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Amateur Radio
This list includes both Ham operator and equipment supply websites. At some point after the list grows, I will break them into two separate pages - one for operators/clubs and another for equipment vendors.
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Ham to Ham Column spanning amateur radio operating tips, technical ideas & suggestions, computer related tips, shop & shack shortcuts, troubleshooting techniques, & other related topics helpful to fellow hams in the pursuit of their hobby.
AC/DC servo motor repair service specializing in the repair of AC servomotors, DC brushless and servo motors, spindle and stepper motors, encoders, and resolvers from many manufacturers.
U.S. Air Force Military Affiliate Radio System. The program consists of licensed amateur radio operators who are interested in military communications.
Protection from loss or damage to your amateur station and mobile equipment by theft, accident, fire, flood, tornado, lightning, and other natural disasters. You can even insure antennas, rotators and towers!
Quarterly publication about amateur television and SSTV with construction articles, local activity, ATV repeater information, building of antennas, RF filters, helium balloons and R/C models with ATV and more.
Develop skills and knowledge in radio and electronic technology, advocate design of experimental equipment and techniques, promote basic and applied research, organize technical forums and symposiums, collect and disseminate technical information and provide repeaters.
Text books relating to amateur radio (HAM radio), highpass and lowpass power filters, transmitter test loads (dummy loads), study tapes and disks to learn morse code, transceiver preamplifiers, antenna signal boosters.
ARRL - Here's your invitation to a friendly, high-tech hobby that's got something fun for everyone! You can become an Amateur Radio operator. People from all walks of life pass their entry-level exam and earn their Amateur (ham) Radio license. They all share the diverse world of activities you can explore with ham radio.
Manufactures linear Radio Frequency (RF) products and peripherals for communications, specializing in preamplifiers, receiver front end filtering & receiver multi-couplers for virtually any communications application. Our specialty is high dynamic range, low noise figure receiver front ends to help you solve your communications problems.
Repair and restoration of tubed antique radios and musical amplifiers. Also, the repair of tubed and solid-state Ham radio equipment. Kit building services, antenna and grounding products.
Serves the antique radio restoration market, amateur radio, audiophile and musical instrument markets with the broadest inventory of electron tubes, parts, supplies, and literature for vacuum tube equipment.
U.S. Army Military Affiliate Radio System. The program consists of licensed amateur radio operators who are interested in military communications on a local, national, and international basis as an adjunct to normal communications.
RF Network Designer - provides a number of functions for the professional radio operator and the ham radio community YagiStress™ - mechanical design software for building safe & reliable antennas, antennas, stacking & phasing devices, high power antenna switches, Baluns, impedance transformers, custom antenna arrays & switching systems.
ARALB Manages W6RO Club Station aboard the Ocean Liner Queen Mary in the Wireless room located on the Sport Deck, Queensway Bay, Long Beach Harbor, Long Beach, California. The Wireless Room features a Ten Position Radio Station. Volunteers operate W6RO during three 4 hour " shifts " daily and establish communication all around the world.
Manufacturer of the highest quality HF broadband antenna, air wound coil stock, and other radio parts for military, commercial, homeland defense and amateur use since 1932.
We produce directional antennas (quad, Yagi, dual band, cross Yagis) for 2m, 70cm,23cm and 13cm,also WLAN antennas. In addition we produce ferrite antennae for VLF, LF,MF, HF, Sferics, 137 MHz, Navtex.
Light weight, portable mast systems from 2 - 20 meters, Designed for one-man portability and light weight, they easily deploy in the harshest of environments with no need for external supports such as shelters or vehicles.
Provides components to amateurs who want to construct their own gear and to professionals who want to save money and time in prototyping their circuit design.
Manufactures & sells custom passive microwave filters within frequency ranges 5 MHz to 13 GHz, for wireless television (MDS/ GWCS/ MMDS/ ITFS/OFS), cable television (CATV), low power television (LPTV), cellular telephone & personal communications (PCS).
Designs and manufactures a broad line of power grid tubes which are used in key markets including broadcast transmitters for AM Radio, FM Radio, VHF television, UHF television, & shortwave. These transmitters range from 100 watts to 500 kilowatts of RF power - and frequencies from audio to 2 gigahertz.
A life long hobby and career in RF and Technology Cornell has been a Ham since 1957. Extensive RF technology articles Ham Radio, Communications Quarterly, RF Design, and QEX. Professionally, Cornell is an accomplished RF engineer with over 35 years of hands-on experience in the aerospace, telecommunications and electronics industry, over 80 professional technical papers and articles, and holds multiple patents. He is the author Radio Communications Receivers, McGraw Hill.
Provides electronic and electrical wire, cable, RF connectors, DSP audio filters, rope, non-conductive guy cables for aerial or tower support; plus sundry aerial related parts.
