Radioamatööritekniikan seura ry
- Radioamatörteknikens Sällskap i Finland (r.f.)
- Radio Amateur Technology Society in Finland
Radio Amateur Technology Society in Finland was established 1987 to advance technical aspects of amateur radio. The main goal of the society is to introduce new innovative technology in amateur radio. The society co-operates with other amateur organizations and is a member of the Finnish Radio Amateur League, SRAL.
The first major undertaking was technical contribution to nation-wide packet radio network. Then came digital signal processing (DSP) and VHF, UHF and SHF beacons and other automatic stations.
Meetings and newsletters are part of the activity. RATS organizes the yearly Technical meeting. Past happenings include SHF-themed field day known as Gigaleiri. RATS has also taken turns to organize the Nordic VHF/UHF/SHF meeting.
RATS takes part in satellite activities in form of AMSAT-OH. The AMSAT-OH team has constructed the 10 GHz transmitter assembly for P3D amateur satellite and is continuing to work on new projects together with other AMSAT organizations. The society also takes part in meteorological balloon carried repeater project, known as Ilmari.
RATS has build and maintains several beacons.
Experimenters in new technology often need hard to find components. RATS helps its members in acquisition of these and maintains a component service. It also maintains a document support service that includes manuals and other documentation for commercial radio equipment, which can be modified for amateur use.
See the currect board of the society for contact information.