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Newest Links
  • HamDaily - Real-time propagation, space weather and DX spots — fused with a fast, always-fresh stream of ham radio news from across the web
  • Amateur Radio History - The Evolution of Amateur Radio and Its Impact on the Utilities Industry
  • A Beginner's Guide to Amateur (Ham) Radio - If you've ever wanted to talk to someone without the internet, a cell tower, or an expensive monthly bill, ham radio might be what you're looking for
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Hot Links
Amateur Radio General Interest and Lists of Links
Sites with a broad range of topics and entire lists of Ham Radio Links!
  • AntennaSearch.com — Detailed information on over 1.9 million towers and antennas in the US!
  • eHAM.net — A broad range of info, including Ham radio news, product reviews, resources, surveys, discussions, lookups, etc.
  • KD4CPL's Research Triangle Amateur Radio Info (a.k.a. "Sporadic Info Posting"), a great who's-who and what's-what of hamming in the Triangle, but it hasn't been updated since July 2017.
  • KU4ZD — Ham radio blog.
Morse Code
Find info about Morse Code that you may not have known
Odds and Ends
Sites that didn't exactly fit any other categories
Repeater, Frequency and DX Cluster Information
  • KA2DEW's Triangle Repeater Directory. Some useful information on all of the Triangle's VHF and UHF repeaters.
  • US Radio Spectrum Chart in PDF format — very detailed chart of all radio services, from DC to daylight, courtesy of the NTIA. A little out-of-date but still fascinating.
  • DX Watch — Worldwide DX Cluster info!
  • Wake County Scanner Freqs — Scanner frequencies and codes.
  • WeSDR at EM84an — Multi User — Web access to SDR Receiver in northern GA.
  • PSK Reporter — Map of digital mode (PSK, FT8, etc.) signals received around the worldwide.
Hamfests
Out There!
Space, Satellites, Solar Activity, Weather, NASA, etc.
    Satellite tracking
  • Heavens Above Satellite Predictions gives predictions of satellite tracks and Iridium flares visible to your location!

    • SPACEX
  • SPACEX launch schedule and videos.

    • NASA
  • NASA — The NASA home page.

    • Solar and Space Weather and information
  • NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center — Most of what you need to know is here.
  • SpaceScience.com features daily news about NASA research, live sky events, space weather, and opportunities to participate in real NASA science.
  • SpaceWeather.com Science@NASA presents science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
  • The Solar Terrestrial Dispatch provides information regarding the state of the Sun and its effects at the earth, and develop specialized computer software and services for the space weather industry.
  • W7MD Solar Resources — Solar Weather reoprts and lots of links to other Solar report pages!
  • Solar Terrestrial Activity Report — Just what it says.

    • Weather, Seismic Activity and Other Terrestrial Info.
  • Weatherimages — "Mission Statement: To provide free,a concise and user-friendly weather web site that pulls together the most valuable and frequently accessed weather data on the internet." TONS of weather info,from data, radar, etc., solar to seismic info, local sunrise/sunset calculator, bodies of water, aviation, NOTAMs, to humor and tons more. This entire website is maintained solely by Mark Brooks, WX4MSB, a RARS member.
  • HAP Charts — An experimental site providing Hourly Area Prediction (HAP) propogation charts for selected US cities, real time, based on data out of Boulder, Colorado. ( From a site in Australia! )
Callsign Lookup Sites
Just passed your exam? Find your callsign at any of these sites.
  • Check the FCC ULS License Search page for your new callsign or update. — It's harder to use, but new callsigns will show up there 24 hours before the other pages.
  • QRZ.COM is the premiere worldwide callbook sites. Contains many DX callsigns, in addition to all US callsigns.
  • Amateur Extra 7 Query Tools — AE7Q's search tools, especially useful for applying for a vanity callsign.
  • The ARRL is also in the lookup business. The ARRL site gives you a little bit of the license history.
Publications
Software
  • Swisslog — One of the most appreciated logbook program among Radio Hams due to high flexibility and lots of available functions. Download for free the demo and last updated country file.
  • HamTestOnline — For all your amateur radio exams.
Service/Regulatory Sites
Manufacturers Sites
  • Alinco — manufacturers of mobile/HT VHF equipment
  • antennas.us — Original antennas made in the US, for the greater World.
  • Cushcraft — World famous maker of antennas for everything — now owned by MFJ.
  • Decibel Products — a division of RF Globalnet and maker of premium RF management devices and antennas.
  • Down East Microwave — makes transverters and other amateur equipment
  • Eagle One Vertical Antennas — Portable push-up vertical antennas.
  • ICOM America — manufacturer of tranceivers and repeaters
  • Kantronics Co — makes TNCs and multi-mode controllers.
  • Kenwood — makes everything from car cd players to triband HTs
  • MFJ — manufacturer of a wide selection of ham equipment.
  • Mosley Electronics Inc. — manufactures a wide variety of antennas, beams, etc.
  • Motorola Solutions — makers of commercial radios and repeaters
  • Pryme Radio Products — Speaker mics, HT antennas, power stations, etc.
  • SCS (Special Communications Systems) — creators of PACTOR, makers of multimode-multiport-controllers with PACTOR-II, a digital Mode for HF data transmission.
  • Sinclair Technologies/Labs — makers of antennas, duplexers, multicouplers, etc.
  • TEN-TEC — Amateur radio manufacturer of ham transceivers and kits.
  • Vibroplex — The oldest name in Ham Radio, makers of cool keying equipment.
  • Wavenode — Wavenode manufactures a four-channel, precision RF watt/SWR/DC meter for 1.8-450Mhz. Software utilities provided to observe average, peak, forward and reflected power. Serves the amateur radio, emergency, police and business radio market.
  • Yaesu — makes trancievers, antenna rotors, and other ham equipment
Retailers/Distributors
Technical References
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