Amateur Radio Resources
Digital Modes
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News & Magazines
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Op Aids
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Organizations
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Propagation
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Software
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Station Setup
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Time & Date
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Training
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U.S. Rules & Regs.
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Ham Radio News & Magazines
(updated: 19-Nov-2011 )NEWS Links
- ARRL -- Bulletins Archive
- ARVN -- Amateur Radio Video News
- Ham Nation
- HAM Nation is the new TWIT show about ham radio. Bob Heil, with various co-hosts and guests will cover the excitement and importance of ham radio - from tossing an antenna wire in a tree allowing you to talk to the world, to the importance of ham radio operators in time of disasters. HAM Nation airs live each Tuesday at 6:00 PT/ 9:00ET on http://live.twit.tv.
- Icom Radio News -- Amateur Radio Videos
- NewsLine -- Amateur Radio News
- QRZ.com News Headlines
- RAIN -- Radio Amateur Information Network
- RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain) News
- Southgate Amateur Radio News (Daily)
- WIA (Wireless Institute of Australia) News
Magazine Links
- CQ Amateur Radio - The Active Ham's Magazine
- CQ VHF - Ham Radio Above 50 MHz
- World Radio OnLine
Find A Ham
(updated: 31-Dec-2010 )Call Sign Lookup
- 1 X 1 Special Event Call Signs (U.S.)
- Buckmaster
- FCC ULS Data Base Advanced License Search
- QRZ.COM
- Vanity HQ by NM4C - Try out NM4C's Ham Locator
Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) Servers
APRS.FI DB0ANF: FindU:
Mobile Operations
(updated: 22-Nov-2011 )Mobile Operations
- K0BG's Site for Mobile Operators - A great site loaded with informatiopn on mobile operation.
- Interstate Rest Areas - listing of Rest Areas and Welcome Centers along Interstate Highways
Op-Aids
(updated: 06-Feb-2011 )CW Op Aids
General Purpose Op Aids
- U.S. Amateur Radio Band Plan (effective: 6 May 2008)
- U.S. Amateur Radio Band Plan w/Automatic Sub Bands
- Calling Frequencies
- ITU Phonetics - with enunciation guide
- NTS Radiogram (Blank) (updated: 22-Mar-2007 17:33 EDT )
Graphs and Forms
- Smith Chart - courtesy Analog Instruments Company
National Traffic System (NTS) Methods and Practices Guidelines
(Public Service Communications Manual (PSCM) App.-B)
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 ARRL Message Format
- Chapter 2 Sending Messages On Voice
- Chapter 3 Sending Messages On CW
- Chapter 4 Net Operations
- Chapter 5 Net Control
- Chapter 6 NTSD (NTS Digital)
- Chapter 7 Station Reporting - SAR (Station Activity Report) -- PSHR (Public Service Honor Roll)
- Chapter 8 Delivering, Servicing, Originating
- Chapter 9 Tactical Nets, Public Service Events
- NTS Routing, Call/State/Region/Area/Section/Division
- NTS Radiogram (Blank) (updated: 22-Mar-2007 17:33 EDT )
QTH Locator
- QTH Locator Determine Lat/Lon and Maidenhead Grid Square
- QTH Locator Determine Lat/Lon and Maidenhead Grid Square (draws the 6-character trapezoid)
Station Setup
(updated: 03-Oct-2010 )Antennas
- ALE Antennas for HF Automatic Link Establishment
- Ground Screen - by Robert Sherwood, WB0JGP
Using a ground screen to complement or replace the wire radial system to reduce ground losses- Near Vertical Incident Skywave (NVIS) Systems
- Amateur Radio NVIS Antennas and Propagation - by KV5R
- "Cloud Warmer" NVIS Beam - by WB5UDE
- Near-Real-Time F2-Layer Critical Frequency Map - NVIS Mode Propagation
- Sea Water Antenna
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy & KE6FRYGround Systems
- Ground Sytems by W8JI
- Lightning Protection by Ron Block, KB2UYT
- Lightning Activity Map
Mobile
- K0BG's Site for Mobile Operators - A great site loaded with informatiopn on mobile operation.
