Organizations:
- --a club just for PSK31 enthusiasts
- --they combine a love of Amateur Radio with a love of the outdoors
- --ham radio to the very edge of space
- --an organization of ATV clubs and individuals exploring internet video linking
- --the national organization for Amateur Radio in the USA
- --the Radio Amateur satellite corporation
- --supporting historians, enthusiasts and collectors of antique radio equipment, including Amateur Radio gear
- --combining Amateur Radio and cycling, two fine pursuits
- --linked UHF repeater network from Raleigh to the coast
- --fellowship and service via ham radio since 1966
- --the international Morse Code preservation society
- --scholarships for hams
- --linked repeaters between Raleigh and Greensboro
- --ham radio for people with disabilities
- --the federation of national Amateur Radio societies
- --RSGB's famous awards organization for QSOs with islands all around the world
- --the world of radio below 500kHz
- --for the green radio enthusiasts
- --informing and inspiring the public about scientific discovery
- --landline telegraphy is still alive and well
- --in Huntington WV
- --here's what can be done with 32 lines and a spinning disk
- --open to current or former swabbies, coasties, and leathernecks
- --for us really old geezers who were first licensed 40 years ago or more
- --NC's largest 2M repeater network
- --five watts or less works the world
- --for those of us who were first licensed 25 years ago or more
- --another way you can become a VE
- --celebrating their hundreth year in 2009
- --in Bowie MD
- --founded in 1913
- --a capital organization in several senses of the word
- --are we alone?
- --free membership, dedicated to promoting technical achievement
- --the ultimate in DX! (sorry, no QSLs...)
- --in Asheville NC
- --sophisticated, cutting edge automata
- --they have a fast-scan Amateur Television repeater
- --Model rocketry
- --watt a great way to travel
- --in Hurdle Mills NC
- --Triangle Linux Users Group
- --serious high power rockets
- --do PSK31 without a computer?
- --the home-based version to IOTA
- --the ham radio group from USPS
- --in Virginia City NV, gorgeous old stuff
- --devoted to "roots radio," especially crystal sets
- --an organization of women Amateur Radio licensees
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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:
- --calling themselves the value leader in Amateur Radio equipment
- --still at 100 N Western Ave, Chicago, after all these years
- --ham radio equipment from Amazon.com
- --makers of the Powerpole Connector
- --tubes and more
- --high quality iambic paddles and Butternut antennas and filters
- --portable dipole systems
- --coax cable, connectors, etc
- --home boys from Jamestown NC
- --equipment for UHF and beyond
- --home of the Sienna transceiver
- --makers of the famous K1, K2 and K3 transceivers
- --makers of Whiterook keys and keyers
- --military surplus since 1947
- --PC boards for most published ham radio projects
- --home of antennas and the "Hear It" DSP products
- --"America's favorite tool store"
- --affordable QRP kits at exceptional value
- --maker of the highly popular IC-706
- --kits for Morse keyers and more
- --innovative QRP kits and projects
- --some solid radios, from the 1970's TS-520 to today's TS-2000
- --tuners, antenna analyzers, etc
- --home of the DVDongle
- --fine keys from all over the world
- --where warriors prepare for battle
- --QRP kits (great wattmeter and dummy load kits)
- --components, kits, hardware and tools, etc.
- --paddles for portable Morse operation
- --lightning protection for the shack by people who know what they're talking about
- --transmitters and receivers you build using tuna cans as chassis
- -- small parts availability
- --both fun and serious kits and supplies
- --custom monogramming from Rick N5VA
- --nifty single board PSK transceiver kits
- --antennas that tune themselves
- --local home of the screwdriver antenna
- --high quality radio equipment made in USA
- --home of SignaLink digital interface products and more
- --VHF and UHF antennas disguised as pvc vent pipes
- --over a hundred years of quality Morse code keys and bugs, now owned by W4OA
- --quality Morse keys and bugs by K4VIZ
- --functional weather vanes that are stealth VHF and UHF antennas
- --home of the RIGblaster
- --home of the Wilderness Sierra transceiver kit and others
- --supplier of wire, coax, connectors, etc
- --maker of the FT ("Fox-Tango") line of radio
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Amateur Radio Exam Practice:
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- --study up for your Tech Exam with this Trivial Pursuit-like game!
