General Reference

• Amateur Radio
  "The Worlds Hotspot For Amateur Radio Information & News" by Geoff GJ4ICD
• Amateur Radio Elmers Resource Directory
  
• Amateur Radio News
  The Amateur Radio Newsline from Bill Pasternak WA6ITF
• Amateur Radio Newsline in TrueSpeech
  Real-time audio broadcasts of Amateur radio 'Newsline' available on demand.
• Amateur Radio Operator
  An international online magazine updated twice per month.
• Amateur Radio Web Server
  Lou Williams (nsyslaw@acs.ncsu.edu, KE4ARM)
• ARRL
  The Amateur Radio Relay League.
  • ARRL Pacific Division
• Australian Radio Amateurs on the Internet
  A clickable list of email addresses and WWW addresses for VK amateurs, arranged by call area (state). Only started recently, but growing daily.
• Boatanchors
  If you're a fan of vintage communications radios and associated paraphernalia, you'll find something to like here.
• Canadian Amateur Radio Certification Information
  
• CQ Contest
  
• Ham Radio Articles de ka5ztx
  
  • Desense: Some Possible Solutions
    Receiver desense can be frustrating. This article defines desense and lists several approaches to minimizing interference.
  • TOR Modes: Hearing the Difference
    Amtor, G-tor, Pactor, Rtty - They are often hard to tell apart, especially when listening to FEC transmissions. Read the descriptions and listen to sample sound files.
  • Getting Information from a Weathernode
    Have you ever wanted to get weather information, such as wind speed and direction, with your packet system? Here's one way to do it.
• Ham Opinion Poll
  The Raymond Sarrio Company provides an opportunity for hams to express their views on topical issues that effect ham radio. Each month a new topic is placed before the ham community. As in a true democracy, the votes are tallied in real time for all to see.
• Ham Radio FAQ
  Ham Radio.FAQ is a frequently-asked questions file intended to summarize some of the common questions and help beginning ham radio operators get started.
• Ham Radio Online Magazine
  Virtual Magazine -- With Frequent Updates - new material almost daily.
• HAM-server
  HAM-server was devised to allow people without direct internet access a way to get amateur radio related programs and other information. It is not directly on the internet, so ftp, telnet, and other direct connections are not available.
• Hams on Panix
• Hams on Usenet
  
• KS4MN Amateur Radio Page
• Linux for Hams
  A full-featured Linux system with special additions for Amateur Radio.
• Low Profile Hamming
  A guide to operating unobtrusively from apartments or restricted homes.
• Guglielmo Marconi
  
  • 100 Years of Radio
    
  • Marconi: A Brief History of Marconi's Three Trans-Atlantic Radio Stations in Cape Breton
    As part of the Marconi Centennial Celebrations which were held in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada in July, a Marconi home page outlining his work and an extensive picture database of his equipment was placed online.
    • The Centennial Celebration
• The Maritime Mobile Service Network
  The Maritime Mobile Service Network has been in operation for the past 25 yörrs. The primary purpose of the net is for handling legal third party traffic from maritime mobiles and over seas deployed U.S. military.
• NL7J Amateur Radio Page
  An excellent, well-constructed Amateur Radio reference from the great state of Alaska!
• NZ1MT -- The Most Awesome Radio Web Site On the Planet Earth... and Beyond
• 5-band-NOABA Award
  The 5-Band-N0ABA award is sent absolutely free of charge to any amateur radio operator who can complete two-way communication with N0ABA on 5 HF bands. At least one of the contacts must be in the 80 and/or 160 meter bands. Since N0ABA runs only 90 watts to a 26' vertical, anyone who can accomplish this is definitely deserving of an award.
• North Texas Balloon Project (NTBP)
  The NTBP utilizes weather balloons to transport Amateur Radio VHF/UHF (Very-High Frequency/Ultra-High Frequency) communications equipment to very high altitudes, like 100,000 feet or 19 miles, above the earth's surface, in order to greatly enhance communications range and observe unusual high altitude effects.
• Ohio State University Archives
  
  • Ham radio FAQ
    
  • Packet radio FAQ
    
  • Hams on Usenet
    
  • Elmers on the Internet
    
• PL Tone Chart
  Forgot what PL-1B is? Check this nice chart.
• PT7WB's Home Page
  The First Brasilian HamRadio Page on the Net.
• "Q" signal
  
• Radio Society of Great Britian
  
• Southeast Michigan Amateur Radio Web
  
• University of Buffalo
  Anonymous FTP Server for Amateur Radio files
• University of California at San Diego
  Anonymous FTP Server for Amateur Radio files
• WB3FFV Amateur Radio BBS
  Telnet to the WB3FFV Amateur Radio BBS -- login as bbs when connected or check-out the homepage, http://www.abs.net
• Wireless Institute of Australia (New South Wales Division)
  The official International Amateur Radio Union member organisation for Radio Amateurs in Australia (Australian equivalent of the ARRL).
• USA Map indicating Amateur Call Areas
• VE7TCP's Amateur Radio Home Page
  Amateur Radio in Prince George, contesting, DX, Propagation, Technology, Packet Radio and more!
• Virtual Radio
  

Callbooks and QSL Information

• Buckmaster World Wide HamCall(tm) Server
  
• CallBook Server (CBS) Summary
  Summary of FCC important licensing changes posted in the last 24 hours -- Only new licenses, upgrades, and callsign changes are listed here.
• Canadian Radioamateurs Search by callsign, name, address, city or postal code.
• Finland Callbook
• Guernsey Amateur Radio Callbook
  Callsigns and addresses of licensed radio amateurs in the Bailiwick of Guernsey
• The Inofficial DL Callbook
  German (DL) Callbook, 1995 issue
• The QRZ Callsign Database
  Search by callsign or name. View a Daily Report of all new licenses and upgrades issued in the past 24 hours. Find Email address and QSL GIF files.
• QSL info Databases search
  
• QSL Info System by IK4LZH
  The information is organized as follows: the DX "station call" is a unique key of 10 characters. Associated with the "station call" are two information fields of 60 characters each and a Buro flag to indicate if a QSL can be sent via the Bureau. In addition, the date and time information was last updated is shown.
• The Taiwan Callbook 1995 issue
  
• U.S. Amateur Radio Club Callsign Lookup Page
  University of Arkansas Little Rock provides this callsign database that is updated daily.

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