You will find here some achievements concerning ham radio activity. The majority of the these achievements were the subject of a publication in MEGAHERTZ Magazine, Radio-ref. Magazine or in RadioKit Electronica. All information necessary to the manufacture of an assembly, CAD files, and the software are available. Do not hesitate to contact me for further information.
Rick Curtis, WA6JKH. Heavy duty pickup truck antenna mounts were developed to provide Amateur, CB, and commercial radio operators a very strong, easily installed antenna mount for several types of antennas. Eliminates the need to drill holes in the exterior body of your truck, and will maintain a mounting location optimal for long distance communications.
HF propagation prediction tool for Amateur Radio by Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA
Ham CAP provides a COM/OLE Automation interface that 3-rd party programs can use to start Ham CAP, to set prediction parameters, and to run predictions. In a typical application integrated with Ham CAP the user will right-click on a call sign, and Ham CAP will pop up and display the point-to-point propagation chart. Incredible graphics!
The new Museum is now home to hundreds of receivers and transmitters dating from the spark era up to and including National's first solid state HRO500. Over the years the Museum has evolved to become one of North America's premiere wireless museums. Fred Hammond VE3HC
Develops and distributes technical education curriculum, courseware, and hardware to assist academic institutions, corporations, training centers, and 'self-study' users worldwide.
Microphones, headsets, audio systems & accessories. The Heil PROLINE division brings some new and exciting Heil innovations to the commercial broadcast and recording studio.
Marius Rensen presents his site that specializes in worldwide radio facsimile & SSTV. "The reception of Radio fax, Wefax, Press fax, Photo fax and amateur SSTV radio stations is a child’s play now. Inexpensive software such as WXSat and JVComm32 for sound cards, or JVFAX with a simple converter, connect to a (SSB) radio receiver allows you to receive facsimile services and SSTV from stations all over the world."
Howstuffworks.com - Amateur radio is a worldwide group of people who communicate with each other over a wide frequency spectrum using many different types of wireless transmitting modes.
Makes amateur radio products for use in long & short-range communications, also makes advanced technology products allowing worldwide communication relayed through space satellites owned by amateur organizations & manufactures a series of short-wave receivers used for hobby, industrial and government applications.
An international organization within the United Nations System where governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services.
Develops, manufactures, & sells video on-screen display, DTMF, GPS logging, miscellaneous OEM and standalone products for government agencies, businesses, and hobbyists.
Electronic repairs - Home, auto, DJ and professional audio equipment, transmitters, transposers, repeaters, amplifiers, power supplies, broadcast, amateur (ham) and 2 way communication equipment, computers, servers, network equipment, game systems; test and tune passive RF devices such as filters, duplexers and directional couplers.
RF Cafe Visitor Ham Shack Photos
Thanks to the following people for submitting photos of their setups. I will be glad to add yours to the list.
Microsystems Design Services president and CEO Glen Bankston (K4KV) announces our RC-1 Rotor Control. It is designed to save the amateur radio operator money, and give computer control of many rotor systems. Our new Digital Control Box will work as a direct replacement for the Yaesu Series G-450A, G-800, G-800DXA, G-800SA, G-1000DXA, G2800DXA control box, with digital display and computer control. We also have a model of the RC-1 Digital Control for the Ham II, IV, T2X, Yaesu, CDE, HyGain, Wilson, and many other common antenna rotators
Power cable, interlocked armor, building wire, electronic cables, thermocouple wire, bare wire, UD cable, Bus bar & tube, Special constructions and custom cables.
Telegraph keys, bugs, paddles, and related telegraphic equipment, electronic keyers, keyboards, and keyer-paddles, electronic kits, AMECO keys, oscillators, filters, pre-amps, code training, hand tools, soldering equipment, test equipment, Morse code training, and logging software, electronic parts and components.
Tips, tricks, and modifications of HAM rigs, HAM modems, etc; modifications of many types of HAM radios, microphones, power supplies, modems etc. You can find how to modify a radio to receive and transmit out of range, you can find how to modify a radio to use high speed packet modems, and how to modify the radio/modem to get better performance.
The latest in wireless communications & advanced weather systems for commercial, security, government, & amateur use. Communications systems design, airport ground-to-air communications, weather information systems design, IT hardware support & management, repair & programming of radio transceivers, hydro-meteorological system design, airport weather observation systems (AWOS), export/import consulting services.
The Mt. Airy VHF Radio Club is dedicated to serving the VHF / UHF/ Microwave Amateur Radio community as well as enhancing the state of the art for 50 MHz and above operation.
Products for vacuum tube enthusiasts, guitar players, and repair technicians. We have also added new lines of capacitors, speakers, technician tools (including test equipment and soldering stations), Hammond transformers and enclosures, Duracell batteries, guitar amplifiers, and much more...