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Philosophy:
- --the FCC's official reasons for establishing the Amateur Radio Service
- --first published in 1928 and still the standard of conduct we all should strive to meet
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Contesting / Logging Software
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Useful Computer Stuff
- --free anti-virus program by ALWIL Software
- --free "crap cleaning" software removes temporary files, cookies, etc.
- --burn CDs and DVDs including BluRay and HD-DVD for free
- --get a job, buy, sell, or trade literally anything with free listings, this app is putting newspaper classifieds out of business
- --a keyboard to keyboard D-STAR chat application
- --free app that puts icons on your desktop that allow you to easily access drives and media
- --free program that creates PDFs from your documents
- --free program to erase files or even a whole hard drive
- --design your own PCBs with this free layout software
- --free software adds UTC/local time dual display to your PC
- --free software to save those wasted sheets of printer paper that only have one line on them
- --free software to warn you if your hard drive's fixin' to die
- --free HP software to organize and print only what you need from multiple web pages
- --synchronize your system's clock with an online atomic clock using this free software
- --"America's digital goddess" is an excellent source for free software and valuable tips
- --free PSK-31 software for Linux
- --run up to three monitors on your computer with different taskbars on each with this free software
- --free alternative to MS Office because Billy in Redmond's gotten enough of your money already
- --extract text from a PDF
- --work from any Windows computer with these applications you carry with you on a flash drive
- --instantly convert between different units of measurement
- --run your own web portal with this free Apache distro
- --prounounced "recover," this free software recovers deleted files
- --free anti-spyware software so you no longer have to see the depressing spectacle of Peter Norton getting older every year on his box of software
- --view celestial objects in your sky on this awesome, free planetarium program
- --free on-the-fly encryption software for Windows, Mac and Linux
- --free Linux distro (based upon Debian) to start you opening doors instead of going through Windows
- --barter/trade site that's free to use
- --large, free collection of "obsolete" software for you to download, need DOS?
- --free software for the visually impaired that reads websites to you
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WXSpots --free internet software to distribute severe weather reports
- --turn your PC into a dual-trace 'scope with this free-for-individual-use software
- --excellent, free firewall software
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Publications:
- --news and info resources about renewable energy technologies
- --ham radio comix and coloring books for downloading
- --by Gary Pierce KN4AQ
- --its name sez it all
- --old and new ham radio books from Amazon.com
- --the magazine all about antennas
- --national monthly publication for buyers and sellers of old radios
- --the League's weekly update in MP3 format
- --includes RSGB titles, too
- --become an official ARRL Volunteer Examiner if you hold a General Class ticket or higher
- by William Pierpont N0HFF --a fascinating and informative downloadable book
- --the world's best-selling astronomy magazine
- --three times yearly newsletter from National Weather Service Raleigh
- --the PC flight simulator pilot's magazine
- --the Radio Amateur's journal, published monthly
- --the CQ bookshelf
- --quarterly magazine from CQ about 6M and up
- --including "Ham Radio for Dummies"
- --classy monthly magazine about vintage Amateur Radio equipment
- --an e-zine resource for info on radio and electronics
- --the leading radio control airplane magazine
- --on the www and updated daily
- --web based newsletter e-zine, free subscription
- --your tax dollars at work!
- --technical books for "Thomas Edison" types
- --technology on your own time
- --published by the US Power Squadrons
- --by W1GHZ
- --free publication publicizing NASA technical discoveries
- --"National Contest Journal" bimonthly publication of ARRL whose name speaks for itself
- --the magazine for the electronics hobbyist
- --a handbook of practical information
- --1950s through 1980s, an ongoing project
- --a hundred thousand free e-books for you to enjoy
- --a forum for communications experimenters, a bimonthly publication of ARRL
- --the official monthly journal of Amateur Radio since 1915, included with ARRL membership
- --from 1917 through 2004, for ARRL members
- --hobby, science and consumer robots
- --the official magazine of the Tripoli Rocketry Association
- --monthly publication of the RSGB, included with RSGB membership
- --producer of the weekly "RAIN Report"
- --quarterly e-journal of the Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio
- --publication for the microwave enthusiast from the UK Microwave Group
- --online electronics circuit projects for everyone
- --covering the world of personal robotics
- --official newsletter of the Straight Key Century Club
- --the essential magazine of astronomy
- --subscription included with NAR membership
- --an "up-to-the-minute" news magazine of the airwaves
- --military guide to antenna selection and use in situ (192 pages!)
- --an interesting and worthwhile monthly publication with many regular columns
- --directory of global LW, MW, SW and FM broadcasting
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