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Articles of Interest
- Amateur Radio Antenna Length Chart [.jpg]
- Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Training Course by Dr. John A. Allocca, WB2LUA [Web Link]
- Anderson Powerpole® Connector General Installation Tips [.pdf]
- Antennas 101 QST September 2004 [.pdf]
- Boat Anchor Manual Archive [Link]
- Everything You Need to Know About USB and Serial Interfaces by N6TV [.pdf]
- Choosing the Correct Balun [.pdf]
- FRS GMRS Frequency Chart [.pdf]
- FT8 Operating Guide [.pdf]
- How to Protect Your House from Lightning [.pdf]
- IRLP Information [.pdf]
- KE4RX Amateur Radio (Ham) Rig “Cheat Sheets” [Link]
- Lightning Protection for the Amateur Station
- RF Cafe [Web Link]
- Safety First QST Magazine [.pdf]
- Simple Antennas That Work [.jpg]
- The Art of Soldering Feb 2001 QST [.pdf]
- W4RNL Antenna Articles
Calculators and Spreadsheets
- Icom AH-4 Graphical Wire Length Calculator V 2.2 [Excel spreadsheet]
Computers & Microprocessors
- Arduino
- I2C Addresses [.pdf]
- Linux
- Amateur Radio with GNU/Linux [Web Link]
- KB1OIQ – Andy’s Ham Radio Linux [Web Link]
- Raspberry Pi
- Coolest Raspberry Pi Amateur Radio Projects for 2021 [Web Link]
- Raspberry Pi for Ham Radio [.pdf]
- Raspberry Pi OS Software Packages [Web Link]
- Windows
EMCOMM & Weather Related
- APPENDIX B – ACES Weather Spotter Safety [online presentation material]
- ARES Field Resources Manual [.pdf]
- ARES Manual 2015 [.pdf]
- Hurricane Watch Net [Web Link]
- IARU Emergency Telecommunications Guide (1 Sep 2016) [.pdf]
- IARU HF International Emergency Operating Procedure [Web Link]
- National Hurricane Center (NOAA) [Web Link]
- National Weather Service – Mariners Tropical Cyclone Guide [.pdf]
- National Weather Service – Storm Prediction Center [Web Link]
- North Carolina ARES [Web Link]
- NOAA Advanced Spotters Field Guide [.pdf]
- NOAA NASA Cloud Chart [.pdf]
- NOAA Weather Spotter’s Field Guide [.pdf]
- Personal Preparedness
- Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness – FEMA [Web Link]
- FM 3-05.70 (FM 21-76) Survival – [Web Link]
- Solar Reports with Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW [Web Link]
- Space Weather by Solar Ham [Link]
- Voice over IP (VoIP) Skywarn/Hurricane Net [Web Link]
Emergency Medical Service / Paramedic Related
- CPR and Basic First Aid Presentation [.pdf]
- Hands Only CPR [.gif]
Hamshack Hotline
- Hamshack Hotline Audio Feeds [.pdf]
- Hamshack Hotline Bridge List [.pdf]
- Hamshack Hotline Brochure Trifold [Web Link]
- Making Custom CW Ringtones for the Cisco SPA514G [.pdf]
License Training Material and Aids
- AA9PW Amateur Radio Practice Site [Web Link]
- FCC Form 605-2022 [Web Link]
- K6RAU Morse Code Course [Web Link]
- KB6NU 2022-no-nonsense-tech-study-guide-v0.1 [Web Link]
- NCVEC – Amateur Question Pools [Web Link]
- Ohms Law Graphic [.png]
Online Ham Radio Swap Sites
- QTH.COM Ham Radio Classified Ads {Web Link]
- Secondhand Radio [Web Link]
Operating Aids
- ARRL
- 8″ x 11″ Color Band Plan Vertical Chart [.pdf]
- 8″ x 11″ Color Band Plan Chart [.pdf]
- 11′ x 17″ Color Band Plan Chart [.pdf]
- ARRL FSD-220: Handy Operating Aid [.pdf]
- ARRL FSD-255: Emergency Reference Information [.pdf]
- ARRL Outgoing QSL Card Bureau Submission Form [.pdf]
- ARRL Project# 580 Communicating With Other Hams (Q Signals and ITU Phonetic Alphabet) [Link]
- Band Plans (Comprehensive) [Web Link]
- DMR Rag Chewing and Hotspot Etiquette [.pdf]
- Grid Square Lookup [Web Link]
- Hepbutn’s Tropospheric Ducting Forecast [Web Link]
- ICOM Materials
- CQ DX Zones of the World [.pdf]
- US Grid Squares [.pdf]
- Ham Radio Terms [.pdf]
- ITU Common Amateur Radio Country Prefixes [.pdf]
- US Amateur Band Plan (10-2017) [.pdf]
- Lat/Long Converter [Web Link]
- Log Analyzer by DM4FM [Link]
- Lists
- List of German DOK Numbers [.xlsx]
- List of Ham Radio Prefixes [.xlsx]
- List of Islands On The Air (IOTA) [.xlsx]
- List of ITU Zones [Web Link]
- List of Russian Oblast Numbers [.xlsx]
- Maps
- CQ Zones [.gif]
- DX Maps [Web Link]
- EI8IC’s Ham Radio Resources Website [Web Link]
- Hepburn’s Tropo Maps [Web Link]
- ITU Regions [.gif]
- ITU Zones [.gif]
- NS6T’s Azimuthal Map [Web Link]
- PSK Reporter [Web Link]
- Time Zones of the World [.png]
- Worked All Continents [.jpg]
- Worked All States [.jpg]
- MSHV Amateur Radio Software (Digital Modes) [Web Link]
