization based in Hyderabad, India which is set up to promote Amateur Radio in India. |
| Indonesia | Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia | |
| Iraq | Iraqi Amateur Radio Society | |
| Ireland | Irish Radio Transmitters Society | |
| Israel | Israel Amateur Radio Club | |
| Italy | Associazione Radioamatori Italiani | Italian Amateur Radio Society - IARU member for Italy |
| Japan | Japan Amateur Radio League | National Amateur Radio Society of Japan (JARL), Member society of IARU |
| Korea | Korean Amateur Radio League | Member society of IARU |
| Kuwait | Kuwait Amateur Radio Society | |
| Latvia | Latvijas Radio Amatieru Līga | |
| Lesotho | Lesotho Amateur Radio Society | |
| Lithuania | Lietuvos Radijo Mėgėjų Draugija | Lithuanian Amateur Radio Society |
| Luxembourg | Radioamateurs du Luxembourg (RLX) | Member society of IARU |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union (LARU) | an independent national organization |
| Malaysia | Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters' Society (MARTS) | National organization and representation for amateur radio since 1952. |
| Malta | Malta Amateur Radio League | |
| Mauritius | Mauritius Amateur Radio Society | |
| Mexico | Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores | |
| Moldova | Asociația Radioamatorilor din Moldova | |
| Mongolia | Mongolian Radio Sport Federation | |
| Montenegro | Montenegrin Amateur Radio Pool | Montenegrin Amateur Radio Pool representing radio amateurs in Montenegro. Member society of IARU |
| Morocco | Association Royale des Radio Amateurs du Maroc | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters | National Amateur Radio Association representing amateur radio in New Zealand. Member society of IARU |
| Nicaragua | Club de Radioexperimentadores de Nicaragua | |
| North Macedonia | Radioamaterski Sojuz na Makedonija | |
| Norway | Norsk Radio Relæ Liga | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan Amateur Radio Society | |
| Panama | Liga Panameña de Radioaficionados | |
| Paraguay | Radio Club Paraguayo | |
| Peru | Radio Club Peruano | |
| Philippines | Philippine Amateur Radio Association | |
| Poland | Polski Związek Krótkofalowców | |
| Portugal | Rede dos Emissores Portugueses | National Amateur Radio Association representing amateur radio in Portugal. Member society of IARU |
| Qatar | Qatar Amateur Radio Society | |
| Romania | Federatia Romana de Radioamatorism | Romanian Amateur Radio Federation |
| Russia | Russian Amateur Radio Union | |
| Serbia | Savez Radio-Amatera Srbije | |
| Singapore | Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (SARTS) | |
| Slovakia | Slovenský Zväz Rádioamatérov | |
| Slovenia | Zveza radioamaterjev Slovenije | |
| South Africa | South African Radio League | |
| Spain | Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles | Spanish Amateur Radio Union - IARU member for Spain |
| Sweden | Föreningen Sveriges Sändareamatörer | Swedish Radio Amateur Society - IARU member for Sweden |
| Switzerland | Union of Swiss Short Wave Amateurs | |
| Syria | Syrian Scientific Technical Amateur Radio Society | |
| Taiwan | Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio League | |
| Thailand | Radio Amateur Society of Thailand | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society | National IARU affiliated amateur radio society. |
| Turkey | Türkiye Radyo Amatörleri Cemiyeti | The primary Turkish national amateur radio society with IARU & CEPT affiliation. |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian Amateur Radio League | |
| United Kingdom | Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) | |
| United Kingdom | Radio Amateur Emergency Network (RAYNET) | a national organization devoted to emergency communications. |
| United Kingdom | British Amateur Television Club | specializing in Fast Scan (LIVE) Amateur Television |
| United Kingdom | First Class CW Operators' Club | a club for amateur radio operators who regularly make use of Morse code |
| United States | Amateur Radio Emergency Service | a program of the ARRL |
| United States | American Radio Relay League (ARRL) | The National Association for Amateur Radio of United States of America |
| United States | Military Auxiliary Radio System | a United States Department of Defense sponsored program |
| Uruguay | Radio Club Uruguayo | |
| Venezuela | Radio Club Venezolano | |

## Regional and local clubs
### In Canada

* Halifax Amateur Radio Club, founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1933, is one of Canada's oldest amateur radio clubs.

### In India

* JNA Wireless Association, one of the oldest amateur radio clubs in Mumbai
* Mumbai Amateur Radio Society, a group of ham radio enthusiasts in Mumbai

### In Luxembourg

* Association des Radioamateurs du Kayldall (ADRAD), a local organization based in Rumelange

### In Portugal

* Associacao de Radioamadores da Linha de Cascais, Cascais Local Radio Amateurs Association

### In the United States

* Frankford Radio Club, founded in Philadelphia in 1927
* South Jersey Radio Association
* Texas DX Society

## Organisations of dependent and overseas territories

| Dependent territory | Organization(s) |
| Aruba | Aruba Amateur Radio Club |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society |
| Macao | Macau Amateur Radio Society |

## Other organisations

List of amateur radio organisations based in other territories / entities or unrecognized countries
| Country / Territory / Entity | Organization(s) | Comments |
| Kosovo | Shoqata e Radioamatorëve të Kosovës (SHRAK) | SHRAK is a non-profit organization for the amateur radio service in the Republic of Kosovo |
| Sovereign Military Order of Malta | The Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps (CISOM) Amateur Radio Station | Amateur radio station operating from Sovereign Military Order of Malta under callsign 1A0C |