Port St. Lucie, FL

                           The KT4PA  Radio Station

Station Setup

• HF Transceiver:

Kenwood TS 450-S, about 100 watts output with a Kenwood MC-85 desk mike. The DC power supply is a Kenwood PS-30.
• VHF Transceiver:

Yaesu FT 5200 dual band monitoring our club frequency of 146.955 down 600,  Running off 
an  Astron RM-20 power supply .


• Antennas:

The HF antenna is a Force-12  7 Element Beam. The longest element is 34 feet long , all  mounted on a 12 foot boom about 65 feet above the ground on a rohn 25 tower. Located over the beam is an Antron 99 at 75 feet that I use for 10 and 17 meter work.
My VHF antenna is a Cushcraft AR270B duel Band located 60 feet up in a pine tree.


• IRLP & Echolink:

We are operating an IRLP node # 4376 and an Echolink node # 130217 all connected to
the 146.805 repeater located at my QTH. We welcome all users of  IRLP and Echolink on the system.  The Repeater is a MSR2000 and is PL toned at 107.2. Its an open repeater so if your "in town" feel free to use it. .

                               Amateur Radio Links

Amateur Radio Organizations

• American Radio Relay League (ARRL) 
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Home Page 
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 
• Japan Amateur Radio League 
• Liga Brasileira de Radioamadores - (LABRE) 
• Federación Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores 
• New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters
• Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc. (QCWA) 
• Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) - National listing of clubs on the web. 
• Radio Amateurs of Canada - Canadian amateur radio organization.
• Radio Society of Great Britian (RSGB) 
• Suomen Radioamatööriliitto r.y. - SRAL - Finland 
• Ten-Ten International - 10 Meter Band. 
• Union Française Radio Amateurs 

Antenna Links

• The $4 Special - An all-band wire antenna by Joe Tyburczy, W1GFH. 
• Antenna Elmer - Lot's of "How to" from Ed Oros AC3L and Bob Cocco N3LSS. 
• Rhombic Antenna Home Page 

Amateur Television Links

• Amateur Radio Slow Scan TV - From Rob, VE3RDN.
• Amateur Television Network (ATN) - Central and Southern California.
• Amateur Television in Central Ohio, (ATCO)
• Amateur Television in the "Niederrhein", Germany Area
• Arizona Amateurs on TV
• Atlanta ATV Home Page
• ATV in East Tennessee - KD4JGV/Repeater, ATV related links.
• ATV/SSTV - VE4TV in Manitoba, extensive list of amateur radio links.
• Baltimore Radio Amateur Television Society, (BRATS)
• Houston Amateur Television Society, (HATS)
• SSTV - Amateur Radio Slow Scan TV
• SSTV Locations from W4MWG - Slow scan television pages.
• Tulsa Amateur Radio Club ATV Page
• Utah ATV Home Page
• VK4GY's Home Page 

Callsign Information

• 10-10 International Number Search
• International Call Sign Prefix Allocations 
• Australian (VK) Callsign Search 
• Buckmaster World Wide HamCall(tm) Server - U.S. and some international calls. 
• Canadian Amateur Radio Callsign Database
• CIS Callsign Database - Armenia (EK), Moldova (ER), Belarus (EU), Kyrghyzstan (EX), Tajikistan (EY), Turkmenistan (EZ), Uzbekistan (UK), Kazakhstan (UN), Ukraine (UR), Russia (RA), Azerbajan (4K), and Georgia (4L). 
• Czech Call Book (OK/OL) 
• Estonian (ES) Call Book 
• Hong Kong Call Book 
• The Finnish Callbook on the Web 
• La Nomenclature Française - French callsign database, written in French. 
• OH-Callbook Service - Finland 
• QRZ Call Sign Database - Direct link to QRZ callsign database. 
• QSLinfo.com - "World's largest QSL manager database". 
• QSL INFO SYSTEM by IK4LZH - QSL Manager info search. 
• Seychelles QSL Info Page - S79MAD's QSL routes for S79 stations. 
• UALR's U.S. Amateur Radio Callsign Lookup Page - Updated daily.
• WM7D's Callsign Database

