- Ø7Ø Club --a club just for PSK31 enthusiasts
- Adventure Radio Society --they combine a love of Amateur Radio with a love of the outdoors
- Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning (ARHAB) --ham radio to the very edge of space
- Amateur Television Network --an organization of ATV clubs and individuals exploring internet video linking
- American Radio Relay League (ARRL) --the national organization for Amateur Radio
- AMSAT --the Radio Amateur satellite corporation
- Antique Wireless Association (AWA) --supporting historians, enthusiasts and collectors of antique radio equipment, including Amateur Radio gear
- Bicycle Mobile Hams of America (BMHA) --combining Amateur Radio and cycling, two fine pursuits
- Carolina 440 Repeater System --linked UHF repeater network from Raleigh to the coast
- Christian Amateur Radio Fellowship (CARF) --fellowship and service via ham radio since 1966
- Fists --the international Morse Code preservation society
- Foundation for Amateur Radio --scholarships for hams
- Graham Repeater Association --linked repeaters between Raleigh and Greensboro
- Handihams --ham radio for people with disabilities
- International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) --the federation of national Amateur Radio societies
- Islands On The Air (IOTA) --RSGB's famous awards organization for QSOs with islands all around the world
- Longwave Club of America (LWCA) --the world of radio below 500kHz
- Military Radio Collectors Association (MRCA) --for the green radio enthusiasts
- Morehead Planetarium and Science Center --informing and inspiring the public about scientific discovery
- Morse Telegraph Club --landline telegraphy is still alive and well
- Museum of Radio & Technology --in Huntington WV
- Narrow-Bandwidth Television Association --here's what can be done with 32 lines and a spinning disk
- Navy Amateur Radio Club --open to current or former swabbies, coasties, and leathernecks
- Old Old Timers Club (OOTC) --for us really old geezers who were first licensed 40 years ago or more
- Piedmont Coastal Repeater Network(PCRN) --NC's largest 2M repeater network
- QRP Amateur Radio Club International --five watts or less works the world
- Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) --for those of us who were first licensed 25 years ago or more
- Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) --another way you can become a VE
- Radio Club of America -- operating since 1909
- Radio and Television Museum --in Bowie MD
- Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) --founded in 1913
- Raleigh Amateur Radio Society (RARS) --a capital organization in several senses of the word
- Radio Staion Index from S-Meter
- SETI League --are we alone?
- Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio --free membership, dedicated to promoting technical achievement
- Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) --the ultimate in DX! (sorry, no QSLs...)
- Southern Appalachian Radio Museum --in Asheville NC
- Triangle Amateur Robotics --sophisticated, cutting edge automata
- Triangle ATV Association --they have a fast-scan Amateur Television repeater
- Triangle Area Rocketeers --Model rocketry
- Triangle Electric Vehicle Association --watt a great way to travel
- Tri-County Radio Control Club --in Hurdle Mills NC
- TriLUG --Triangle Linux Users Group
- Tripoli Rocketry Association --serious high power rockets
- Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) --do PSK31 without a computer?
- US Islands Awards Program --the home-based version to IOTA
- US Power Squadrons Amateur Radio Club --the ham radio group from USPS
- Western Historic Radio Museum --in Virginia City NV, gorgeous old stuff
- Xtal Set Society --devoted to "roots radio," especially crystal sets
- Young Ladies Radio League YLRL) --an organization of women Amateur Radio licensees
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- 47 CFR Part 97.1 --the FCC's official reasons for establishing the Amateur Radio Service
- The Amateur's Code --first published in 1928 and still the standard of conduct we all should strive to meet
- K0WA's Web Site -- If you have been in the hobby for years and don't know Lee, you do not know CW. Lee is a truly unique individual. He doesn't do phone!
