other programs like hams

The Double Bazooka Antenna - The Double Bazooka Dipole is a very efficient single band antenna which is very quite, and does not require the use of a balun. This antenna consists of coax (RG58) or other 50 ohm type with the shield split at the center and the feedline attached to the open ends

End-Fed Halfwave Antenna  ^pop - The end-fed halfwave antenna is a resonant half wavelength long antenna like a dipole antenna except for it is fed at its end rather then in the center. This antenna is as old as radio and is probably best known as the Zepp Antenna

Antenna Modeling Files - A collections of antenna models submitted to arrl and can be used with NEC-4 or Yagi Optimizer modeling programs

K5ZD contest audio recordings - Have you ever wanted to listen in on a serious SO2R DX contest effort? hear what the low bands sound like from New England? enjoy a contest without having access to a radio? This is your chance!

PY1LEO - Leonardo - ham radio,antennas,satelites,rtty,cw,packet,forum,my blog,and other aplication ham radio

N0TWP Amateur Radio Page Priority listing - This Ham site was built in hope's to help others in searching for related ham stuff and meeting other Ham operators

Recording of DX and other signals on 160 meters - Topband and DX recordings and sound files on 160 meters band

Otto engineering - Otto engineering is comprised of two divisions otto controls and otto communications. otto controls designs and manufactures a full line of switches and grips used in heavy equipment, aerospace, marine, medical and other demanding applications. otto communications designs and manufactures audio accessories for two-way radios used in public safety, police, fire, retail, hospitality manufacturing and other markets.

SoftRock-40 - The SoftRock-40 is a small, low-cost, good-performing "software defined radio" receiver that plugs into a computer USB port and delivers I-Q audio signals to the computer's sound card. It was designed by Tony Parks, KB9YIG and Bill Tracey, KD5TFD as an "SDR sampler project" for hams everywhere to easily try out software defined radio.

What is QRP - To those new to the hobby of Amateur Radio, hearing the term QRP often raises questions: What is QRP? Why do some hams choose to operate QRP? How can I operate QRP? These are good questions, and all are worth asking. This article will attempt to answer these questions. by William Eric McFadden

SKCC Group - A group of hams decided to make those wishes come true and founded the Straight Key Century Club - a/k/a SKCC.

G4ILO Receiving weather satellites - If you are interested in the environment, the weather and other natural phenomena then there is something magical about being able to see pictures of the earth from space just as it is right this minute. One way you can do this is by receiving images from weather satellites.

OH6KTR Icom IC-706 Resources - Mods, memory master programs for ICOM IC-706 by OH6KTR

Kenwood TS2000 Adjustments & Mods - Another yahoo! group about modifications and trick for Kenwood TS-20000 transceiver

Køemt's FT-817 QRP portable station - Transporting Yaesu FT-817 along with antennas and other accessories.

Yaesu FT-857 serial cable - Here is a serial control (CAT) cable that plugs into the FT-857's microphone jack, freeing the CAT/Linear jack for other purposes.

W4ZT Modifications for the Kenwood TH-F6A - Extended transmit for TH-F6A and other mods

KB2lJJ radio mods TH-G71A and TH-F6A - Another page dedicated to TH-F6A modifications

Yaesu VX-150 specifications - Another complete technical specification page about Yaesu VX-150

VX-5R Yahoo group - Another Yeasu VX-5R Group and other HT's

Yaesu vx5r specs - Yet another VX-5R technical specification page

Ham Gear - Ham Radio T-Shirts, Caps, Mousepads, also vintage designs! Designs include logos from Amperex, Collins, Eico, Eimac, Gonset, Hallicrafters, Hammarlund, Heathkit, Johnson, Knight, Mars, National, Swan, Skywarn and others.

Recovering parts from surplus - What electronic parts you can recover from PC monitor, VCR, CD-ROM, FDD, HDD , Laptop, Motherboard, SmartCard reader or Printer

Broadband news : another bpl trial dropped - The company trialing the technology has decided BPL was not "commercially deployable," and has instead decided to focus on wireless mesh networking in the region

Howstuffworks: BPL - Another general tutorial on BPL