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Ham Radio Links

There are thousands of ham radio-related web sites on the internet. The list below is just to help get you started in the right direction. Often one site will offer links to still more sites. You can also use a Search Engine to help locate a site of specific interest. 

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General Amateur Radio Sites  and  Pages With More Links

bulletARRL (American Radio Relay League) - great site for general info
bulletIARU - International Amateur Radio Union - world wide ham issues
bullet "Learn About Amateur Radio" - nice intro to ham radio from the ARRL
bullet K1DWU page - links to interesting ham radio sites
bullet A page of links to many, many different ham sites by KB4VOL
bullet Another  page of links to many, many different ham sites by WZ1V - it's probably here but may be out of date
bullet Brief summary of ham radio - with a number of useful links (commercial site)
bullet Here's a set of links for radio in general - includes professional and ham radio (commercial site)
bullet Informal glossary of Amateur Radio terms - from AC6V
bullet Another Ham radio glossary - more formal and complete from the ARRL

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Antennas

bullet FCC's New (1/1/98) RF Exposure guidelines and evaluation tools
bullet Antenna Elmer
bulletOmni Antennas by Antennas.us (commercial site)

Batteries
bullet Care and Feeding of Li-Ion Batteries
bullet Care and Feeding of Lead Acid  Gel-Cell Batteries
bullet Batteries -mail order house

Books

bullet CQ Magazine Ham Books
bullet ARRL Ham Books

Call Sign Lookups

bulletQRZ
bullet FCC Database via Univ. of Arkansas
bullet Other Call sign servers, including some international servers

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Classifieds - Buy and Sell New and Used Equipment

bullet QTH Classifieds
bulletEBay - auction site which includes ham gear

Community Service

bullet ARES
bullet Skywarn

Contests

bullet CQ Magazine Contest Page - contest dates and rules
bulletCQ-WE Contest Home Page - for employees/retirees of the "Bell System"
bullet VHF/UHF Contest Logging Software - for Windows
bullet Radio Contesting . Net
bullet"Super Duper" - Free contest logging software - HF, IOTA, VHF

Crystal Radios
bullet The Xtal Set Society - an entire site about building Crystal radio sets
bullet The Crystal Radio Page - info, kits, parts
bullet Crystal Radio Supply

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Digital Modes

bullet APRSdos  (about the DOS version; site by APRS inventor, Bob Bruninga)
bullet WinAPRS  (about the Windows APRS version)
bullet Packet:  Beginner's Guide - Good general site about packet
bullet Packet: Introduction - on-line book for those getting started
bullet Packet Page - another general site
bullet Sound Card Packet - run packet without a TNC using just the sound card in your computer
bullet Sound Card   PSK31, RTTY, SSTV, CW
bullet TNC Wiring Diagrams
bulletTAPR: Digital Organization
bullet WinPacket - download a program to run packet in Windows

DX (long distance contacts)

bullet Country prefixes (listed by prefix)
bullet Country prefixes (listed by country)
bullet DXer.Com - lots of info and links for DXers
bullet DX Watch - DX Spots
bullet DX Summit - DX Spots
bulletGo-List, QSL Manager
bullet GreyLine - World map showing where day and night are right now
bulletNorth Jersey DX Association
bullet HF Band Privileges - chart showing privileges for each class
bullet Current Propagation Measurements -  dynamic information gathered from different sources
bullet Space Weather Report - for HF propogation

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Equipment and component Vendors

bulletAES - Mail order house: prices, links to manufactures
bullet Cable Experts
bullet Chassis Kits and Custom Enclosures
bulletHam Radio Outlet - mail order house
bullet Hamtronics - mail order house for VHF & UHF
bulletJUN's Electronics - mail order house
bullet Lost User Manuals
bullet Questlink - awesome index of integrated circuits, semiconductors, components
bullet Radio Finder - source for older radios and accessories- buy or sell
bullet Radio Devices - kits, components, CD-ROMs
bullet The RF Connector
bullet Thomas Register of Manufacturers
bullet Wireman
bullet Chip Directory - put in some Chip info and learn the manufacturer; lots of chip info.
bullet Alinco
bullet Comet Antenna
bullet Icom
bullet Kenwood
bullet MFJ
bullet Motorola
bulletYaesu