- N0NBH Propagation and Solar Data [Web Link]
- Phonetic Alphabet [.png]
- Practical Radio Application “for the technician licensee'” [.pdf]
- Proppy – HF Propagation Prediction [Web Link]
- QRZCQ – The database for radio hams [Web Link]
- Sights and Sounds (Digital ID) [Web Link]
- Signal Identification Guide Wiki [Web Link]
- Southeastern Radio Repeater Association
- Special Events Stations from ARRL [Web Link]
- The Considerate Operators Frequency Guide [.pdf]
- Time Synchronization Programs
- BktTimeSync [Web Link]
- Dimension 4 [Web Link]
- JTSync Software [Web Link]
- Meinberg NTP Software (timing software) [Web Link]
- Net Time [Web Link]
- VOACAP Online for Ham Radio [Web Link]
- W1AW Operating Schedule [Web Link]
- WA7BNM Online Contest Calendar [Web Link]
- 1×1 Special Event Call Signs [Web Link]
Reading Materials
- A Ham’s Guide to RFI, Ferrites, Baluns, and Audio Interfacing by Jim Brown K9YC [.pdf]
- Amateur Radio Guide to Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) by John S. Burningham, W2XAB [.pdf]
- Antenna Circular Polarization [Web Link]
- Antennatop Magazine Website (free reading materials)[Web Link]
- Capture the Magic of 6 Meters
- DTIC Field Antenna Handbook [.pdf]
- Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur [.pdf]
- Frank C. Jones Antenna Handbook [1937] [.pdf]
- FM24-18 Tactical Single Channel Radio Communications Techniques [.pdf]
- Ham Radio Transmission Line Transformers Handbook [.pdf]
- NBS Technical Note 688 – Yagi Antenna Design [.pdf]
- Magazine Archives
- 73 Amateur Radio Today Archive [Web Link]
- CQ Magazine Archive [Web Link]
- Ham Radio Magazine Archive [Web Link]
- Popular Communications Archive [Web Link]
- Popular Electronics Archive [Web Link]
- Radio-Electronics Archive [Web Link]
- Mesh Nodes
- AREDN Beginners Guide [.pdf]
- Setup HSMM Mesh Nodes Guide [.pdf]
- Setup an HSMM Mesh Node on a Linksys Router, By Brad Cansler, AK4RE [.pdf]
- WRT54G EJTAG DeBrick Guide [.pdf]
- New DXers Handbook 2nd Ed. [.pdf]
- Operating Procedures for Newly Licensed Ham Radio Operator [.pdf]
- RF Exposure Safety Materials
- American Cancer Society RF Safety Information [Web Link]
- ARRL RF Exposure Calculator (New) [Web Link]
- ARRL RF Safety info 2019 [Web Link]
- FCC R&O [Web Link]
- FCC OET 65 [.pdf]
- FCC OET 65b (Specific Information for Radio Amateurs) [.pdf]
- FCC OET 65c [.pdf]
- N2RJ Presentation (Director, ARRL Hudson Division) [Web Link]
- N9GL In-Depth Presentation [Web Link] and Reference Materials [Web Link]
- RF Exposure and You [.pdf]
- RF Safety and You [Web Link]
- RSGB (UK) RF Safety [Web Link]
- RF Exposure Calculators
- Calculator #1 (Evans) [Web Link]
- Calculator #2 (Overbeck/Lake Washington) [Web Link]
- K1TR Calculator (pwr_dens) This is a Windows program. [Web Link]
- More RF Calculators [Web Link]
- RF Exposure Calculator V2.0 by VP9KF [Web Link]
- Smartuners for Stealth Antennas by SGC Inc. [.pdf]
- Special Forces Antenna Handbook [.pdf]
- ST 137-51 Special Forces Radio Antenna Handbook [.pdf]
- Understanding Solar Indices [.pdf]
- U.S. Marine Corps Antenna Handbook MCRP 6-22D [.pdf]
- Yes All My Coaxial Cables Are 75 Ohms [.pdf]
Regulations and Good Operating Practices
- 2 & 440 Simplex Frequencies
- ARRL RF Exposure (covers new FCC ruling effective 5/3/21) [Web Link]
- Ethics and Operational Procedures for the Radio Amateur [.pdf]
- FCC Part 97 [.pdf]
- Hotspot Suggested Frequencies [.pdf]
- Net Control Station Training Manual [.pdf]
- Repeater Etiquette [.pdf]
Test Bench Items
- Cables & Wires
- Coax Cable Attenuation Charts
- Coaxial Cable Specifications
- Times Microwave Systems Coaxial Cable Attenuation & Power Handling Calculator
- RapidTables Wire Gauge Size Chart [Web Link]
- Components
- Project Notes
- ADS-B Antenna [Web Link]
- Homemade ADS-B Collinear Antenna [Web Link]
- Circuit Basics Website (Arduino, DIY Electronics, Programming, Raspberry Pi, Resources, Videos) [Web Link]
- Etch a Circuit Board With Kitchen Supplies [.pdf]
- Portable Masting System for Emergency Use QST April 2005 [.pdf]
- Raspberry Pi World Sun Clock [.pdf]
- ADS-B Antenna [Web Link]
- Software
- CHIRP (Open Source Radio Programming Tool) [Web Link]
- Test Equipment
- How to Read a Multimeter [Web Link]
- The Test and Measurement Page [Web Link]
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