Time & Date
(updated: 29-Aug-2010 )Official Time
- UTC (a.k.a., Zulu, GMT) - [U.S. Naval Observatory]
- US Time Zones & UTC - [U.S. Naval Observatory]
- US Territories Time Zones & UTC - [U.S. Naval Observatory]
Times Zones
Interesting Facts about time...
- A Walk Through Time - [NIST]
- About Daylight Savings Time - History, rationale, laws & dates
- Systems of Time - brief explanations of various time systems
Rules & Regulations (U.S.)
(updated: 04-Feb-2012 )Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Amateur Radio Service Enforcement Actions
- Communications Act of 1934
AN ACT To provide for the regulation of interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio, and for other purposes.- FCC Part 15 - Radio Frequency Devices (01-Oct-2011)
- FCC Part 17 - Construction, Marking, and Lighting of Antenna Structures (01-Oct-2011)
- FCC Part 97 - Amateur Rado Service (01-Oct-2011)
Amendment Regarding Use of the Allocation at 5 MHz - Final Rule (effective: 05-Mar-2012)
- FCC Part 214 - Procedures for The Use And Coordination of The Radio Spectrum During A Wartime Emergency (01-Oct-2011)
- Universal Licensing System (ULS)
- Data Base Advanced Applications Search
- Data Base Advanced License Search
- LOG IN - File on-line renewals & modifications (requires FRN and Password)
Rules & Band Plans
- U.S. Amateur Radio Band Plan ARRL
- U.S. Amateur Radio Band Plan w/Automatic Sub Bands
- Part 97: Amateur Radio Service [Rules and Regulations] - (HTML)
Digital Modes
(updated: 05-Feb-2012 )Information
- ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) HF
- APRS - (Automatic Packet Reporting System)
- APRS using UI-View32 - Recomended configuraitons, software and data packages.
- APRSLink provides a link between the Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) and the Winlink 2000 (WL2K) Radio e-mail system.
- APRS Path - Using the proper digi-path.
- AVRS (Automatic Voice Relay System) -- AVRS is a marriage of APRS with any of the Voice over IP HAM Projects (IRLP, ECHOlink, etc)!
- CW (Morse Code)
- D-STAR
- D-STAR Presentations
- D-STAR '07 Amateur Digital Mode for 21st Century - W4VM
- Index of Public D-STAR Presentations - Compiled by K5TIT
- Alabama's Linked D-STAR Repeater System
- D-Star Channel Spacing - UTAH VHF Society
- Icom America: What is D-STAR?
- Locate D-STAR Repeaters
- Repeaters Directory - D-STARusers.org
- Digital Mode Samples -- Amateur Radio Digital Mode Sound Bites
- DSSTV (Digital Slow-Scan Television) - QST Article
- Digital SSTV Decoding - YouTube video shows how Digital SSTV can be decoded with the free EasyPal software.
- EasyPal Software Download - free EasyPal software Archive
- EasyPal Yahoo Group
- Digital Voice -- Amateur Radio Digital Voice Sound Bites
- JT65-HF
- Packet
- Beacons by K0RAR
- Getting Started on Packet AirMail by KB2WF and KJ7NO
- INTRODUCTION TO PACKET RADIO by WB9LOZ
- Packet Engine Pro Help compiled by KC2RLM from SV2AGW's notes and from input from other Packet Engine Pro users
- PACKET Radio Primer by K4ABT
- Setting Your TNC's Audio Drive Level by N8UR
- PSK31 - Official Home Page
- PropNet Project - Propagation Studies using PSK-31 transmissions
- RSQ Reporting -- Readability, Strength, Quality
- VoIP - (Voice-Over-Internet Protocol)
- WinLink 2000 (WL2K) -- Winlink 2000 uses enabling technologies and sound operating practices to provide a full-featured radio digital message transfer system, worldwide. Email transfer with attachments, position reporting, graphic or text-based weather bulletins, and emergency communications.
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