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Build A Magnetic Loop  ^pop - Documents and schema on how to build a Magnetic Loop Antenna fo 80/30 mtrs

Antennas : theory and designs - Thierry LOMBRY, ON4SKY, develops in several long articles all you need to know about antennas, their design and performance, for both amateurs and SWL

Japanese Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society (JARTS) - The biggest RTTY/PSK31 club in Japan includes info on JARTS RTTY Contest

JW/CT1BWW - Arctic Circle Amateur Radio Adventure "SVALBARD DX-pedition". A Norwegian and Portuguese Polar Circle Amateur Radio operation.

Whitton Amateur Radio Group - If you find yourself in London then please do visit. The club operates a HF station with the call sign GX0MIN, Friday evenings. We have held the contest call sign M2W since 2000, and regularly participate in HF contests. CQWW SSB is a favourite and the group has operated the October event from Whitton using M2W and from DX locations during the years, with the calls 9H0WW, ZC4DX, C56DX, A45ZN.

Michigan Amateur Radio Alliance - We publish a quarterly newsletter, hold Field Day,Public service events and still provide Morse Code classes on our repeater W8USA 145.230

Northland Amateur Radio Association - Amateur Radio club for International Falls and surrounding area.

L.A.R.K. Swapmeet - Swapmeet 1 st. Sunday of each month, rain or shine 7-11:30 AM. PST/PDST. Physical location is Las Positas Collage, 3033 Collier Canyon Road, Livermore, California. Free admission and parking for buyers/lookers. Restrooms & food/refreshments are available. Talk-in: local repeater 147.120 (+) PL100, monitored during swap hours. **Registration for sellers starts around 6 AM. with set-up 7 AM.+ ** This major swap event has been on-going for 10 years with positive results. Run by club volunteers & sponsored by the Livermore Amateur Radio Klub (LARK). Visual diriving map assistance please see event URL http://www.livermoreark.org/swap/swap,html

Hampton Police & Fire Dept - Live dispatch audio from the Hampton Police and Fire Department by www.hrconnect.com

Grumpy's Communications - Dealer for Charles Gizmotchy Beam Antennas

QSLing and award chasing by ON4SKY - In his back office section, ON4SKY, initiates in a few articles the beginners in the art of QSLing and award chasing.

How To Get An Amateur Radio License - Provides complete information about how to get a technician-level ham radio license.

How to select an amplifier - Thierry LOMBRY, ON4SKY, develops in three long articles all you need to know about amplification, and how to seletc an HF and a solid-state amplifier, with pictures.

How to select a transceiver - Thierry LOMBRY, ON4SKY, develops in several technical articles the way to select a transceiver. His website includes also some in-depth reviews

Tropospheric Ducting Forecast - William Hepburn's Daily Tropospheric Ducting Forecast.

Basics of Propagation by ON4SKY - Thierry LOMBRY, ON4SKY, develops in several long articles the bascis of propagation. His website includes also a French section dealing with auroras.

Put Your Scanner Online - how to - This tutorial explain how to put your radio feed streaming on the internet using MS windows media encoder.

1st Electronics International - Distributor of discounted parts for radio projects. Search a database of +1 million parts.

AnyMHz.com - Low cost parts store, electronic components, ham radio accessories.

Smith chart calculator - linSmith is a Smith Charting program, mainly designed for educational use. It allows defining multiple load impedances (different frequencies), and adding components (discrete components and line sections) in series and parallel. It plots the impedances on the screen, shows the values in table format, and is able to generate publication quality Postscript output.

Palm Globe - A World Globe for Palm OS - Displays one hemisphere of the earth from any location. Can also display the greyline, and measure the distance between two points on the globe. It does not do a great circle projection.

SSTV32 Slow Scan for Windows - SLow scan software that runs in Windows 95 and up (32 bit), this app uses the sound cart and is loaded with functions and operator modes.

EarthTime - This program graphically shows world time zones and their corresponding times. Just tap on the map to see the time in that part of the world. A list of three cities at the bottom of the screen can be customized to any city from the list provided. This list can also be updated using a PC program provided.

Defpom's CB Radio Simulator - It is a application which can be used for troubleshooting CB radio faults, by giving a graphical display of the normal operating frequencies generated by various parts of the CB radios circuits, it can help you identify if a frequency is incorrect or even missing. Another good use for this software is simulating possible frequency expansions, as it allows you to choose any frequency that the PLL is capable of generating, so you can see what the radio will allow you to get !

K8TM Articles - This publications page lists articles on surface mount devices, amateur radio, soldering, shunts, and measuring large direct currents.