DX and Propagation Information

• DX Packet Cluster 
• 425 DX News 

Homebrew

• AB4BE - Schematics, downloadable software and links to QRP sites.
• Amateur Radio Elmers Resource Directory - Benefit from the experience of your Elmers.
• Harry's Homebrew Homepage
• HOMEBREW QRP IS GUD 4 U - Projects, plans and more.
• Longwave Home Page - Great source of info for Lowfer's and Medfer's.
• WBØNNI's Homebrew Linear Amplifier Site
• Wenzel Associates Technical Library 

Maps

• Current Grayline Map
• Global Topographic Data 
• MapBlast - fast way to create, e-mail, and embed your own free interactive map.
• MapQuest - Interactive atlas.
• National Geographic Society World Maps
• Near-Real-Time MUF Map
• Satellite Tracking Map
• Sunrise/Sunset computation - Moon phases as well as sunrise and sunset information.
• USGS Elevation Database
• USGS National Mapping Information
• World Flag Database
• World Time Zones - Look up current time around the globe.

Nets

• The Smugglers Net - Port St. Lucie, FL. Every Day at 1400Z 10:00 A.M. Eastern on 28.305 10 meters.
• 3905 Century Club - W.A.S net operating on 20, 40, 75, 160 meter phone, 40 or 80 meter CW, and 20, 40 or 80 meter RTTY.
• The Queen Bee Net - 40 Meter CW net.
• The Triple H Net - W.A.S. & DX net. 

Packet Radio & Gateway Links

• An Amateur Packet Radio Overview - by NM1D Rich Bono.
• Amateur Radio Reference: Packet Radio - Lots of packet related links.
• DB0RES - RheinRuhr Amateur Radio World - Packet radio network in Germany.
• High-speed Packet Radio Info
• Linux - HAM-HOWTO: Packet radio - Lots of info for Linux users.
• N0ARY - BBS - Bidirectional internet / packet radio gateway.
• Packet Radio from Russia - Packet radio and other links from RX3DIN.
• Packet Radio in Canada's National Capital Region
• Radio Amateur Telecommunications Society Home Page
• Radio-TNC Wiring Diagrams Index - Diagrams for most rigs and TNCs.
• SEDAN Packet Radio - Southeastern Emergency Digital Association Networks.
• TAPR Packet Radio Page - Tucson Amateur Packet Radio club.
• Telnet to Ham Radio BBSs and Gateways
• TNOS Central - Tampa Network Operating System, gateway and call book server.
• What Can I Do With Packet Radio? - From KE4ARM's Amateur Radio Web Server.
• What is packet radio? - From DTWGATE.
• Yahoo!: Packet Radio - Yahoo's list of links and internet search.
• WWW Digigrup EA3 - Packet radio gateway in Spain (Spanish). 

Amateur Radio Satellite & Space Related Links

• AA0YT - VHF+/OSCAR/EME.
• AMSAT - Amateur radio satellite information.
• AMSAT-UK - Amateur satellites - United Kingdom.
• CIMSS - The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies.
• Mars Pathfinder - Online resources page from PDS Imaging Node.
• NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Home page.
• Patterson's Guide to Physics and Astronomy - N9PKN's homepage.
• THE PICOSAT SYSTEM(tm) - Work the world on a 2 watt HT and a rubber duck!?!!!
• SAREX - Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment
• SatPasses - Satellite Passes Over North American Cities 
• Space Physics Textbook - Learn about plasma waves, auroras, solor wind & more.
• Voyager Project - Follow Voyager as it travels thru our solor system.
• Weak Signal VHF & UHF - Aurora, Meteor & EME radio communications. 
• Space Images 
• Astronomical Pictures & Animations -- An online 1.9 gigabyte astronomical server. 
• CaK & H_alpha Solar Images -- See a current picture of the sun from the National Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak. 
• NSSDC Photo Gallery -- Planets, solar and astronomical pictures. 
• Views of the Solar System -- Over 950 images & more than 220 meg of info. 

