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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 Radio Related Sites	Fox Hunting
Antennas	FCC Information
Batteries	Frequencies, Local
Books about Ham Radio	Licenses and Tests
Call Sign Lookups	Local Radio Clubs
Classifieds - Buy and sell new & used Equip	Low Frequency Radio
Community Services; e.g. ARES	Satellites
Contests	Search Engines
Crystal Radios	Software (Genl Ham)
CW - Morse Code	Spectrum & Band Info
Digital Modes - packet, APRS	Sound Card Programs
DX - HF Tools	Television (ham)
Equipment Vendors	VHF/UHF
Electronics	Weak Signal Work
	Young Hams

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

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Antennas

	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

Call Sign Lookups

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

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Classifieds - Buy and Sell New and Used Equipment

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

Community Service

	ARES
	Skywarn

Contests

	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

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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

DX (long distance contacts)

	Country prefixes (listed by prefix)
	Country prefixes (listed by country)
	DXer.Com - lots of info and links for DXers
	WebCluster - DX Spots and WWV info
	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

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Equipment and component Vendors

	AES - Mail order house: prices, links to manufactures
	Cable Experts
	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
	Thomas Register of Manufacturers
	Chip Directory - put in some Chip info and learn the manufacturer; lots of chip info.

	Alinco
	Comet Antenna
	Icom
	Kenwood
	MFJ
	Motorola
	Yaesu

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Electronics/ Radio Theory

	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)

FCC Information

Fox Hunting (Transmitter Hunting)

Homing In

Frequencies, Local

New Jersey Repeater Directory - or for any state

Licensing

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	Examination sessions - ARRL list of upcoming, nearby sessions
	Ham Radio Training Class - W2LI
	Test question pools
	Practice exam
	Renewing your license on-line
	Vanity callsigns

Low Frequency (LowFers)

	The Longwave Home Page - Radio below 500 kHz

Satellites

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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

Search Engines

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!

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

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

Software for Specific sound card modes:

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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Weak-Signal

	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)

Young Hams

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