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  1. History Behind [W]2XQ Call
  2. IARUWant to get your amateur radio license? Start by reading…
    1. Licenses are issued by governments. Rules and regulations and tests differ. Your national amateur radio organization is the best place to start the process. Information on the process for applying for a license, acquiring study materials, where to take the license examination, where to find local radio clubs (to find mentors and…) and more should be available. The IARU is an international umbrella organization for all national amateur radio associations; find your country's organization.
    2. International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
      1. Australia: Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA)
      2. RACCanada: Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC)
      3. Japan: Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL)
      4. Korea: Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL)
      5. Serbia: Savez radio-amatera Srbije
      6. Switzerland: Union of Swiss Shortwave Amateurs
      7. South Africa: South African Radio League (SARL)
      8. United Kingdom: Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB)
      9. Member since 1975USA: American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
        1. US Amateur Radio Bands (also see the worldwide table on the FCC site)
        2. Code Practice Files (CW will never die…)
        3. ARES vs RACES FAQ (Two Flavors of Amateur Radio Emergency Operation)
        4. Southern New Jersey (SNJ) Section
          1. Southern New Jersey Section EmComm
        5. USA & Canadian Frequency Coordinators
  3. AE4TM Science and Photography Web Site
  4. Antennas
    1. Beverage
    2. Antenna Calculator (KD4SAI)
    3. Chameleon Antenna (portable & loop ant's)
    4. The Classic Multiband Dipole pdf
      Steve Ford, WB8IMY, QST, March 2004
    5. HF Antennas 101 pdf
      Van Field, W2OQI, QST, September 2004
    6. Line of Sight, Horizon et al
      1. Antenna Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT) Calculator
      2. Create RF Coverage Map
      3. RF Line of Sight
  5. APRS | Automatic Packet Reporting System
    1. Amateur Radio Ham Radio Maidenhead Grid Square Locator Map
    2. APRS Direct
    3. Google Maps APRS.fi
  6. Beaches on the Air (BOTA)
  7. Call Signs
    1. Call Sign History
      1. History of Call Signs, including Vanity pdf
      2. An Overview of Amateur Call Signs—Past and Present (QST May 1994) pdf
      3. Research Old Amateur Radio Calls
        1. Amateur Radio Call Books
        2. How to Find Old Amateur Radio Call Signs
        3. Internet Archive Search: subject:"callbook"
        4. Old Amateur Radio Callbooks Available
    2. Call Sign Lookups
      1. Government Agencies
        1. Australia: Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
        2. Canada: Spectrum Management and Telecommunications
        3. Republic of South Africa (RSA): South African Radio League (SARL)
        4. USA: Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
      2. HamCall
      3. HamData
      4. HamQTH
      5. Ham Radio Outlet : Tools : Lookup
      6. QRZ
      7. Silent Key Archive
  8. SJRAClubs
    1. Marine Radio Historical Association (K6KPH)
    2. South Jersey Radio Association (K2AA)
  9. Coax
    1. Coax Attenuation Chart
    2. Types of Coax Cable and Line Loss Calculator
  10. Digital
    1. Modes
      1. AllStar
        1. AllstarLink
          1. Wiki
        2. Asterisk Allstar…
        3. Equipment
          1. Allstar Nodes and Radio-less Node Adapters
          2. BRIAN (SM) (Baofeng BF-888S Radio Interface to the Allstar Network)
          3. ClearNode | Node-Ventures | W6WNG
          4. SHARI
          5. TechNo By George, LLC | WB3DZZ
        4. Nets
          1. East Coast Reflector Tech & Swap-Shop Net
          2. WIN System Technical Net (Friday 1900 Pacific)
      2. AMBE
        1. XRF Reflectors Lovers Club
      3. D–Star
        1. Colorado HD Hotspot Discussion Net
        2. D-STAR Info
          1. D-STAR Nets
          2. D-STAR Reflectors
        3. D-STARusers
        4. Peanut (app)
        5. Quadnet2 Nets
        6. Reflector 20 D-STAR Dashboard
        7. XLX Multiproticol Gateway Reflector | K2IE (ex-K2DLS)
      4. DMR Updated
      5. FT8
        1. FT8 Operating Guide pdf by Gary Hinson, ZL2IFB