Software

• Amateur Radio 
• ARRLWeb: Explore Ham Radio's Software Bonanza
• ftp.cdrom.com - FTP site; Index of /pub/hamradio
• FUNET FTP Site - Finnish University file server.
• HAM-server - FTP site can email files to non-internet user.
• Mac Ham Software List -- Compiled by John Seney WD1V.
• NØWNT's Shareware to Go
• N3FJP's Amateur Radio Software - Logging and contesting software.
• QSL Maker - Simple to use software for creating QSL cards on your computer.
• Surf Madison File Libraries 
• General Software Links 
• shareware.com -- "the way to find shareware on the Internet".
• Stroud's Consummate Winsock Applications -- Software resource.
• The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software
• Win95.com -- Software for Win95 users. 

Swap Pages

• Amateur Radio Internet Shopper - Online hamfest and classified adds.
• The Flying Ham - Free Classifieds and links.
• Ham Trader - Classifieds, links and more.
• KO6OY's Swap Page
• Swan & Vintage Radio Trader 
• The Virtual Hamfest - Online swap meet. 

Utilities

• AA9PW Amateur Exam Practice Pages
• Convert Feet to Meters 
• Determine the Power Output to your Antenna
• Determine the Efficiency of Transmission Line
• Grid Square Conversion 
• USNO Master Clock Time 

Shortwave, Broadcast & Citizen's Band Radio

• The Bellingham Antique Radio Museum - Virtual tour of broadcast radios.
• American Shortwave Listener's Club (ASWLC)
• American The Listening Post's Original Web-controlled Shortwave Radio
• U. S. Citizen's Band Radio 

Vintage Equipment

• Boatanchors! - Vintage communications radios.
• Hammarlund Vintage Tube Amateur Radio 
• IPL Antique and Amateur Radio Page 
• KØIMJ's Heathkit Collector Site 
• Radio Recyclers - Neil Lawton WK9Q buys, sells and trades vintage equipment.
• Search Tube Data Base 
• Swan Radio Network
• VE4YH Virtual Swan Museum
• WA3KEY Virtual Collins Radio Museum - Vintage Collins equipment. 

Web Page Related

• Zed Zed's Clip Art - Original amateur radio related and other clip art drawn by KGØZZ. Also midi file and other clip art links. 

Miscellaneous Ham Links

• Amateur Radio World - A great website to visit from Jeff AA4RC and Michelle WA4WSP.
• AMSAT.ORG Electronic Mail Services - Get an email address like "your_call"@amsat.com.
• Artsci Publishing - From the publishers of Amateur Radio Trader magazine.
• The DX Zone Guide to Ham Radio World
• Ham Radio Online Magazine - Information and links.
• Ham Heaven - Personal ham pages and more links.
• HR Showcase - Amateur radio links and more.
• KE4ARM's Amateur Radio Web Server
• Radar & Satellite Images - View on-line weather related maps from around the world.
• Yahoo! - Amateur/Ham Radio links directory. 

Amateur Radio Chat

• R U? - Me 2! Amateur Radio Message Board 

Just For Fun Links

• Centipedo - This Java Centipede game is a lot of fun but may lock up your web browser if you play it too much. :) 

Other Useful Links

• Currency Conversion - Convert money with this interactive currency table.
• US Post Office - Online postal rates, zip codes and more.
• UPS Quick Cost Calculator - Figure shipping cost.

                                       Hams on the Web

Australia

• Queensland 
• Buderim 
• VK1NE - Amateur astronomy and amateur radio. 
• Logan City 
• VK4LAJ - "The Loaded Dog" web site. 
• New South Wales 
• Banora Point 
• VK2UW & VK2HKW - Chris & Karen Wright, great pictures of their station plus lots of good links. 
• South Australia 
• Paringa 
• Riverland Radio Club 
• VK5ZAI - Amateur radio and boating on the Murray River. 
• Victoria 
• Other Australian Links 
• Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society 

Belgium

• Balen 
• ON6TS - Antique cameras and broadcast radios. 

