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Beginner's
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ARRL, home of Amateur Radio |
The starting place to learn how & why to become
a Ham Radio operator. |
ARRL.org/hamradio.html |
A good place for beginners to
learn about Amateur Radio |
Created to provide information for people wanting to learn more about
Amateur Radio. A website produce by the national associate for aperture
radio ( ARRL )
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Hello-Radio.org
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www.wedothat-radio.org |
Best Beginning Book:
Arrl Ham Radio License Manual |
Best beginner book to study for you first Amateur license (Technician Class,
no Morse code test is required.) Purchase the "Arrl Ham Radio
License Manual: All You Need to Become an Amateur Radio Operator " book from the web site to the right.
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Click here for the book,
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2nd Best Beginning Book:
Ham Radio for
Dummies, |
Ham Radio for Dummies,
a great complement to "Now You're Talking!" . It alone, is not enough to
pass the Technician Class license but worth owning (need to buy Now You're
Talking too ). Give you a good understanding of the entire hobby.
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Click here for the book,
Ham Radio for Dummies, on
Amazon.com with reviews. |
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On-line practice test: |
Best on-line Practice test for the Amateur Licenses.
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QSZ.com/ham/ |
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Also a very good site for practicing the test
"Ham Test On-line" |
hamtestonline.com/study.jsp |
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Another on-line practice test for the Amateur Licenses.
(look to the take test button to the RT.) |
www.aa9pw.com/radio/index.shtml |
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A resource page about a few basic
Amateur Radios |
This is just my personal pick of basic radios and someone of the equipment
that you would need with it. I also recommend talking to other 'Ham
Radio' operators including the Elmer Forum section on
www.eHam.net
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www.toinquire.com/radios.htm |
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International Morse Code Basics |
Not required for your first ham / amateur license but clear and required for
the second license.
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ac3l.com/morse.htm |
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G4FON Morse code trainer |
Freeware (free software) that can be downloaded and used to learn code. |
www.qsl.net/g4fon/ |
Code Quick
"5 words per min. in 12 days" |
The BEST Morse code instructional for the money & I should know I bought
just about every one! I recommend the Basic CD version: "Audio CDs -
5WPM in 12 Days!" $52.95 and really worth it. |
www.cq2k.com |
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AA9PW, On-line
Morse Code Trainer |
Practice the code on line, using your web browser but and sound card. |
www.aa9pw.com/radio/morse.html |
Speak Normal!
This is NOT CB land! |
Good Operating Guidelines for All Ham Operators to know.
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Operating Guidelines |
A few 'starter' radios |
Often the first radio to buy is a simple handheld radio for you will always
use it no matter what you get in the future and you can get on the air
quickly (of course after the license). I picked GigaParts.com for the radios
but you can find many other good dealers on-line as well. You want to make
sure it comes with rechargeable batteries! |
Yeasu VX-150/64B
Yeasu
VX-170
Yeasu
FT-60R
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Resources for
Licensed Ham's
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QRZ Ham Resources |
QRZ is a good resource for Ham / Amateur information. You can look up the
founders of CoachingSupport.com call letters their! KI4CFS
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QRZ.com |
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eHam.net |
Another good resource for Ham / Amateur Radio information. Also, great
reviews of products. |
eham.net |
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Giga Parts |
One of the many good resource of equipment and great prices. This site has
no relationships with this group this is provide just as a resource. |
gigaparts.com |
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Homemade, Pocket
J-Pole Antenna for 2 Meters |
Under $20.00 home made, portable 2 meter J-Poll Antenna that works great and
can roll up in your suitcase. This ham club web site has the instructions to
make it on their site and it work! You can search under the title and find
other sites too. |
Pocket
J-Pole Instructions |
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Internet Radio Linking System |
A system that links repeaters all over the world through the internet. To
the non-ham, this lets you have the chance to talk with a hand held Amateur
radio talk to someone across the world as though they are a few blocks away.
