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This Solar Activity Monitor by N3KL is nice and simple. | ||||
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Solar and terrestrial data are found at www.hamqsl.com | ||||
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Operating Practice. This page by ON4WW is a must read guide for all new and old operators. It contains hints, tips and tricks for newcomers as well as old-timers. Additionally there are VHF/UHF operational matters, DX cluster ethics, cops, conflict situations, and more. | ||||
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HAM UL by
S52JK and Google Maps.
QTH Locator to Map. Type in any QTH locator to view the location on Google maps. You can zoom in or out as you please. The map lay-out has several options: Map (as shown to the left), Satellite, and Hybrid. By clicking the link, you will find my locator JO46GI on the map. Map to QTH locator. You can convert any location into QTH locator by choosing "Map" and then drag the map until the location is inside the yellow rectangle. The QTH locator is now displayed at the left side of the page and on the map (upper left corner). |
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My preferred site for DX and contest information. I use the site for searching QSL-info. I subscribe to the weekly bulletin. | ||||
| One of my frequently used sources for contest info. | |||||
| Bill's excellent site collects announced DX operations and has info on CIS prefixes/suffixes and a fine link collection. | |||||
| DX Summit is my preferred site for DX spotting. All sorts of ham stations are reported, even the not-so-rare ones. | |||||
| K3WWP's site is a goldmine for the QRP and CW enthusiast. John has made at least one QRP contact a day during more than 13 years! | |||||
| Slovakian site for QRP DX. Nice pics. | |||||
| See what Corbett in Ohio has accomplished using a Heathkit HW-8 connected to an indoor antenna! | |||||
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I'm member #9071 of the G-QRP Club. The club's site provides useful info. However, their magazine SPRAT and their award program have my main interest. | ||||
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I'm member #36222 of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. Their newsletter is The AMSAT Journal and they run a highly recommended website. AMSAT hosts a bulletin board, where satellite related questions are discussed. The danish branch is AMSAT-OZ. I recommend visiting AMSAT-SM (in Swedish), AMSAT-UK (based in the United Kingdom), and AMSAT-DL (in German and English; the site contains the latest news on P3E). | ||||
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I'm member #14648 of the national danish radio amateur association "Eksperimenterende Danske Radioamatører". Their homepage is written in danish except for some pages in english describing danish and greenlandic awards. | ||||
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Wilderness Radio in California produces high quality kits. I bought my Sierra from them. Their website contains info on other models as well. | ||||
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The QRP-debate on eHam.net includes many interesting points of view - both pro and contra QRP. There are more than 50 contributions so far in the debate on Your experiences with QRP | ||||
| QRP, the saving grace of amateur radio? is another interesting debate from eHam.net. | |||||
| Article by N1FN, Marshall G. Emm. Read about "QRP isn't much of a handicap" and "The QRP Culture". | |||||
| W9KNI, Bob Locher
(author of "The Complete DX'er") describes in this article from "CQ Magazine"
his experience with QRP. He has worked 281 countries using Elecraft K2
and a tri-band beam at 65 feet.
Note: Bob has informed me, that his score with the barefoot K2 is now up to 304 countries as per November 1st, 2002. |
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QRZ.COM is one of my frequently used links for finding the address of a ham. | ||||
| I also use this site for callsign lookup. | |||||
| Sierra page by G3VGR | Page describing the Sierra owned by Dave, G3VGR. | ||||
| The DXCC page by ARRL. You can find a list of current entities valid for DXCC. | |||||
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This page list the rules for the QRP DXCC award from ARRL. | ||||
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WM7D's Solar Resource Page provides useful information on solar flux and sunspot numbers. Graphs display the A and K index history. | ||||
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Farospage by ON5AU is a real-time NCDXF/IARU beacon monitoring site located in Belgium. 18 beacons around the world are monitored using a 5-band vertical dipole. There are links to similar monitoring sites in Sweden and Japan. | ||||
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DX-Central contains statistics on active countries and zones. You can subscribe to e-mail alerts specific to DXCC-countries or continents. | ||||
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CQ Amateur Radio runs an award program, where I currently focus on the WAZ award. You can read my WAZ status here. | ||||
| This Norwegian QRP page has a lot to offer. I like the short stories about working New Zealand og Antarctica. | |||||
 | The Art & Skill of Radio Telegraphy is a 241 page PDF document (free download). This book is recommended reading if you are interested in learning the morse code or advancing your cw speed. | ||||
 | Southgate Amateur Radio Club runs this nice homepage. It contains news, mainly on space and satellites. It also covers ham events of all kind. Updated several times a week. Highly recommended! | ||||
 | Kuhne Electronic is a German company manufacturing and selling microwave components of premium quality. | ||||
 | SSB-Electronic GmbH manufactures and sells microwave components of premium quality. | ||||
 | Brugtgrej.dk is an on-line marketplace for new and used equipment of all kind. The section on Ham radio is popular among Scandinavian radio amateurs. The language is Danish. | ||||
 | Meeting People with Ham Radios touches
a bit on the overview of ham radios, and then goes into organizations,
conventions, and social media sites that help bring hams
together. The page finishes off with etiquette, and lingo which is
great for someone starting off learning about ham radios. | ||||
 | Radio Study Guides points you to many different resources. Useful when preparing your radio exam. | ||||
 | The DX Code of Conduct is a set of rules that makes life easier for every DX'er. | ||||
 | SM0DTK Martin runs a nice homepage
where he describes memorable DX contacts and displays rare QSL
cards. Numerous HF antennas are sketched, and all of them have been
tested on the air. Martin has worked all countries on the DXCC list.
His homepage is certainly worth a visit! | ||||
 | The History of the Telegraph - Communication at its Best! is a fine link collection. You can learn more on 100 years of morse code, study the bio of Samuel F. B. Morse, and much more. Thanks to Samantha of "Brighter Futures Charter School" in California who suggested this link. |
