Note: All links checked 28 Nov 2004

Regional ham clubs and organizations
Newsletter resources (technical articles, cartoons, and humor)
Licensing Help (practice exams, FCC forms, info on change of address, vanity calls, etc)
Reference information (call books, regulations)
Ham-related software and FAQs
General ham links (ARRL, QSL bureaus, general ham-related sites)
Amateur Equipment Manufacturers

Garland Amateur Radio Club (GARC)
K5QHD -- Garland, Texas

Calendar Training Public Service

Clubs

Arlington Amateur Radio Club
Baylor University Amateur Radio Club (no longer an active site - 28 Nov 2004)
Dallas Amateur Radio Club
Dallas REACT
Denton County Amateur Radio Club (Invalid link, removed 28 Nov 2004)
Dyess Air Force Base Amateur Radio Club
Irving Amateur Radio Club (updated 22 Feb 2003)
Heart 'O Texas Amateur Radio Club
Hood Count Amateur Radio Club (Invalid link, removed 28 Nov 2004)
Kilocycle Club of Fort Worth
Lockheed Martin Recreation Association
McKinney Amateur Radio Club
Ham Association of Mesquite
Metrocrest Amateur Radio Club (Invalid link, removed 28 Nov 2004)
North Texas Contest Club
Plano Amateur Radio Klub
Parker County Amateur Radio Club (Invalid link, removed 28 Nov 2004)
Richardson Wireless Klub
Rockwall Amateur Radio Club (RARC)
SMU Amateur Radio Club (link no longer valid. Removed 28 Nov 2004)
Southwest Dallas County Amateur Radio Club
Tri County Amateur Radio Club of North Texas
Temple Texas Amateur Radio Club
Texas Utilities Amateur Radio Club
Tyler Amateur Radio Club (Invalid link, removed 28 Nov 2004)
Wichita Amateur Radio Society

Ham Organizations

Armadillo Intertie
ATV Users Group
Dallas RACES (Invalid link. removed 28 Nov 2004)
HamCom
Irving RACES Home Page (Invalid link, removed 28 Nov 2004)
North Texas Communications System
North Texas Section Traffic Net (Invalid link, removed 28 Nov 2004)
Mesquite RACES
Republic Of Texas Chapter TenTen International
Rowlett RACES
Texas DX Society
Texas Packet Radio Society (Invalid link, removed 28 Nov 2004)
TexasVHF FM Society

Newsletters and Other Local/Regional Information

ARRL North Texas Section On-Line Newsletter (Requires ARRL login)

Newsletter Resources

New Ham Partner articles by Gerry Crenshaw, WD4BIS, articles aimed at new hams for reference or club newsletters. Last updated: Feb1998.
ARRL Hamfest and Convention database

Licensing Help

FCC Amateur Radio Service site gives information on changing your address, requesting a vanity call,  getting a special event call sign, and much more.  (Site redesigned Feb 2002 to be MUCH more useful)
Amateur Radio Practice Exams:
AA9PW practice exams
HamCity (see the Learning Center) Note: this page does NOT work under Netscape 4.7.  Use Internet Explorer)
HamCity practice exams ((Invalid link, removed 28 Nov 2004)
Once you pass your exams, check one of the following to see what your call sign is:
The QRZ Daily FCC Update page. This report contains new callsigns and/or updates posted by the FCC within the last 24 hours.

Reference Information / Call Books Online

Search the FCC license database here (by name or call sign)
University of Arkansas at Little Rock's U.S. Amateur Radio Callsign Lookup (updated daily)
FCC Part 97 Regulations for the Amateur Radio Service

Ham-related Software

NuMorse
Hypersoft (Ham Radio logging software. Free trial available).
N3FJP Amateur Radio Software (some shareware, some free. Logging software, club database)
Soundblaster programs for ham radio by Dr. Oliver Welp, DL9QJ (German, but some explainations in English)
DXSoft (general windows-based software for ham radio. Most for $, but there is a free "Hamport" for rig control. (The program can only control ICOM, Yaesu and Kenwood transceivers at present).
UoSAT Amateur Radio Software Library
KH2D Ham Radio Software (some free)

General Ham Radio

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
ARRL-sponsored QSL bureaus (incoming and outgoing)
Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation (Amsat)
TAPR Packet Radio Home Page
FCC Services: Amateur Radio Service (link updated 21 Feb 2002)
Amateur Radio NewsLine (Amateur Radio news from around the world)
WorldRadio web site (online information for hams)

Amateur Equipment Manufacturers

Yaesu-U.S.A.
Kenwood
Icom

Send updates to: Janet Gobeille Crenshaw (WB9ZPH), website editor