Brilliant system, thanks to David Cameron, IRLP Designer, VE7LTD! |
IRLP.net
Map of the
nodes worldwide |
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The Internet Radio Linking Project in Raleigh NC |
The KD4RAA Repeater Group-sponsored
146.775 - PL 88.5 repeater and area UHF linked repeaters are now linked to
hundreds of participating repeater sites throughout the United States,
Canada, and internationally. We are the first Repeater System in North
Carolina to have a linking node into the IRLP project.
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Click here for
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EchoLink |
"EchoLink® is software that allows licensed Amateur Radio stations to
communicate with one another over the Internet, using voice-over-IP (VoIP)
technology. The program allows worldwide connections to be made between
stations, or from computer to station, greatly enhancing Amateur Radio's
communications capabilities. There are more than 100,000 registered users in
140 countries worldwide!"
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echolink.org |
On-line QSL cards |
The basic service is free after your register to send and receive QSL cards
by email.
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www.eqsl.org |
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RTP/DC Groups |
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Raleigh Amateur Radio Society
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RARS group also has links to Repeaters and a great club.
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rars.org
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Orange County Radio Amateurs |
W4UNC - The Call Sign for
Orange County Radio Amateurs Group
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qsl.net/w4unc/ |
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Repeaters
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My Favorite Repeaters
& Frequencies |
A excel web page of my favorite repeaters &
Frequencies related to my location Raleigh NC & Washington DC (by Martin
Brossman ) |
Click
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US Repeaters |
Updated daily. Open Amateur Repeaters
Brought to you by ARTSCI Publishing Inc.
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www.artscipub.com/repeaters/ |
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KD4RAA, Raleigh |
Raleigh area 2/70 Meter Repeaters |
kd4raa.net |
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CaryNCRepeater.com |
Cary NC Repeater resources and other good information. |
caryncrepeater.com |
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"Welcome to the Possum Trot Net web site. The Possum Trot Net
is a friendly "good morning" net for amateur radio operators to check into
each weekday morning. Please explore our pages to find out about the history
of the net and how the net operates. Thanks for dropping by and have a
wonderful day!" |
Click here for
the web site |
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NETWORK ENGINEERS REPEATER ASSOCIATION |
List or Repeaters in the Washington DC area |
www.qsl.net/nera/ |
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ON-Line discussion groups for Hams
A good place to learn from other ham's
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Ham Radio Forum |
Ham Radio Forum, a Ham
radio community. Feel free to register and post. |
www.hamforum.com |
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QRZ Forum's |
The Forums on QRZ , very well used. |
Click here for QRZ
forum area |
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eHam.net Forum
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The Forums on eHam.net, lots of good stuff! |
www.eham.net/forums |
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Theory &
Explanations
related to Ham Radio |
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum |
An explanation of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
"Measuring the electromagnetic spectrum"
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Resource on a NASA sub. page,
click here to go to it |
SpaceWeather.com
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Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
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spaceweather.com |
ELECTRONICS TUTORIALS SITE - Amateur Radio |
"Electronics tutorials offered by
www.electronics-tutorials.com are FREE to you and are extremely
comprehensive with over 120 individual electronics tutorials topics
covering a very wide range of electronics. It will always continue to
expand so come back often. "
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electronics-tutorials.com |
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ELECTRONICS TUTORIALS SITE - Antannas |
The section of "Electronics Tutorials" about how antennas work. |
www.electronics-tutorials.com/antennas/antenna-basics.htm |
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How Suff Works: Ham Radio |
The Ham radio section of how stuff works |
electronics.howstuffworks.com/ham-radio1.htm |
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The Field/Ham Field |
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Web sites with information / discussions on
Broadband over Power lines: |
How Broadband Over Power line - Endangers the future of Ham
How internet over Broadband Over Powerline - Call to Arms (a discussion
on eHam.net) high power arms can disrupt Ham / Amateur Radio and other
emergency communications. |
Broadband Over
Powerline - Call to Arms
(a discussion on eHam.net)
Understanding the FCC's Broadband Over Power Line (BPL) Notice of Inquiry
(on ARRL.net's web site)
More from
ARRL, "For all Ham's to READ"!
