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Copyright © 2007 by FARS

Amateur Radio Resources

Table of Contents

  1. Amateur Radio (and related) Organizations
  2. Callsign Lookup Servers
  3. License Examinations
  4. Technical Presentations
  5. DX Resources
  6. Miscellaneous Amateur Radio Resources
  7. Software
  8. Boatanchors
  9. Amateur Radio Clubs
  10. ARES Organizations
  11. VEC Organizations (Licensing)
  12. Personal Amateur Radio Web Sites
  13. Training Aids
  14. T-Hunting
  15. Packet Radio
  16. Other Modes
  17. Forms
  18. Commercial Amateur Radio Sites
  19. More Links . . .

Amateur Radio (and related) Organizations

[FCC] -Federal Communications Commission.
[ARRL] -American Radio Relay League.
[RAC] -Radio Amateurs of Canada.
[AMSAT] -Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation.

->Pacific Division of the ARRL.

->Ten - Ten International

Callsign Lookup Servers

-> via the QRZ Ham call database.

->UALR ARC Callsign Database at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock

License Examinations

->Exam Search - Locate an examination session near you on the ARRL's web site.

->Exam Sessions sponsored by the Sunnyvale VEC ARC.

Technical Presentations

->Antenna Modeling for Radio Amateurs - Pacificon 2008 Presentation by Steve Stearns, K6OIK

->New Results on Antenna Impedance Models and Matching - Pacificon 2007 Presentation by Steve Stearns, K6OIK

->Antenna Impedance Models Old and New - Pacificon 2004 Presentation by Steve Stearns, K6OIK

->Mysteries of the Smith Chart - Pacificon '99, '00, '01 Presentation by Steve Stearns, K6OIK

-> HF Digital Keyboard Modes - FARS April, 2001, 2007 by Mikel Lechner, KN6QI

DX Resources

-> Bay Area DXers - Traverse City, Michigan.

Miscellaneous Amateur Radio Resources

->Newsline Amateur Radio News Web page

->Satellite Pass Predictions at Bester.COM.

->Book - Radio Codes, Prowords and Abbreviations

Software
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General circuit analysis and design

->Ansoft Designer SV, free download

->RFSim99, or alternatively, HyDesign Ltd., free download

->OrCAD, demo version, free download

->LTspice Linear Technology, free download

Filters (lumped element ladders)

->Elsie, Jim Tonne, WB6BLD, free student edition

Inductors

->NBS coil design, Stephen Moshier, free download

Transmission lines, match networks, and tuners

->Times Microwave calculators, 2 models, free download

->TX-Line, Applied Wave Research, free download

->TLDetails, Dan Maguire, AC6LA, free download

->T-Network Tuner, (also here) Kevin Schmidt, W9CF, free download

->XLZIZL, Dan Maguire, AC6LA, free download

Miscellaneous routines

->AppCAD, Agilent, free download

->HamCalc, George Murphy, VE3ERP, free download

Antennas

->EZNEC, Roy Lewallen, W7EL, $89

->EZNEC demo version, free download

->Unofficial NEC Archives, Miscellaneous free NEC programs

->FEKO Lite, free download

->NEC-Win Plus, Nittany Scientific, $150

->MultiNEC, Dan Maguire, AC6LA, $39 with limited free trial

->WIPL-D Demo program (free download)

->WIPL-D Lite program $399 from Artech House

HF propagation

->ACE-HF Pro

->Ham CAP, DX Atlas, and IonoProbe, Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA; Ham CAP is free download

->VOACAP, NTIA-ITS, US government, free download

->VOAProp, Julian Moss, G4ILO, free download

->W6ELProp, Sheldon Shallon, W6EL, free download

->WinCAP Wizard, Jim Tabor, KU5S, $50

Morse Code Practice

->Koch CW Trainer, Ray Goff, G4FON, free download

->Morse Practice (Java JAR file), Martin Minow, K6MAM, free download (alternate site)

->NZART Morse Trainer, Gary E.J. Bold ZL1AN and Sze M. Tan.

