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My virtual ham shack is . . . .

If you are looking for the page that describes how to build a programming cable for the Yaesu FT-7900R or ICOM IC-T7H using Radio Shack's USB scanner programming cable (part no. 20-047), that page is here. As a bonus, I have added pictures and information on rig control for an ICOM IC-746.

A few of my favorite Amateur Radio sites . . .

News and Information

• The American Radio Relay League, the largest membership organization for U.S. Amateur Radio operators

• QRZ.com, best known for its callsign database

• eHam.net, an excellent source of product reviews

Blogs

• The Amateur Amateur

• Dan Romanchik (KB6NU)

• SolderSmoke and the associated podcasts, serving the worldwide community of Amateur Radio homebrewers

Reference Materials

• A helpful diagram of the Amateur Radio bands

• The US Amateur Band Plan from the ARRL

• Da Rules!
  • The regulations specifically governing the Amateur Radio Service are found in Part 97 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    
  • But those aren't the only rules applicable to Amateur Radio. See also,
    • Part 1 (Practice and Procedure) -- for example, Section 1.913 tells you what FCC Form 605 is for
    • Part 2 (Frequency Allocations and Treaty Matters) -- for example, Section 2.201 explains the emissions designations used in Part 97 -- Do you know what emission type J3 is?
    • Part 17 (Construction, Marking, and Lighting of Antenna Structures) -- for example, Section 17.7 tells you which antenna structures you have to report to the FAA
  • See here for all of the FCC rules.

Shopping

Retailers

• Amateur Electronic Supply
• GigaParts
• Ham City
• Ham Radio Outlet
• Lentini Communications

Manufacturers

• ICOM
• Yeasu

For Aspiring, New, and Upgrading Hams

eHam.net's Guide to Amateur Radio for the New Ham

The NCVEC question pools for the Technician (through June 30, 2010), General, and Extra class exams

• The new Technician question pool, for exams given from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2014

Dan Romanchik's (KB6NU) excellent No Nonsense Study Guides for the Technician and General class license exams and his Extra class wiki

"PodClass" podcasts by John Martin (KF8KK) and Mike Dell (N7LMJ) for the Tech, General, and (as a work in progress) Extra class license exams

The General Radio Operating License (GROL)

Ok, I know the General Radiotelephone Operator License is a commercial license, not an amateur license, but some of the questions in the GROL question pool are exactly the same as some of the questions in the Amateur Extra question pool, word for word, including the distractors!

You need a GROL under certain circumstances in the Aviation (Part 87) and Maritime (Part 80) services.

The GROL exam is administered by private examiners, like the Amateur license exams. The examiner coordinators are called Commercial Operator Licensing Examination Managers (COLEMs), which are like the Volunteer Examiner Coordinators for Amateur Radio. See the National Radio Examiners, one of the COLEMs, for more information on the GROL

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