General Information

ARRL: The American Radio Relay League "is the principal representative of the Amateur Radio Services [in the U.S.], serving members by protecting and enhancing spectrum access and providing a national resource to the public."
Ham Radio Online features newsletters, feature stories, real-time propagation, ionospheric and auroral condition reports, world-wide disaster information with real-time major quake map displays and satellite weather imagery.
Amateur Radio is a non-commercial radio communication service whose primary aims are public service, technical training and experimentation, and communication between private persons. Amateur Radio operators often communicate with each other recreationally but also provide communications for others at public events or in times of emergency or disaster.
Amateur Radio Elmers Resource Directory: 170 or so volunteers who have agreed to be listed, comprising various levels of expertise in over 60 areas of specialization within amateur radio.
Federal Communications Commission: an independent [U.S.] government agency charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.

Exam Information

AA9PW's Amateur Radio Exam Practice Page: "The questions used here are from the current official question pools provided by the FCC and are selected from the same subelements as would be used for an official examination. Therefore they are accurate representations of the real thing. [. . .] The full version of the morse practice page is now on-line. You can practice letters, numbers, words, callsigns, QSO's and also practice for the morse test by taking a 10 question quiz generated from the QSO." [An EXCELLENT site! -ed].
Ham Exam -- Practice Exam Generator for Amateur Radio: Practice taking a U.S. Amateur Radio Written Examination with our automated exam generator. Exam questions are selected at random from each subelement group of the selected question pool. Remember, this is a practice exam only.
Canadian Amateur Radio Certification Information
Need help from a human? Try the Amateur Radio Elmers Resource Directory

Frequency Guides

US Amateur Radio Frequency Allocations (ARRLWeb)
Amateur Frequencies Outside the USA (ARRLWeb)
Long Island Area Scanning Resources

Packet Radio

Intro to Packet Radio [TAPR]
Packet Radio FAQ [TAPR]
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio [TAPR]
Wide World of Packet Radio: Dedicated to HI-SPEED Packet Networking
APRS: Amateur Radio Packet Position Reporting System
N.E.D.A.: The North East Digital Association
Packet Radio User's Group (Japan): many documents in Japanese
MTL/WQC: Montreal Amateur Packet Radio Network
N6GN: Higher Speed Packet Radio
VE3MCH: TCP/IP AMATEUR RADIO PACKET GATEWAY
PACTOR NEWS: PACTOR is the fastest growing digital mode on HF Amateur Radio. "It allows the transfer of text, files, and graphics quickly and without error. PACTOR NEWS is a comprehensive Newsletter dedicated specifically to PACTOR users. It is published quarterly, in JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, and OCTOBER."
Software
TNOS Central: Tampa Network Operating System
Packet Radio (The Vector Board)
Linux AX25-HOWTO, Amateur Radio.

Amateur Satellites

AMSAT: Radio Amateur Satellite Corp.
Software
AMSAT FTP Site

Spread Spectrum Radio

Amateur Radio Spread Spectrum Communications Page [TAPR]

Slow Scan TV

WB4EJC: Slow Scan TV
WB2OSZ: Slow Scan TV Handbook

Contesting and DXing

KA9FOX: Contesters and DXers

International

S5 Radioamateurs: official home page of Zveza Radioamaterjev Slovenije (Association of Radio Amateurs of Slovenia).
VE2CTV - Gerard Martel: Amateur Radio Information in French

Misc

HamRad - Amateur Radio Resource
University of Hawaii: General Information
Colorado Ham Radio Info: local information and links, including many on packet radio
AF9Y: EME & Weak Signal
VE2DM's Wonderful World of Amateur Radio: Many Links, including Canadian Information
SAREX: Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment
Television Stations on the Web (Gebbie Press) Sorted by state, includes station email addresses and links to web sites.
USA [Broadcast] Radio Stations on the Web (Gebbie Press) Sorted by state, includes station email addresses and links to web sites.
The WWW Virtual Library: Amateur Radio's Clubs Listing

Callbooks

The QRZ Callsign Database
US & Canada Callbook
Callsign Search Engines

Humor

CK's Ode To dah Code

Software

Ham Radio's Software Bonanza [ARRL]
Large Collection of Mac Software
USCD FTP Site
ftp.cs.buffalo.edu/pub/ham-radio: misc software

Publishing Companies

The QRZ Ham Radio CDROM: "the official home of The QRZ Ham Radio CDROM, and the very popular QRZ! Callsign Database, updated nightly from the FCC master files."
AmSoft: The World of Ham Radio CDROM
Super-Duper PC Contest Logger: "Europe's favourite HF contest logging program. It sets the standard for fast, simple logging and editing in the main international contests and in dozens of others worldwide."
Artsci Publishing produces books and other publications for the amateur radio and electronic market.
QSLs by W4MPY
Russian Phrases for Amateur Radio:English words and phrases for QSOs, accompanied by the Russian translation and the English transliteration, to assist you in pronouncing the Russian. (Booklet: $6 / Tape $6)

Equipment Companies

Ham Radio Outlet: "The World's largest supplier of Amateur Radio Equipment. Twelve store buying power means savings for you. We specialize in customer service...YOU are our business."
The Raymond Sarrio Company
FF Systems manufactures and sells repeater controller products and accessories.
Muir Communications Ltd.
Almost All Digital Electronics: hobby kits, assembled units and software. "Our kits are designed for easy assembly and require no special test equipment. They are 'solder it together and it works' kits."
Electronix Express: "We are a leading distributor of electronic components and test equipment for schools, colleges and industry. We specialize in custom kitting and value-added services. We can help you take a project from an idea to design to prototyping and to production."
MAX-GAIN Systems carries a complete line of fiberglass, including fiberglass round tube, square tube, and solid rod.
Electronix: Electronic Parts, Instructional Video, Software for TV, VCR, Computer, and Audio Repair. Video and Diskette Duplication

Radio Manufacturers

Icom America, Inc.
Kenwood Communications Corp.
YAESU
ALINCO Electronics Corp.

Additional Link Sources

The WWW Virtual Library: Amateur Radio :
Yahoo: Amateur/Ham Radio:

 

W4GBU HOME PAGE HAS SOME GOOD LINKS

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