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Manufacturers
Callsign Services
License Testing
Special Resources
FCC Forms and Services
How To Tutorials
Used / Surplus Vendors
DX'ing, Contesting, Operating, Awards
Retail Dealers
Software/Digital Resources
Contest / Logging Software
Antenna / Tower / Rotor Vendors
General Organizations
 
Many thanks to the Parsons Area ARC (webmaster) for the links provided here.

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Callsign Services


Manufacturers


Special Resources

  • Discontinued 2008

Used / Surplus Vendors


Part / Component Vendors


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

FCC Forms and Services

(Fee Remitance)
(Amateur Station)
(TIN Registration)
(RF Exposure)
(Amateur Compliance)


(Amateur)



DX'ing, Contesting, Operating, Awards


Software/Digital Resources


General Organizations


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
Amateur Radio Exam Practice:
  • --study for your exams with these podcasts
  • --study up for your Tech Exam with this Trivial Pursuit-like game!

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

How To Tutorials


Retail Dealers


Contesting / Logging Software


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
  • 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

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
Many thanks to the Chanute Area ARC(webmaster) for the links provided here.
The layout was reformatted to maximize links to top of page. - 73 KBØRWI

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Updated :: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 5:50