      6. M17 Project New
      7. P25
        1. Colorado HD Hotspot Discussion Net
        2. How to program Motorola APX™ Series P25 Two-Way Radios for use with the OpenSPOT 2 pdf
        3. P25 Reflectors
        4. P25 Reflector List
        5. Project 25 Technology Interest Group
        6. XLX Multiproticol Gateway Reflector
    2. Reflectors
      1. REF, XRF, DCS, XLX: what’s the difference? (by F4FXL)
      2. xReflector
        1. DCS006
      3. X Reflector Directory
      4. XLX Multiproticol Gateway Reflector
    3. Resources (multiple modes)
      1. N5AMD's Digital Voice Resource
      2. W2SJW's Digital Radio Sounds
    4. Software
      1. DroidStar | Android | iOS (…P25, DMR, Fusion, NXDN, M17, and IAX(AllStar), and RX only for D–Star.)
        1. DroidStar Configuration Notes pdf New
  11. DX
    1. DXheat|DXcluster
    2. DXwatch
  12. EchoLink
    1. Link Status
    2. Search for EchoLink-equipped Repeaters (North America)
    3. UK Repeaters : Echolink…
  13. East Coast Reflector | WB2JPQ (Allstar, Echolink, tech net…)
  14. eHam.net
    1. History of the Ham Radio Callsign
  15. eHam.net
  16. Equipment
    1. Aerial-51
    2. Batteries America : FNB-80Li for Yaesu VX-6R et al
    3. Chameleon Antennas
    4. QRP Labs
    5. SignalStuff
    6. XIEGU X5105 | Radioddity
    7. The complete review of XIEGU X5105
  17. FCC Amateur Radio Service
    1. FCC Part 97 Rules & Regulations
    2. NPRM 26 Aug 2020: Amendment of the Schedule of Applications Fees
  18. Find Amateurs By Location
    1. FCC Bulletin
    2. FCC Advanced Amateur License Search
    3. FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in the US
  19. Gray Line (Sunrise‒Sunset Terminator)
  20. Ham Radio School (get your license)
  21. IRLP | Internet Relay Linking Project
  22. K0BG (mobile ops)
  23. K9YC (audio interference solutions)
  24. Latitude–Longitude Calculations
  25. Morse Code
    1. Learn CW Online
    2. Learn Morse Code in a Minute: Cumulative Diagram New
  26. Library
    1. Amateur Radio Operation in the Soviet Union: 1965 (2.4mb) pdf
      F Gayle Durham, Center for International Studies, MIT, June 1965
    2. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by A. Frederick Collins
      A Complete, Authentic and Informative Work on Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony (1922)
  27. Lightning
    1. IEEE: How to Protect… pdf
    2. Lightning Protection for the Amateur Radio Station – Parts 1, 2 and 3 pdf
      Ron Block, KB2UYT, QST, June-August 2002
  28. Maps
    1. Amateur Radio License Map
    2. Azimuth Map | NS6T
    3. EI8iC's Mapability (virtually all the amateur radio maps one could ever want…)
  29. Media
    1. CQ (aka CQ Magazine)
      1. Awards Program (eg, USA-CA)
    2. QRZ Now | Ham Radio News
  30. Morse Code (translator, trainer, more... fun)
  31. ND6T's Simple and Easy Projects
  32. NG3K Amateur Radio Contest/DX Page
  33. OH8STN Digital Radio & Off Grid Power
  34. Peanut by PA7LIM
    1. Global Dashboard
    2. USA Dashboard
    3. Rooms
    4. WebRadio
  35. Propagation Predictions
    1. ITURHFProp – Propagation Predictions
    2. Propagation (ARRL)
    3. Proppy (also see "About" for help)
    4. VHF Propagation Map
    5. VOACAP Quick Guide
      1. VOACAP Online HF Predictions (Amateur Radio)
  36. QRP (low power)
    1. List of QRP General Coverage Amateur Radio Transceivers
  37. QSL
    1. QSL Cards, Old (by W8JYZ)
      1. History of Call Signs, including Vanity pdf
  38. Reddit
    1. Amateur Radio
      1. Wiki
    2. Ham Radio
  39. Raspberry Pi
  40. Repeaters
    1. Burlington County
    2. Coordinating Councils
      1. Area Repeater Coordination Council (ARCC) (sNJ, ePA)
      2. MetroCor–Metropolitan Coordination Association, Inc. (nNJ, NYC area, LI)
      3. Middle Atlantic FM and Repeater Council (T-MARC) (DC, DE, MD, nVA, eWV)
      4. USA & Canadian Frequency Coordinators (info not available from ARRL)
    3. New York City
      1. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to New York Repeaters
      2. Repeaters
    4. Publications
      1. RepeaterBook
  41. RF Calculators
  42. Signal Stuff (antenna & electronics projects)
  43. SM0VPO's Homebrew Homepages (antenna & electronics projects)
  44. Southgate ARC (amateur radio news)
  45. Twit: Ham Nation Streaming video
  46. W8JI

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