Organizations:
- Ø7Ø Club –a club just for PSK31 enthusiasts
- Adventure Radio Society –they combine a love of Amateur Radio with a love of the outdoors
- Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning (ARHAB) –ham radio to the very edge of space
- Amateur Television Network –an organization of ATV clubs and individuals exploring internet video linking
- American Radio Relay League (ARRL) –the national organization for Amateur Radio
- AMSAT –the Radio Amateur satellite corporation
- Antique Wireless Association (AWA) –supporting historians, enthusiasts and collectors of antique radio equipment, including Amateur Radio gear
- Bicycle Mobile Hams of America (BMHA) –combining Amateur Radio and cycling, two fine pursuits
- Carolina 440 Repeater System –linked UHF repeater network from Raleigh to the coast
- Christian Amateur Radio Fellowship (CARF) –fellowship and service via ham radio since 1966
- Fists –the international Morse Code preservation society
- Foundation for Amateur Radio –scholarships for hams
- Handihams –ham radio for people with disabilities
- International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) –the federation of national Amateur Radio societies
- Islands On The Air (IOTA) –RSGB’s famous awards organization for QSOs with islands all around the world
- K-Link – Linking over 60% of Kansas
- Longwave Club of America (LWCA) –the world of radio below 500kHz
- Military Radio Collectors Association (MRCA) –for the green radio enthusiasts
- Morehead Planetarium and Science Center –informing and inspiring the public about scientific discovery
- Morse Telegraph Club –landline telegraphy is still alive and well
- Museum of Radio & Technology –in Huntington WV
- Narrow-Bandwidth Television Association –here’s what can be done with 32 lines and a spinning disk
- Navy Amateur Radio Club –open to current or former swabbies, coasties, and leathernecks
- Old Old Timers Club (OOTC) –for us really old geezers who were first licensed 40 years ago or more
- Piedmont Coastal Repeater Network(PCRN) –NC’s largest 2M repeater network
- QRP Amateur Radio Club International –five watts or less works the world
- Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) –for those of us who were first licensed 25 years ago or more
- Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) –another way you can become a VE
- Radio Club of America — operating since 1909
- Radio and Television Museum –in Bowie MD
- Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) –founded in 1913
- Raleigh Amateur Radio Society (RARS) –a capital organization in several senses of the word
- Radio Station Index from S-Meter
- Sam’s Radio Hams – by K6BWZ
- SETI League –are we alone?
- Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio –free membership, dedicated to promoting technical achievement
- Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) –the ultimate in DX! (sorry, no QSLs…)
- Southern Appalachian Radio Museum –in Asheville NC
- Triangle Amateur Robotics –sophisticated, cutting edge automata
- Triangle ATV Association –they have a fast-scan Amateur Television repeater
- Triangle Electric Vehicle Association –watt a great way to travel
- Tri-County Radio Control Club –in Hurdle Mills NC
- TriLUG –Triangle Linux Users Group
- Tripoli Rocketry Association –serious high power rockets
- Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) –do PSK31 without a computer?
- US Islands Awards Program –the home-based version to IOTA
- US Power Squadrons Amateur Radio Club –the ham radio group from USPS
- Western Historic Radio Museum –in Virginia City NV, gorgeous old stuff
- Xtal Set Society –devoted to “roots radio,” especially crystal sets
- Young Ladies Radio League YLRL) –an organization of women Amateur Radio licensees
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Philosophy:
- 47 CFR Part 97.1 –the FCC’s official reasons for establishing the Amateur Radio Service
- The Amateur’s Code –first published in 1928 and still the standard of conduct we all should strive to meet
- K0WA’s Web Site — If you have been in the hobby for years and don’t know Lee, you do not know CW. Lee is a truly unique individual.
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DX’ing, Contesting, Operating, Awards
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Software/Digital Resources
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Antenna / Tower / Rotor Vendors
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Companies:
- Alinco –calling themselves the value leader in Amateur Radio equipment
- Allied Electronics –still at 100 N Western Ave, Chicago, after all these years
- Amazon Amateur Radio Gear –ham radio equipment from Amazon.com
- Anderson Power Products –makers of the Powerpole Connector
- Antique Electronic Supply –tubes and more
- Bencher, Inc –high quality iambic paddles and Butternut antennas and filters
- Buddipole –portable dipole systems
- Cable X-Perts –coax cable, connectors, etc
- dBj Radio and Electronics –home boys from Jamestown NC
- Down East Microwave –equipment for UHF and beyond
- DZ Kits –home of the Sienna transceiver
- Elecraft –makers of the famous K1, K2 and K3 transceivers
- Electronics USA –makers of Whiterook keys and keyers
- Fair Radio Sales –military surplus since 1947
- FAR Circuits –PC boards for most published ham radio projects
- Gap Antenna –home of antennas and the “Hear It” DSP products
- Harbor Freight –“America’s favorite tool store”
- Hendricks QRP Kits –affordable QRP kits at exceptional value
- ICOM – maker of the highly popular IC-706
- K1EL Kits –kits for Morse keyers and more
- KD1JV Designs –innovative QRP kits and projects
- Kenwood –some solid radios, from the 1970’s TS-520 to today’s TS-2000
- MFJ –tuners, antenna analyzers, etc
- MoeTronix –home of the DVDongle
- Morse Express –fine keys from all over the world
- Northern Tool & Equipment –where warriors prepare for battle
- Oak Hills Research –QRP kits (great wattmeter and dummy load kits)
- Ocean State Electronics –components, kits, hardware and tools, etc.
