My current interests in Amateur Radio are represented on this page. First is an important group of links then topic-specific items.
| ARRL (American Radio Relay League) | The ultimate authority on all things ham |
| QRZ | Callsign and information database |
| www.Mods.dk | The BEST mods database - use responsibly |
| Microsoft Ham Radio Club - Microhams | It's a well done page and I'm a member |
| www.eham.com | EHam radio and equipment reviews |
| www.hfradio.org/nwarrl | ARRL Northwest Division |
| www.nwhams.com | Northwest Hams with radio swap information |
| Northwest Intercept | Northwest scanner frequencies |
| www.nwaprs.org | Northwest APRS Group |
| www.tapr.org | TAPR (Tucson Area Packet Radio) |
| www.aprs.net | APRS-specific info |
| aprs.rutgers.edu | APRS archives |
| www.qsl.net/pnwvhfs/ | Northwest VHF Society page |
| www.wswss.org/ | Western States Weak Signal Society |
| www.n6mrx.com/antenna/antenna.htm | Excellent antenna project page - includes tape measure beam |
| home.att.net/~jleggio/projects/rdf/rdf.htm | Excellent RDF resource |
| members.aol.com/homingin/ | Another RDF resource |
| www.intrex.net/scharlau/psrdf/ | Puget Sound RDF group |
| aintel.bi.ehu.es/psk31.html | PSK31 Home Page |
| www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/MFSK/ | MFSK16 Home Page |
| www.meteorscatter.net/ | Meteor scatter page |
| www.qsl.net/kk7lk/ | Rodger Alexander's excellent radio page |
| www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx/antenna/hidden/indoor.htm | Home or apartment hidden antennas |
| members.home.net/ve6hgw/marc/ | Motorcycle Amateur Radio Club |
Years ago I found a small item in QST magazine about a crib sheet that could be used for decoding morse code. Apparently invented in the '30, I've seen several versions since. The basic idea is that you place your pencil in the center on the star. When you hear a dit, you move to the next letter horizontally (left or right) along the tree. When you hear a dah, you move vertically. If you heard di dah dit (R), you would move the pencil right, up and left to the letter R. A di dah di dit would take you one position further left to the letter L.
We tested this with someone that didn't know code at all. Within 15 minutes he was copying at better than 5 words per minute. Whether it's possible to memorize code this way is unclear but it certainly makes copying quick and does train the ear to hear dits and dahs.