Brazil

• Rio Grande do Sul 
• LABRE-RS (PY3) - Federation Sul-Riograndense de Radioamadores, written in Portuguese. 
• Porto Alegre 
• 
  
• Other Brazilian Links 
• LABRE - Liga Brasileira de Radioamadores. 

Canada

• Alberta
• British Columbia 
• Oliver 
• Oliver Amateur Radio Club - Located in the South Okanagan Valley. 
• Surrey 
• VE7QSA 
• Manitoba 
• Elie 
• VE4TV - ATV/SSTV, extensive list of amateur radio links. 
• Winnipeg 
• VE4 Callsign Area Homepage 
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland
• Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia 
• West Pubnico 
• VE1DCD 
• Ontario 
• Lindsay 
• VE3MRV 
• Nepean 
• VE3BYT - Saint Lawrence Valley Repeater Council (ON/NY). 
• Timmins 
• VE3AA - Timmins Amateur Radio Club 
• York 
• York Region Amateur Radio Club 
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec 
• Montréal 
• Montréal/Western Québec Amateur Packet Radio WWW Page 
• Ottawa Amateur Radio Club, Packet Working Group Home Page 
• Radisson 
• VE2DM 
• Saskatchewan 
• Saskatoon 
• HAMBURG - Ham Radio in Saskatoon. 
• Yukon Territory
• Other Canadian Stations 
• Amateur Radio Slow Scan TV - From Rob, VE3RDN. 

Denmark

• Aarhus 
• OZ5E - The Ham Band, amateur radio country music. Hear a sample in Real Audio. 

Finland

• Suomen Radioamatööriliitto r.y. - SRAL

France

• Monaco 
• Association des Radioamateurs de Monaco 
• Other Links 
• Union Française Radio Amateurs 

Germany

• Ilmenau 
• DKØTUI - Amateur Radio Club Station at the Technical University of Ilmenau 
• Other Links 
• Deutscher Amateur-Radio Club 

Great Britain

• Channel Islands 
• GJ4ICD - International Amateur Radio Information 
• Nottingham 
• G4NJH Amateur Radio Pages 
• Oxfordshire 
• G3PIA - Harwell Amateur Radio Society 
• Other Great Britain Amateur Radio Links 
• Black Sheep Contest and DX Group 

Ireland

• Belfast 
• GI3LLQ / GI8FQB - The Queen's University of Belfast Radio Club 

Israel

• Israel Amateur Radio Club (IARC) 

Japan

• Hiroshima 
• JN4FWV 

Netherlands

• Goes - Wilhelminadorp 
• PI4ZLD - Radioclub de Bevelanden 
• Vlaardingen 
• PA3EPD - EME 

Japan

• Japan Amateur Radio League
• Tokyo International Amateur Radio Association 

Mexico

• Federación Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores 

New Zealand

• New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters

Philippines

• Manila 
• DX1CW - CW Philippines Homepage 
• Pasig City 
• 4F1CJC 

Russia

• Pushchino, Moscow Oblast 
• RX3DIN - Russian Robinson Club. 

Slovenia

• Zveza Radioamaterjev Slovenije (ZRS) - Association of Radio Amateurs of Slovenia 

