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Amateur Radio (and related)
Organizations
Call sign look up Servers
License Examinations
Technical Presentations
DX Resources
Miscellaneous Amateur Radio Resources
Software
Boat anchors
Amateur Radio Groups
ARES Organizations
VEC Organizations (Licensing)
Personal Amateur Radio Web Sites
Training Aids
T-Hunting
Packet Radio
Other Modes
Forms
Commercial Amateur Radio Sites
Amateur Radio (and related) Organizations
Call sign look up Servers
License Examinations
Technical Presentations
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DX Resources
Bay Area DXers - Traverse City, Michigan.
Miscellaneous Amateur Radio Resources
Software
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General Circuit Analysis and Design
Micro-Cap by Spectrum Software [free download].
RF resources by Gunthard Kraus DG8GB. Choose English. A nice selection of articles, projects, and downloadable software [free].
QucsStudio Circuit Simulator, [free download]
OrCAD , demo version, [free trial]
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
Smith Charts, Match Networks, and Tuners
SimSmith , Ward Harriman, AE6TY, [free download]
Smith , Fritz Dellsperger, HB9AJY, [free download]
QuickSmith , Nathan Iyer, KJ6FOJ, [free download]
JJSmith , James Bromley, K7JEB, and James Tonne, W4ENE, [free download]
AMPSA MultiMatch Impedance-Matching Wizard, Pieter Abrie, free trial
Nuhertz ZMatch , free trial
Optenni Lab , free trial
TLW, Dean Straw, N6BV. On ARRL Antenna Book CD
MATCH, William Sabin, W0IYH. On ARRL Handbook CD (chapter 17)
Impedance Matching Network Designer (alternate link ), John Wetherell, online calculator
T-Network Tuner (alternate link ), Kevin Schmidt, W9CF, [free download]
Miscellaneous Routines
AppCAD , (alternate link ) by Avago, [free download]
Antennas
ANSim
is a moment method electromagnetic modeling program used mainly
for antenna design.
The thin-wire code is based on the high-accuracy
multi-radius bridge current (MBC) method developed by
Dr. Mark Tilston.
Having 30-years of development, ANSim can model
electrically small and medium size structures made of wires,
plates, and dielectric blocks.
It is the main design tool used by Phoenix Antenna Systems
in Perth, Ontario, Canada.
Evaluation version 1.03 and GUI are
[free downloads]
openEMS Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) modeling code that uses Matlab or Octave, [free download]
4nec2 , Antenna modeler by Arie Voors
EZNEC , Roy Lewallen, W7EL, $89 (demo version with limited functionality, free)
Unofficial NEC Archives , Miscellaneous free NEC programs
FEKO Student Edition , part of HyperWorks 14 Student Edition [free download]
AutoEZ , Dan Maguire, AC6LA $79 (demo version with limited functionality, free)
WIPL-D Demo full function s/w with 30-day time limit ([free download] )
WIPL-D Lite limited function s/w for a smaller price
HOBBIES Academic version - CD and License are included with the following book,
which is the hard copy instruction manual:
T.K. Sarkar, Higher Order Basis Based Integral Equation Solver (HOBBIES), Wiley, 2012, ISBN 1118140656.
Price ranges from $162 to $210 depending on where you buy the book.
HOBBIES is similar to WIPL-D but costs half as much, can handle bigger problems, and has a better user interface.
HF Propagation
Proppy - Free online propagation calculations and maps based on ITURHFprop, by James Watson, HZ1JW
ITURHFProp [RSGB online calculator]
ITURHFProp free software download from ITU
Proplab Pro 3.1 by Solar Terrestrial Dispatch, $240.
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]
VHF/UHF Propagation
Morse Code Practice
CWops - resource page for Morse code.
RufzXP Speed training software for call sign recognition by Mathias Kolpe, DL4MM, and Alessandro Vitiello, IV3XYM, [free download]
Learn CW Online by Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK,
Morse Machine, MorseGen, and MorseTest by Julian Moss, G4ILO, [free download]
Super Morse by Lee Murrah, KY8T, [free download]
Koch CW Trainer , Ray Goff, G4FON, [free download]
Morse Practice (Java JAR file), Martin Minow, K6MAM, [free download]
Morse Runner , Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA, [free download]
W1AW code practice (MP3 files), ARRL, [free download]
Morse Code Practice Online by Simon Twigger, AA9PW
K6RAU Morse Code Course by Fred Silveira, K6RAU
Morse Code Practice apps for Android and iOS
Morse Player , app for Android by DDSoftware, [$1.99]
Morse CW Trainer , app for Android by Wolphi. [$2.99]
Morse Machine for Ham Radio , app for Android and iOS by Andrea Salvatore. [$0.99]
QSOSender3 , app for Android by Charlie Bess. [free]
Koch Morse Code Trainer Pro , app for Android by Bit Ninja. [$2.49]
Morsee , app for Android by Wisteria Stone Soft. [free]
Morse Elmer , app for iOS by Morgan Jones. [$0.99 ]
Ham Morse , app for iOS by Simon Twigger, [$4.99]
Koch Trainer , app for iOS by Pignology. [$0.99]
Boat Anchor Resources
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Mailing Lists/Reflectors
Associations/Clubs
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
Parts/Tubes/Books
Web Sites
Amateur Radio Groups
ARES Organizations
VEC Organizations (License Testing)
Personal Amateur Radio Web Sites
KF6NY
KQ6XA — Bonnie Crystal uses Amateur Radio while Spelunking.
KG6ILA — Local nets and NTS information
Training Aids
T-Hunting
Packet Radio
APRS - Automatic Position Reporting System
Other Modes
Forms
Commercial Amateur Radio Sites
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Last updated
October 1, 2021