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Electronics/ Radio Theory

bullet Scot's Guide to Electronics -  learn about components, circuits, and the use of electronics
bullet http://www.clarc.org/Articles/laserpcb.html  - a simple process for making printed circuit boards
bullet Make your own printed circuit boards in under an hour! - file of info about making your own printed circuit
bullet Animated Explanation of SWR (standing wave ratio)

FCC Information

bullet  FCC Amateur Radio Services

Fox Hunting (Transmitter Hunting)

bulletHoming In

Frequencies, Local

bullet New Jersey Repeater Directory - or for any state

Licensing

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bullet Examination sessions - ARRL list of upcoming, nearby sessions
bullet Test question pools
bullet Practice exam
bullet Renewing your license on-line
bullet Vanity callsigns

Low Frequency (LowFers)

bulletThe Longwave Home Page - Radio below 500 kH

Remote Controlled Stations

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DX Tuners - control a distant station via the internet. Listen to your signal at that station!

Safety

bullet RF Exposure Calculator  -- QSL Net

 

Satellites

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bullet General info on amateur radio satellites (AMSAT page)
bullet AMSAT (home page)
bullet ARISS
bullet Satellite Frequency Guide (ICOM)
bullet Amateur Satellite Frequencies and Mode (ARRL)
bullet Space Shuttle - NASA' s Site

Search Engines

You can do your own searches for information on a subject of your choice at these search engine web sites:

bullet
 Google
bullet Altavista
bullet Hotbot
bullet Lycos
bullet Yahoo!
bullet Bing

Software (general ham related)

 

Sound Card Ham Programs

Listed below are URLs for Windows sound card programs. The only Mac program known is MultiMode: http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/multimode.html

bullet Sound Card Packet  by KC2RLM
bulletOther overviews of sound card modes and lists of programs:
bullet http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/
bullet http://www.muenster.de/~welp/sb.htm

Software for Specific sound card modes:

CW (Morse Code)

bulletsee http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/cw.html

HELLSCHREIBER

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for URLs to various Hellschreiber versions: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/hell.html

bullet

a good basic choice is  http://iz8bly.sysonline.it/Hell/hellsetup.exe

MFSK16 (16 tone)

bullet STREAM: http://iz8bly.sysonline.it/Stream/streamsetup.exe

MT63 (64 Multi-tone)

bulletMT63: http://iz8bly.sysonline.it/MT63/mt63setup.exe

PACKET

bulletAGWPE: works with some terminal packet programs and APRS programs;
see KC2RLM's Sound Card Packet site: www.qsl.net/soundcardpacket/

PSK31

bulletfor URLs to various PSK31 versions: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/psk31.html
bullet Digipan: http://www.digipan.net/download/

RTTY

bulletfor URLs to various RTTY versions http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/rtty.html
bulletA good choice is MMTTY: http://www.qsl.net/mmhamsoft/mmtty/index.html

SSTV (Slow Scan TV - single images)

bullet or URLs to various SSTV versions: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/sstv.html
bulletA good choice is MMSSTV: http://www.qsl.net/mmhamsoft/mmsstv/index.htm

Weak Signal Meteor

bulletWSJT:  http://www.vhfdx.de/wsjt/

 

Spectrum and Band information
bullet Spread Spectrum
bullet US Frequency Allocation Chart - graphic: in color, (*.pdf) format; all bands not just ham bands
bullet Which Bands are open? http://wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/map
 

Television
bullet ATV (Houston Amateur Television Page) - links to other ATV sites
bullet Slow Scan TV

VHF/UHF

bullet Mt. Airy VHF Club - "Pack Rats"
bulletSMIRK -  the major international association of 6-meter enthusiasts.
bulletSSB Electronics - UHF/VHF/SHF equipment and supply specialists
bullet VHF/UHF Band Privileges

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Weak-Signal

bullet EME & Weak Signal Page by AF9Y - great general info page
bullet Central States VHF Society --  largest weak signal VHF group in the U.S.
bullet North East Weak Signal (NEWS)

Young Hams

bulletARRL article: http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2002/03/10/1/?nc=1
bullet Getting Started in Amateur Radio