General Amateur Radio Sites  and  Pages With More Links

	ARRL (American Radio Relay League) - great site for general info
	IARU - International Amateur Radio Union - world wide ham issues
	Beginners Guide to Ham Radio
	"Learn About Amateur Radio" - nice intro to ham radio from the ARRL
	K  - Extensive and comprehensive!!
	Ham Elmer - free software, on-line Morse code training, antenna design, and more
	A page of links to many, many different ham sites by KB4VOL
	Another  page of links to many, many different ham sites by WZ1V - it's probably here
	Still another page of links - this one with an international flavor
	Glossary of Amateur Radio Terms

	FCC's New (1/1/98) RF Exposure guidelines and evaluation tools
	Antenna Elmer
	Convert Frequency to Meters - "Java script"- capable browser needed - also does temp & lat/long

Batteries

	Care and Feeding of NiCd Batteries
	Care and Feeding of Lead Acid Batteries
	Batteries -mail order house

Books

	CQ Magazine Ham Books
	ARRL Ham Books

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

	The RING! Ham Radio OnLine Trading Station - post or browse
	QTH Classifieds
	EBay - auction site which includes ham gear

	ARES
	Skywarn

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

Crystal Radios

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

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Digital Modes

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

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

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

	Alinco
	Comet Antenna
	Icom
	Kenwood
	MFJ
	Motorola
	Yaesu

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

Homing In

New Jersey Repeater Directory - or for any state

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

	The Longwave Home Page - Radio below 500 kHz

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

RF Exposure Calculator  http://n5xu.ece.utexas.edu/rfsafety/

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

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

	Altavista
	Hotbot
	Lycos
	Yahoo!
	or Search all of them at the same time!

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

CW (Morse Code)

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

HELLSCHREIBER

	for URLs to various Hellschreiber versions: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/hell.html
	a good basic choice is  http://iz8bly.sysonline.it/Hell/hellsetup.exe

MFSK16 (16 tone)

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

MT63 (64 Multi-tone)

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

PACKET

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

PSK31

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

RTTY

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

SSTV (Slow Scan TV - single images)

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

Weak Signal Meteor

WSJT:  http://www.vhfdx.de/wsjt/

Spectrum and Band information

	Spread Spectrum
	US Frequency Allocation Chart - graphic: in color, (*.pdf) format; all bands not just ham bands

Television

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

VHF/UHF

	Mt. Airy VHF Club - "Pack Rats"
	SMIRK -  the major international association of 6-meter enthusiasts.
	SSB Electronics - UHF/VHF/SHF equipment and supply specialists
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	EME & Weak Signal Page by AF9Y - great general info page
	Central States VHF Society --  largest weak signal VHF group in the U.S.
	North East Weak Signal (NEWS)

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