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DX'ing, Contesting, Operating, Awards
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Software/Digital Resources
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Antenna / Tower / Rotor Vendors
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Companies:
- Alinco --calling themselves the value leader in Amateur Radio equipment
- Allied Electronics --still at 100 N Western Ave, Chicago, after all these years
- Amazon Amateur Radio Gear --ham radio equipment from Amazon.com
- Anderson Power Products --makers of the Powerpole Connector
- Antique Electronic Supply --tubes and more
- Bencher, Inc --high quality iambic paddles and Butternut antennas and filters
- Buddipole --portable dipole systems
- Cable X-Perts --coax cable, connectors, etc
- dBj Radio and Electronics --home boys from Jamestown NC
- Down East Microwave --equipment for UHF and beyond
- DZ Kits --home of the Sienna transceiver
- Elecraft --makers of the famous K1, K2 and K3 transceivers
- Electronics USA --makers of Whiterook keys and keyers
- Fair Radio Sales --military surplus since 1947
- FAR Circuits --PC boards for most published ham radio projects
- Gap Antenna --home of antennas and the "Hear It" DSP products
- Harbor Freight --"America's favorite tool store"
- Hendricks QRP Kits --affordable QRP kits at exceptional value
- ICOM --maker of the highly popular IC-706
- K1EL Kits --kits for Morse keyers and more
- KD1JV Designs --innovative QRP kits and projects
- Kenwood --some solid radios, from the 1970's TS-520 to today's TS-2000
- MFJ --tuners, antenna analyzers, etc
- MoeTronix --home of the DVDongle
- Morse Express --fine keys from all over the world
- Northern Tool & Equipment --where warriors prepare for battle
- Oak Hills Research --QRP kits (great wattmeter and dummy load kits)
- Ocean State Electronics --components, kits, hardware and tools, etc.
- Paddlette --paddles for portable Morse operation
- PolyPhaser --lightning protection for the shack by people who know what they're talking about
- QRPme --transmitters and receivers you build using tuna cans as chassis
- Radio Shack -- small parts availability
- Ramsey Electronics --both fun and serious kits and supplies
- The SignMan of Baton Rouge --custom monogramming from Rick N5VA
- Small Wonder Labs --nifty single board PSK transceiver kits
- SteppIR --antennas that tune themselves
- Tarheel Antennas --local home of the screwdriver antenna
- Ten-Tec --high quality radio equipment made in USA
- Tigertronics --home of SignaLink digital interface products and more
- Ventenna --VHF and UHF antennas disguised as pvc vent pipes
- Vibroplex --over a hundred years of quality Morse code keys and bugs, now owned by W4OA
- VIZ Keys --quality Morse keys and bugs by K4VIZ
- Weather Vane Antenna --functional weather vanes that are stealth VHF and UHF antennas
- West Mountain Radio --home of the RIGblaster
- Wilderness Radio --home of the Wilderness Sierra transceiver kit and others
- The Wireman --supplier of wire, coax, connectors, etc
- Yaesu --maker of the FT ("Fox-Tango") line of radio
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Vintage QSL Card Collection
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Amateur Radio Exam Practice:
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Contesting / Logging Software
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Useful Computer Stuff 2011
- Abandonware --large, free collection of "obsolete" software for you to download, need DOS?
- Avast! --free anti-virus program by ALWIL Software
- CCleaner --free "crap cleaning" software removes temporary files, cookies, etc.
- CDBurnerXP --burn CDs and DVDs including BluRay and HD-DVD for free
- Comodo Dragon - Chomium browser on steriods. Developed in Romania, it has many features. Free for personal use, and prices for different levels of use. Supposedly the safest browser out. With the full collection package, likely is!
- Craigslist -- This site is should be used with caution
- d*Chat --a keyboard to keyboard D-STAR chat application
- Desktop Media --free app that puts icons on your desktop that allow you to easily access drives and media
- doPDF --free program that creates PDFs from your documents
- Earth Alerts - To use Earth Alerts, you simply select specific natural hazards -- tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, tropical cyclones, wildland fires, landslides, severe weather, local weather, etc. -- and the locations that interest you. Did you feel that earthquake?
- Eraser --free program to erase files or even a whole hard drive
- ExpressPCB --design your own PCBs with this free layout software
- FreeClock --free software adds UTC/local time dual display to your PC
- GreenPrint --free software to save those wasted sheets of printer paper that only have one line on them
- HDD Health --free software to warn you if your hard drive's fixin' to die
- HDMI Splitter - HDMI splitter to multiple sources
- HP Smart Web Printing --free HP software to organize and print only what you need from multiple web pages
- Karen's Time Sync --synchronize your system's clock with an online atomic clock using this free software
- Kim Komando --"America's digital goddess" is an excellent source for free software and valuable tips
- LinPSK --free PSK-31 software for Linux
- Multimon --run up to three monitors on your computer with different taskbars on each with this free software
- Nitro PDF Reader -- Don't let the name fool you! Mark-up and fill in forms with this loaded software available for all OS's relieving the need for costly Adobe Software. Compares to Adobe Acrobat. Even saves your forms!!
