What is amateur radio?
Amateur radio operators, radio amateurs or 'radio hams', as they're sometimes known, are granted licenses by their local governments allowing them to communicate with fellow radio amateurs all around the world. Licenses are issued according to local requirements but these usually relate to demonstrating (by exam) a required level of knowledge in technical aspects of radio communications, circuit theory and operating procedures. There are over 3 million licensed amateur radio operators in the world today.
Lichfield, a city by royal decree
City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarch to a select group of communities. Although the holding of city status gives a settlement no special rights other than that of calling itself a 'city', competitions for the status are hard fought. The status does not apply automatically on the basis of any particular criteria, although in England and Wales it was traditionally given to towns with diocesan cathedrals. This association between having a cathedral and being called a city was established in the early 1540s when King Henry VIII founded dioceses in six English towns (each having a cathedral) and granted them city status. Lichfield was subsequently granted city status in 1553 by Queen Mary.
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