Amateur Radio Links

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National Amateur Radio Organizations

• RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada
• ARRL the US association of radio amateurs
• RSGB: Radio Society of Great Britian
• Wireless Institute of Australia

Popular amateur radio web sites

• QRZ: online callsign database & CDs
• eHAM is a community web site for amateur radio (ham radio) operators around the world.
• Ham radio online
• This week in Amateur Radio

Government and International Regulation Groups

• Canada
  • Amateur Radio Service Centre, Industry Canada
  • Publications from "Spectrum Management and Telecommunications" of Industry Canada
• United Kingdom
  • Radiocommunications Agency, an Executive Agency of the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry)
  • Library: Amateur Radio
• United States
  • In the United States the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau of the FCC: Federal Communication Commission regulates wireless communication.
• International
  • International Amateur Radio Union
    • International Amateur Radio Union - Region II North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean and the Pacific
    • International Amateur Radio Union Region 1, Europe and Africa
    • International Amateur Radio Union - Region 3
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Digital

• Buck Rogers (K4ABT) Packet Radio site is useful for getting started in packet
• Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) one of the largest digital groups, offer kits & projects and tons of information.
• Packet Radio SIG of TAPR
• Digital Communications Committee of the RSGB
• Bavarian Packet Radio Group (Baycom) modem plans & kits
• F6FBB Pages: FBB Packet-Radio BBS
• ftp://pc.usl.edu/pub/ham/ - home of JNOS
• Ottawa Amateur Radio Club Packet Working Group
• Internet-AMPR Gateways
• KB2EOQ's Quick and Dirty Guide to the New Digital Modes
• United Kingdom Internet Protocol Group (UKIP)
• Thames Valley (UK) IP Users Group (G4XYW 9600bps modem)
• G4IDE's Home of Packet Radio Software UI-View - APRS software for Windows
• WinPack from Peak Systems
• W2XO Packet Radio - Internet E-Mail Gateway
• PC/FlexNet - a powerful, flexible and easy to use AX.25 stack
• Amateur Radio Soundblaster Software Collection by Dr. Oliver Welp, DL9QJ
• IRLP - Internet Radio Linking Project created by David Cameron VE7LTD
• iLink from Graeme M0CSH
  Note: One thing I don't like about this is the lack of technical specs.

Linux

• Linux Amateur Radio AX.25 HOWTO, updated 2001 by Jeff Tranter, VE3ICH
• Linux Ham radio Database - for using the only operating system with AX.25 support built in, Linux.
• ax25 software for Linux
• linux-hams archive, an archive of the linux-hams mailing list. To subscribe to the list, send a message to <majordomo@vger.kernel.org> with the text "subscribe linux-hams" without the quotes, in the body of the message.
• ax25-config
• X-Astir ARPS software for Linux
• Predict Satellite Tracking / Orbit Prediction software for Linux
• Linux AX.25 Kernel patches originally by Matthias, DG2FEF now maintained by DG1KJD
• Thomas Sailer HB9JNX/AE4WA Linux software including Fax, Baycom and Soundcard modem driver, Linux Soundcard Shortwave digital modes, Linux Radio Transmission Decoder
• mirrors of kernel.org, where to get new Linux kernels and patches
  • UK.kernel.org UK mirror of kernel.org
• PA3GCU's (Richard Adams) - AX25, How I do it
• Linux AX.25 configuration by John Ackermann N8UR

Satellite

• AMSAT-NA - The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (North America)
• Amsat-UK - The Radio Amateur Satellite Organisation of the United Kingdom
• Heavens Above, an excellent online satellite tracking resource.
• Amateur Satellites visable from Cambridge, including downlink frequencies.
• Latest ANS News AMSAT News Service
• AMSAT DL Deutschland (Germany)
• Getting Started with AO-40 (Phase 3D)
• Satellite FAQs and Intros from AMSAT-NA
• Jerry, K5OE: Home Brew Amateur Antennas particularly for satellite

Microwave

I don't know much about microwave, but I've like to learn, so I've made bookmarks of some sites I've found useful so far.

• First Steps Into Microwave Radio, by Peter Day, G3PHO
• An Introduction to 10 GHz Wideband Operating in Ontario, by Steve VE3SMA
• Designing a Station for the Microwave Bands, By Glenn Elmore, N6GN originally published in 1988
• European Microwave News, by Simon GM4PLM
• Peter Day G3PHO microwave pages
• Sam Jewell, G4DDK microwave page
• MARSPORT, DUBUS - the serious magazine for VHF and up amateur radio; & more by Roger G4PMK
• MCS Virtual Catalogue and/or Microwave Committee Components Service, a source of "hard to get" microwave components and kits
• SHF Microwave Parts Company, for Gunn diodes and related
• Down East Microwave excellent source of parts
• SSB Electronics, more parts

Humour

• DX Stories by Paul Dunphy, VE1DX
• The Ilford Group RSGB (G3XRT)

People & Misc sites

• Kings County ARC
• Cambridge & District Amateur Radio Club
• G8ECJ [44.131.161.112] Robin
• James Miller G3RUH
• G3SEK's Amateur Radio Technical Notebook, In Practice, VHF/UHF DX Book, and UK component and tool suppliers
  (updated March 2002: now .co.uk rather .com from GB2RS Main News for 31 March 2002)
• MB7UIV / GB7UIV APRS-Internet gateway
• GB7MBC DX cluster for NW England running DXSpider
• VA3SF Amateur Radio including VE3VRW Amateur Satellite Gateway
• VE1AIC, MARCAN Frequency Coordinator
• Local Domain for Nova Scotia Canada AMPRnet from VE1TTL, Thomas Lucaw
• Dino (VE2DM)'s Canadian Amateur Radio on the Internet
• VE1ALQ EME Site
• NW7US Amateur Radio Command Center
• VE7LDH Laura Halliday playing around with satellites and microwaves
• (USA) (Europe) Harry's Homebrew Homepage SM0VPO/G4VVJ
• Bluecap lnb as 10 GHz transmitter by PA3GCO

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