- OpenOffice --free alternative to MS Office because Billy in Redmond's gotten enough of your money already
- PDFTextOnline --extract text from a PDF
- PortableApps --work from any Windows computer with these applications you carry with you on a flash drive
- QuadLock Unit Converter --instantly convert between different units of measurement
- Reactor Server --run your own web portal with this free Apache distro
- Recuva --prounounced "recover," this free software recovers deleted files
- Spybot Search and Destroy --free anti-spyware software that works on all versions of Windows without breaking programs
- Stellarium --view celestial objects in your sky on this awesome, free planetarium program
- TrueCrypt --free on-the-fly encryption software for Windows, Mac and Linux
- Ubuntu Linux --free Linux distro (based upon Debian) to start you opening doors instead of going through Windows
- U-Exchange --barter/trade site that's free to use
- WebAnywhere --free software for the visually impaired that reads websites to you
- WXSpots --free internet software to distribute severe weather reports
- Zelscope --turn your PC into a dual-trace 'scope with this free-for-individual-use software
- ZoneAlarm --excellent, free firewall software
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- Alternative Energy News --news and info resources about renewable energy technologies
- Adventures of Zack and Max --ham radio comix and coloring books for downloading
- Amateur Radio Video News (ARVN) --by Gary Pierce KN4AQ
- Amateur Television Quarterly --its name sez it all
- Amazon Amateur Radio Books --old and new ham radio books from Amazon.com
- antenneX --the magazine all about antennas
- Antique Radio Classified --national monthly publication for buyers and sellers of old radios
- ARRL Audio Letter --the League's weekly update in MP3 format
- ARRL Publications --includes RSGB titles, too
- ARRL VE Manual --become an official ARRL Volunteer Examiner if you hold a General Class ticket or higher
- The Art and Skill of Radiotelegraphy by William Pierpont N0HFF --a fascinating and informative downloadable book
- Astronomy Magazine --the world's best-selling astronomy magazine
- Changing Skies --three times yearly newsletter from National Weather Service Raleigh
- Computer Pilot --the PC flight simulator pilot's magazine
- CQ --the Radio Amateur's journal, published monthly
- CQ Publications --the CQ bookshelf
- CQ VHF --quarterly magazine from CQ about 6M and up
- "Dummies" Books --including "Ham Radio for Dummies"
- Electric Radio --classy monthly magazine about vintage Amateur Radio equipment
- Electronics and Radio Today --an e-zine resource for info on radio and electronics
- Fly RC --the leading radio control airplane magazine
- Ham Radio Online --on the www and updated daily
- The K9YA Telegraph --web based newsletter e-zine, free subscription
- Library of Congress --your tax dollars at work!
- Lindsay Publications --technical books for "Thomas Edison" types
- Make Magazine --technology on your own time
- Marine Amateur Radio Guide --published by the US Power Squadrons
- Microwave Antenna Handbook --by W1GHZ
- NASA Tech Briefs --free publication publicizing NASA technical discoveries
- NCJ --"National Contest Journal" bimonthly publication of ARRL whose name speaks for itself
- Nuts and Volts --the magazine for the electronics hobbyist
- Optical Through the Air Communications --a handbook of practical information
- Popular Electronics Magazine --1950s through 1980s, an ongoing project
- Project Gutenberg --a hundred thousand free e-books for you to enjoy
- QEX --a forum for communications experimenters, a bimonthly publication of ARRL
- QST --the official monthly journal of Amateur Radio since 1915, included with ARRL membership
- QST Searchable Archive --from 1917 through 2004, for ARRL members
- Robots Magazine --hobby, science and consumer robots
- Rockets Magazine --the official magazine of the Tripoli Rocketry Association
- RadCom --monthly publication of the RSGB, included with RSGB membership
- Radio Amateur Information Network --producer of the weekly "RAIN Report"
- The Roundtable --quarterly e-journal of the Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio
- Scatterpoint --publication for the microwave enthusiast from the UK Microwave Group
- Schematic Magazine --online electronics circuit projects for everyone
- Servo Magazine --covering the world of personal robotics
- SKCC Centurion --official newsletter of the Straight Key Century Club
- Sky and Telescope --the essential magazine of astronomy
- Sport Rocketry Magazine --subscription included with NAR membership
- This Week in Amateur Radio --an "up-to-the-minute" news magazine of the airwaves
- USMC Field Antenna Handbook (PDF) --military guide to antenna selection and use in situ (192 pages!)
- Worldradio Magazine --an interesting and worthwhile monthly publication with many regular columns
- World Radio TV Handbook --directory of global LW, MW, SW and FM broadcasting
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