Amateur Radio Resources

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Ham Radio News

NEWS

• ARRL -- Bulletins
• D-STAR News -- by: D-STARusers.org
• NewsLine -- Amateur Radio News
• Icom Radio News -- Amateur Radio Videos
• Southgate Amateur Radio News (Daily)

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On-Line Training

NIMS (National Incident Managment System) Training

• IS-100 (ICS 100) Introduction to Incident Command System
• IS-200 (ICS 200) ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
• IS-800.B National Response Framework, An Introduction

Practice Exams

• Ham Academy On-Line or Downloadable Program
• QRZ's Practice Amateur Radio Exams

Transmission Lines

• Half and Quarter Wave Length Transmission Lines
  • Half and Quarter Wave Lines
  • Audio (MP3) presentation: Half and Quarter Wave Lines (use with above link)
• THE SMITH CHART
  • THE SMITH CHART - computing impedance transformation of arbitrary lengths of line
  • Audio (MP3) presentation: The SMITH CHART (use with above link)
  • IEEE paper "Personal Computer Assisted Tutorial for Smith Charts"

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Station Setup

Antennas

• NVIS (Near Vertical Incident Skywave) Systems
  • Near-Real-Time F2-Layer Critical Frequency Map

Mobile

• NX7U's Mobile Noise Page - Nice writeup on issues with noise.
• K0BG's Site for Mobile Operators - A great site loaded with informatiopn on mobile operation.

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Find A Ham

Call Sign Lookup

• Buckmaster
• FCC ULS Data Base
• QRZ.COM
• Vanity HQ by NM4C - Try out NM4C's Ham Locator

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How to...

• Install PL-259 connector on RG-213 coax cable
• Install PL-259 connector on RG-8X coax cable
• Solder Correctly

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Printable Op-Aids

General Purpose Op Aids

• U.S. Amateur Radio Band Plan (effective: 23 February 2007)
• ITU Phonetics - with enunciation guide
• NTS Radiogram (Blank) (updated: 22-Mar-2007 16:33 EST )
• KD0AOE's Quick Reference

National Traffic System (NTS) Methods and Practices Guidlines
(Public Service Communications Manual (PSCM) App.-B)

• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1 NTS 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 Area/Region Net Directory Listing
• NTS Routing, Call/State/Region/Area/Section/Division

• NTS Radiogram (Blank) (updated: 22-Mar-2007 16:33 EST )

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Reference Library

Components

• Capacitors Turtorial
• Inductors (a.k.a., Coils) Turtorial
• Resistors Color Code Turtorial

Dictionaries

• Amateur Radio Jargon - AC6V
• Glossary of Terms - Presented by eHam.net
• Ham Radio Dicitonary

History

• Early Amateur Radio History
• Shortwave History on the Net
• United States Early Radio History
• USA Amateur Radio History and Licensing - AC6V

Operating Modes

• Packet Radio
  • AirMail Packet Radio Primer by AE5NL
  • Beacons by AJ0C
  • INTRODUCTION TO PACKET RADIO by WB9LOZ
  • PACKET Radio Primer by K4ABT
  • Setting Your TNC's Audio Drive Level by N8UR

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Rules & Regulations (U.S.)

Federal Communications Commission

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• FCC ULS Data Base
• FCC Part 97 Amateur Rado Service - Government Printing Office PDF

Rules & Band Plans

• U.S. Amateur Radio Band Plan (effective: 23 February 2007)
• Part 97: Amateur Radio Service [Rules and Regulations] - (HTML)

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Time & Date

Official Time

• Official U.S. Time -[USNO]
• UTC (a.k.a., Zulu, GMT) - [USNO]

Interesting Facts about time...

• A Walk Through Time - [NIST]
• About Daylight Savings Time - History, rationale, laws & dates

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Digital Modes

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
    • Alabama D-STAR Digital Radio Project - W4OZK
    • 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
  • D-Star for Newbies
  • D-Star Get-on-the-Air radio configuration - Alabama D-Star
  • Icom America: What is D-STAR?
  • Locate D-STAR Repeaters
  • Map D-STAR Repeaters & Users
  • Repeaters Directory - D-STARusers.org
• Digital Voice -- Amateur Radio Digital Voice Communications
• Packet
  • AirMail Packet Radio Primer by AE5NL
  • Beacons by AJ0C
  • INTRODUCTION TO PACKET RADIO by WB9LOZ
  • PACKET Radio Primer by K4ABT
  • Setting Your TNC's Audio Drive Level by N8UR
• PSK31
• VoIP - (Voice-Over-Internet Protocol)
  • EchoLink - Software
    • Current Logins
    • Using Linksys Routers and More than one computer
    • Repeater Map
  • IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project)
• 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.

Last Modified: Tuesday, 10-Jun-2008 21:06:08 EDT