A
Yahoo discussion group on what works to stop BPL
What the "other side" is saying:
Broadband
Wireless Internet Access Weblog
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SpaceWeather.com
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Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
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spaceweather.com |
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Support for
Specific Radios |
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MODs for Ham rigs |
"The biggest WWW sites on internet for tips, tricks, and modifications of
HAM rigs, HAM modems, etc, and it's
free to use. Here you will find modifications of all types of
HAM radios and HAM modems etc."
** Note: Use with caution at your own risk
& make sure the modification is legal ** |
mods.dk |
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IC-2720H Ham designed reference card. |
A reference card for using and programming the IC-2720H designed for ham by
hams. It is a PDF that you will have to save on your own computer than can
print out for yourself. You may have to right click over the hyperlink and
select "Save Target As.." . |
Clear here to being up PDF & save on
your computer |
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Jingtong JT-208 and Jingtong JT-308 |
Jingtong is a Hong Kong based radio manufacturer. They have two main lines,
the JT-208 and JT-308. |
http://www.kg4ivd.com/index.php/JingTong |
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Satellite |
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AMSAT |
Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation. Learn about how to communicate through
an earth orbiting satellite using Ham Radio! |
http://www.amsat.org/ |
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Articles on Ham Radio |
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Dumb Questions about Dummy Loads & SWR Meters
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A discussion on how to use Dummy Loads & SWR Meters by Martin Brossman on
www.eHam.net |
Click here to read article on
eHam.net
http://www.eham.net/articles/9054 |
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You Might be Addicted to Ham Radio If? |
A humorous collection of comments from "Ham's" by Martin Brossman on
www.eHam.net |
Click here to read article on
eHam.net
http://www.eham.net/articles/14679 |
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Where Did 'Ham' in Ham Radio Come From? |
A collection of comments about where the word "Ham" came from
"Ham's" by Martin Brossman on www.eHam.net |
Click here to read article on
eHam.net
http://www.eham.net/articles/14724 |
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Fun Products Related to Ham
Radio |
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Large Coffee Mug, 'Stein', and stuff!
Celebrating the end or requiring code
[Meant in good fun] |
A Large Coffee Mug and 'Stein'
Celebrating the end or requiring code. I still recommend learning code for
the fun of it! To see the graphic on both products go to:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinbrossman/328417663/in/set-72057594127857802/
This is a fund raiser for "The Men's
Inquiry and The Women's
Inquiry"
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Large Coffee Mug:
http://www.cafepress.com/brossman.95925163
Large 'Stein':
http://www.cafepress.com/brossman.95925164White T-Shirt:
http://www.cafepress.com/brossman.96260475
Dark T-Shirt:
http://www.cafepress.com/brossman.96260474
All the other stuff:
http://www.cafepress.com/brossman/1175380
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Old Time Radio Mouse Pad |
A collecting of Old Time Radios Laid out on a mouse pad
I designed it and all item except the two Keys are from my family. |
Click here to see the Mouse Pad:
http://www.cafepress.com/brossman.96004979 |
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My
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A few on-line
videos about Ham Radio / Amateur Radio |
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YouTube posting of
Amateur radio today |
Walter Cronkite describes the community service of Ham Radio and why I say
Ham Radios lets me be part of the solutions vs. problem in a community
crisis. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z9136_Nhh4 |
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Google Video posting of
Amateur radio today |
Amateur (ham) Radio TODAY - it ain't your grandfather's radio! 3.5 min video
of modern Amateur Radio options Ham Radio Amateur Radio ARRL |
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5163804911268567381 |
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YouTube posting |
1921 Spark Gap Transmitter / Ham Radio |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ybYxkt3UxU |
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