Published monthly for the hands-on electronics hobbyist. Our magazine covers the fields of analog and digital circuit projects, relevant and emerging technologies, fundamentals, and thought inspiring features on lasers, data security, supercomputing, near space experiments, micro controllers and more.
"The Ole Virginia Hams is a non-profit Amateur Radio club organized for the educational & scientific study of electronics & communication, and to provide amateur radio communication services for the public."
Project OSCAR started in 1960 and was responsible for the construction of the first Amateur Radio Satellite OSCAR-1, that was successfully launched from Vandenberg AFB in California. OSCAR-1 orbited the earth for 22 days, transmitting the "HI" greeting you see in Morse Code above. Our mission is "To initiate and support activities that promote the Satellite Amateur Radio Hobby". Our primary goal is to reach out and provide logistical support, training and in some cases equipment to amateur radio associations, schools and the public at large.
Members are from countries as far apart as USA, Russia, UK, Japan, Holland, Australia and many, many more; a truly international organisation featuring news, links, technical information, and more.
This place has an incredible collection of useful items that includes video and audio lessons, calculators and articles. Founded in 1998 by Ron Bertrand VK2DQ/4. The Radio and Electronics School is a non profit organisation run by a dedicated group of volunteers from the states of Australia.
A small engineering company specializing in the design and manufacturing of ham radio equipment components, kits, & accessories for both the amateur radio and commercial communications markets.
WB2JKJ is the nation's only fulltime non-profit organization working to get Ham Radio into classrooms around the country as a teaching tool using the EDUCOM program.
Radio communications reference website, featuring a complete frequency database, trunked radio system information, FCC License assignments and callsign maps, 10-Code Lists, agency maps, files, downloads, links, and detailed agency information for most public safety, military, and local government communications.
Consumer electronics specialty retailer of wireless communications, electronic parts, batteries and accessories as well as other digital technology products and services.
Features a wide selection of amateur ham radio equipment, GPS equipment, aviation communications equipment, marine radios, shortwave radios and wide band radio scanners, and CB radios and accessories.
Large inventory for servicing and manufacturing amateur, commercial & broadcast communications equipment including cable, connectors & adapters Heliax coax cable, ARRL & technical books, service & owners manuals, RF modules, transistors, heatsinks, high voltage rectifiers, wattmeters & elements, electronic & coaxial dynamics, coax relays, transmitting tubes, high voltage rectifiers, electron tubes, tube sockets, receiving tubes, and much more.
The CountyLogMobile program is a specialty logging program designed for mobile amateur radio operators. It has been designed to allow quick entry of important information regarding QSOs. The data from this program may be imported into your general logging software. Exports data in the ADIF (Amateur Data Interchange Format) and CSV.
Astronomy magazine - also publishes an annual magazine called SkyWatch as well as books, star atlases, posters, prints, globes, and other fine astronomy products.
Software company producing tools for predicting radio propagation. IONSOUND is a very sophisticated ionospheric propagation predictions program for frequencies between 1.8 MHz and 30 MHz. Geographical regions are chosen from the TX and RX location menus.
Offers a broad spectrum of custom software development services in a wide variety of fields including radio communications, process control, imaging, astronomy, data acquisition & analysis.
High performance professional audio and communications equipment, hardwired & wireless inter-communications products including microphones, amplifiers and loudspeakers.
Designs and manufactures transmitter and receiver multicoupler systems, duplexers, resonant cavity filters, signal boosters, tower-mounted preamplifiers, and many other specialized RF system products.
Amateur and shortwave radio equipment, antennas and accessories, scanners, CB, FRS, GPS and weather instruments, also offers an excellent selection of radio related books.
Amateur Radio Station Monitoring System with computer interface which now includes Audio Announcing for RF power, SWR, and DC monitoring using remote sensors for local or remote operations. Personalized graphic display.
Weather Stations for amateur weather enthusiasts, pilots, and ham radio operators. Featuring Davis Instruments, La Crosse Technology, and Nielsen-Kellerman, we carry a wide variety of cabled and wireless weather stations, wireless rain gauges, weather alert radios, and radio controlled clocks.
Especially useful to those who visit our site is our Weather Station Education Center, a non-commercial and comprehensive guide to weather measurement equipment; how they work, what applications they're used in, and how they should be set up
RF transistors, resistors, Teflon wire, diodes, solder, fans, silver mica capacitors, vacuum and ceramic tubes and much much more for CB, Amateur and Antique Radios.
We meet and help others without asking for anything in return. Courses do cost money, so we only charge what it costs us and don't ask silly prices. The Training Center is located in Wyke Regis, between Weymouth and Portland in Dorset UK and is open to anyone who is interested in the hobby of amateur radio. For those in the area, it is the place to come to learn, meet other radio amateurs and attend a course if you want to.
Note: Numbers shown are NOT total page views; they are unique IP addresses for each 24-hour period (i.e., unique visitors). Typical page view counts are at least twice the reported unique visitor number.
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