- Paddlette –paddles for portable Morse operation
- PolyPhaser –lightning protection for the shack by people who know what they’re talking about
- QRPme –transmitters and receivers you build using tuna cans as chassis
- Radio Shack — small parts availability
- Ramsey Electronics –both fun and serious kits and supplies
- The SignMan of Baton Rouge –custom monogramming from Rick N5VA
- Small Wonder Labs –nifty single board PSK transceiver kits
- SteppIR –antennas that tune themselves
- Tarheel Antennas –local home of the screwdriver antenna
- Ten-Tec –high quality radio equipment made in USA
- Tigertronics –home of SignaLink digital interface products and more
- Ventenna –VHF and UHF antennas disguised as pvc vent pipes
- Vibroplex –over a hundred years of quality Morse code keys and bugs, now owned by W4OA
- VIZ Keys –quality Morse keys and bugs by K4VIZ
- Weather Vane Antenna –functional weather vanes that are stealth VHF and UHF antennas
- West Mountain Radio –home of the RIGblaster
- Wilderness Radio –home of the Wilderness Sierra transceiver kit and others
- The Wireman –supplier of wire, coax, connectors, etc
- Yaesu –maker of the FT (“Fox-Tango”) line of radio
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Online Code Theory and Practice
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Amateur Radio Exam Practice:
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Contesting / Logging Software
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Useful Computer Stuff 2014
- Apache Open Office — free alternative to MS Office as you now only get the application for a year or per-processor.
- Avast — Free and paid anti-virus program by ALWIL Software. This web designer uses Avast.. Protects Macs and those using XP and newer.
- CCleaner — free “crap cleaning” software removes temporary files, cookies, etc.
- CDBurnerXP — burn CDs and DVDs including BluRay and HD-DVD for free.
- Comodo Chromodo – Chrome without the Goo from the Chromium open source project.
- Comodo Ice Dragon — A faster, more secure version of Firefox. Secure DNS which is lite and fast.
- Craigslist — This site is should be used with caution
- doPDF — free program that creates PDFs from your documents. Print when needed. Saves paper.
- Earth Alerts — monitor “Mother Earth” as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, tropical cyclones, wildfires, landslides, severe weather, local weather, etc. happen. Needs a lot of RAM!
- Eraser — free program to erase files or even an entire hard drive
- ExpressPCB — design your own PCBs with this free layout software
- GreenPrint — free software to save those wasted sheets of printer paper that only have one line on them
- HDD Health — free software to warn you if your hard drive’s fixin’ to die
- HDMI Splitter — HDMI splitter to multiple sources
- HTTPS Everywhere — Many sites have shifted to sending you to https links. EFF is the official start of HTTPS Everywhere after the initial Snowden revelations of US citizen snooping by the NSA.
- Kim Komando –“America’s digital goddess” is an excellent source for free software and valuable tips
- LinPSK — free PSK-31 software for Linux
- Mozilla Palemoon 32-bit — A lightweight browser with the same features as Firefox. Also available for x64 systems
- Multimon — run up to three monitors on your computer with different taskbars on each with this free software
- Nitro PDF Reader — Don’t let the name fool you! Mark-up and fill in PDF forms with this loaded software. Version 3+ available for Windows x86 and x64 opens and fills in Acrobat Reader files!
- PortableApps — work from any Windows computer with these applications you carry with you on a flash drive
- Privacy Badger – Another must-have from the people at EFF, an add-on for every web browser to block cookies and ads
- Protonmail – Free and paid e-mail account with end-to-end encryption. Two-factor authentication [ 2FA ] for your safety. Hosted in Switzerland. Free from EU and US law.
- QuadLock Unit Converter — instantly convert between different units of measurement
- Reactor Server — run your own web portal with this free Apache distro
- Recuva — prounounced “recover,” this free software recovers deleted files
- Snapfiles — One of the largest link collections of free and shareware software updated today without the download gimmicks. I will point you to the free stuff, you can switch to shareware.
- Stellarium — view celestial objects in your sky on this awesome, free planetarium program.
- Thunderbird — The Mozilla supported e-mail client that is also the only free client that you can add encryption. Other options are dis-posable e-mail accounts.
- Tor — You are now free to browse the Internet anonymously.
- TrueCrypt — free on-the-fly encryption software for Windows, Mac and Linux
- Ubuntu Linux — free Linux distro (based upon Debian) to start you opening doors instead of going through Windows
- U-Exchange — barter/trade site that’s free to use
- Ultimate Guide to Online Privacy – vpnMentor A blog dedicated to educating the casual netizen to all things for personal security
- WebAnywhere — free software for the visually impaired that reads websites to you
- Zelscope — turn your PC into a dual-trace ‘scope with this free-for-individual-use software
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Vintage QSL Card Collection
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