United States

 
• Alabama 
• Andalusia 
• N4ZEZ 
• Birmingham 
• Birmingham Amateur Radio Club - W4CUE 
• Talladega 
• NS4M 
• Alaska 
• Anchorage 
• HLMS Auroral Radar in Real Time 
• Fairbanks 
• KL7KC - Arctic Amateur Radio Club 
• Nenana 
• Nenana Amateur Radio Club 
• Soldotna 
• NL7J 
• Arizona 
• Tucson 
• Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Club (TAPR) 
• Phoenix 
• Arizona Repeater Association 
• Central Arizona DX Association (CADXA) 
• KD7JGJ - 6 Meter band 
• The N7RK Home Page 
• Arkansas 
• Ashdown 
• KC5MLC & KC5NTF 
• Fort Smith 
• KC5NYH - Packet gateway. 
• California 
• Burbank 
• W1GFH 
• Goleta 
• WB6RDV - Southern California transmitter hunts. 
• Kern Valley 
• Kern Valley Radio Group 
• Long Beach 
• WB6VUB 
• Los Angeles 
• MARS Club 
• Orange County RACES 
• WA6BOB 
• Modesto 
• W6EZ 
• Monterey 
• K6LY - Naval Postgraduate School Amateur Radio Club 
• Oceanside 
• AC6V 
• Palo Alto 
• W6YX - Stanford Amateur Radio Club 
• Portola Valley 
• K6MPN - South County ARES (SCARES) 
• Redding 
• NC6I, Amateur Radio Club of Anderson, CA 
• San Diego 
• AA6KI - The Bookworm Amateur Radio Page. 
• San Diego County RACES 
• San Diego Six Shooters ARC 
• San Luis Obispo 
• W6BHZ, California Polytechnic State University Amateur Radio Club (CPARC) 
• Other California Amateur Radio Links 
• California Amateur VHF Enthusiasts 
• Colorado 
• Pine 
• N0IAK's Colorado Amateur Radio Page 
• Fort Collins 
• WØQEY Colorado State University ARC 
• Sterling 
• NØWHN 
• Connecticut 
• Hartford 
• Insurance City Repeater Club 
• Rocky Hill 
• KB1CDI - Rocky Hill Donkey Dusters 
• Delaware 
• Newark 
• W3UD, University of Delaware Amateur Radio Club 
• Wilmington 
• Delaware Repeater Association, Inc. 
• Florida 
• Dade City 
• Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association (FADCA) 
• Deltona 
• Volusia County ARES Page 
• Eaton Park 
• K4LKL - Lakeland Amateur Radio Club 
• Fort McCoy 
• Fort McCoy ARC 
• Gainesville 
• Gainesville Amateur Radio Society 
• W4DFU - Gator Amateur Radio Club 
• Jacksonville 
• KF4RGU 
• W4ZR - North Florida DX Association (NFDXA) 
• Lakeland 
• W2XN 
• Naples 
• WB4ZEI 
• Port St. Lucie 
• Port St. Lucie Amateur Radio Association 
• Georgia 
• Atlanta 
• Area Clubs 
• W4DOC - Atlanta Radio Club 
• Kennehoochee Radio Club 
• Hams 
• WA4CQZ 
• KB7UV 
• Flowery Branch 
• K4FB 
• Hawaii 
• Honolulu 
• AH6HY 
• Maui 
• 
  
• Illinois 
• Bloomington 
• K9ORP 
• W9AML - Central Illinois Radio Club of Bloomington 
• Bolingbrook 
• Bolingbrook ARS 
• KB9JWD - Steve's weather, traffic and ham radio page. 
• Elmhurst 
• N9KW 
• Gurnee 
• Cross County Simplex Group 
• Jacksonville 
• K9JX - Jacksonville Amateur Radio Society 
• KB9FBI 
• Macomb 
• WB9TEA - Lamoine Emergency Amateur Radio Club (LEARC) 
• McHenry 
• McHenry County Wireless Association 
• Quincy 
• W9AWE - Western Illinois Amateur Radio Club 
• Springfield 
• W9DUA - Sangamon Valley Radio Club 
• Woodstock 
• KB9KQN - John's Severe WX Digest 
• Indiana 
• Bloomington 
• K9IU - Indiana University ARC 
• Corydon 
• KB9JLF 
• Evansville 
• W9EAR - Electronic Applications Radio Service, Inc. 
• Fort Wayne 
• W9INX - Allen County Amateur Radio Technical Society (ACARTS) 
• Hillsboro 
• KA9CWK 
• Huntertown 
• AF9Y - MoonBounce (EME) & Weak Signal. 
• Jeffersonville 
• W9WWI - Clark County Amateur Radio Club. 
• Marion 
• KB9OME - Grant Co. ARC 
• KA9TBM - Jerry & Sheryl KA9YFS. 
• Mauckport 
• KB9SOE - Harrison County Skywarn / ARES. 
• Michigan City 
• W9LY - Michigan City Amateur Radio Club 
• West Lafayette 
• W9YB - Purdue University Amateur Radio Club 
•