->Morse Runner, Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA, free download

->W1AW code practice (MP3 files), ARRL, free download


Boat Anchor Resources
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Mailing Lists/Reflectors

->AM List

->Boatanchor Listserve (dead)

->R-390 List

->Hallicrafters List

->Drake List

->RCA List

->Collins List

->Hammarlund List

->Johnson List

->Kenwood List

->National List

->Test Equipment List

Associations/Clubs

->Collins Collectors Association (has FB website w/ Restoration Archives)

->AM International (AMI) - listen on weekly Net for info.

Nets

->AMI Net - Wednesdays 2000 PDT 3.870MHz

->Early Birds AM Net - Saturdays 0800 PDT 3.870MHz

->Vintage SSB Net - Sundays 0800 PDT 3.863MHz

->See Electric Radio for more Nets

Books/Periodicals

->Electric Radio

->Radios by Hallicrafters by Chuck Dachis

->Shortwave Receivers Past and Present by Osterman

->Radiotron Designers Handbook (a 400+ page classic) by Langford Smith 1953, published by RCA

->Any Radio Handbook by William Orr (Howard Sams, pub.)

->Fixing up nice old Radios by Romney

->Radio Engineers Handbook or Fundamentals of Radio by Terman

->Any old Marcus and Levy books

->Old QSTs and Radio Amateur Handbooks, pub. ARRL.

Equipment Manuals

->Manual Man (Pete Markavage)

Parts/Tubes/Books

->Antique Electronics, Tempe Arizona

Web Sites

->AMFone - Guide to AM and Vintage Radio

->BoatAnchors & Antique Radios - Allen Cutts' collection

->Drake Radio information

Amateur Radio Clubs

->Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association (PAARA)

->South Peninsula Amateur Radio Klub (SPARK)

->Santa Clara County Amateur Radio Association (SCCARA)

->Southern Peninsula Emergency Communications System (SPECS)

->Silicon Valley Emergency Communications System (SVECS)

->West Valley Amateur Radio Association (WVARA)

->Association of Silicon Valley Amateur Radio Organizations (ASVARO)

->Birmingham Amateur Radio Club (BARC)

->Summerland Amateur Radio Club - VK2SRC

->List of Bay Area Amateur Radio Clubs - on ARRL

ARES Organizations

->Cupertino Amateur Radio Emergency Service (CARES)

->The Southern Peninsula Emergency Communication System (SPECS)

VEC Organizations (License Testing)

->ARRL VEC: Exam Sessions in the Santa Clara Valley

->More VEC information at the ARRL website.

Personal Amateur Radio Web Sites

->KF6NY

->KQ6XA -- Bonnie Crystal uses Amateur Radio while Spelunking.

->KG6ILA -- Local nets and NTS information

Training Aids

->Amateur Radio classes sponsored by FARS.

->A Beginner's Guide to Making CW Contacts by Jack Wagoner WB8FSV.

T-Hunting

->T-Hunting information by KN6FW

->Local T-Hunting Schedule for LARK and SBARA

Packet Radio

->TAPR's Packet Radio Web Page

->BayCom - Bavarian Packet Radio Group

APRS - Automatic Position Reporting System

->WinAPRS Software - Download info and Software.

->GPS/APRS at TAPR

->More APRS info and downloads

->APRS - http://www.aprs.net/

->Track an APRS station by callsign - http://maps.aprs.net/

Other Modes

->Spread Spectrum Communications at TAPR.

->HF Digital Modes (local)

WiFi

->Silicon Valley Wireless Users Group (SVWUX).

Forms

->Universal Licensing System (ULS) at the FCC.

Need an FCC form?
Download and print the following FCC forms direct from the FCC web site (You will need a PDF viewer).

->FCC Form 605 at the FCC.

Commercial Amateur Radio Sites

->QSL Canada - QSL Card printing service

->Morse Code 4.13 (Shareware)

->Radio Direction Finding information and products by K6BMG.

->Ham University Morse code training software.

->Cable Xperts - Coax and more

->Ham Test On-line - On-line training

->K-Comm - Antenna sites

More Links . . .

->WZ1V's Amateur Radio Links Page.