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My Web Pages

WAØKS Call Sign & QSL Address Database
Year 2000 Kansas QSO Party
Johnson County ARES (Frank Neal is webmaster, I just help)
Johnson County ECS (RACES)

Kansas Skeet Shooting Association

Table of Contents

APRS
ARES/RACES, Emergency Preparedness
ARRL Related
Awards
Callbooks
Clubs and Organizations
Contesting
DX
Hamfests
Packet
PSK-31
Public Service
QRP
QSLing
Reflectors and Mailing Lists
RTTY
Satellite
Software
SSTV/ATV
Vendors
Weather
WeatherNode (EMWIN)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRS

APRS Elmers : People in your area offering to help U with APRS.

Building an APRS Tracker : How to make an APRS GPS tracker

Kansas City APRS" : Whats happening in the central USA

javAPRS : FTP javAPRS from TAPR's site

TAPR Homepage : The Tuscon Amateur Packet Radio Homepage

TAPR/ARRL : Describes the upcoming TAPR/AARL digital conference

MIC-E : Using GPS on any radio

Search Altavista : Queries for more APRS using the query "+aprs +radio"

APRS VISION SYSTEM (AVS) : A low resolution video capability for APRS robotics

APRS documentation : Documentation on DOS APRS.

NATIONWIDE APRS DIGIpeaters : A display of known sites.

NATIONWIDE HF GATES : All known HF => VHF gateways.

NATIONWIDE WEATHER STATIONS : All known APRS WX Stations

DOWNLOAD APRS : Get the APRSxxx.zip file and the latest Xmapxx.zip file for your area. Then be sure to use PKUNZIP -d when you unzip these files into your APRS directory.

ARES/RACES, Emergency Preparedness

• ARES/RACES Contacts by State
• FEMA
• National Capital ARES Council (NCAC)
• National RACES Homepage (Comprehensive links page)
• Public Service Communications Manual (ARRL)
• RACES Links by State

ARRL Related

• ARRL
• ARRL - Midwest Division
• ARRL - Kansas Section
• The ARRL Letter
• Latest ARRL Bulletins From W1AW

Awards

• ARRL Awards Program
• Canadian Awards
• Canadian Islands Award
• The County Hunter Web
• List of Awards for Amateur Radio Operators
• "CQ Amateur Radio" magazine WAZ Awards
• Polish HAM Awards
• Short Term Awards - K1BV's DX Award Page
• South African Radio League Awards

Callbooks

• WAØKS Call Sign & QSL Address
• The QRZ Daily FCC Report
• CallBook Server (CBS) Summary (FCC Daily Activity)
• CallBook Server (CBS)
• FCC Interactive Vanity Call Sign Application
• QRZ
• University of Arkansas
• Buckmaster World Wide HamCall(tm) Server
• FCC Transaction Lookup
• Yahoo: Callsign Servers

Contests and Contest Calendars

• Year 2000 Kansas QSO Party
• Bavarian Contest Club
• Contest calendar by LA9HW
• Contest calendar by SM3CER
• Contest calendar by WA7BNM
• Contest calendar by WA7BNM - thesame as above) but loacted on K1DWU site
• Contest links by Yankee Clipper Contest Club
• Contesting Information by ARRL Contest Branch
• Contesting On-line
• CQ Contest home page
• Ilmenauer Contest Club DF0HQ
• International Contesters Union
• KA9FOX Web Site for Contesters and DXers
• National Contest Journal
• The National Weather Service is sponsoring an amateur radio special event on November 27, 1999
• NG3K Amateur Radio Contest/DX Page
• RTTY Contest Calendar by LA9HW
• SSTV Contest - calendar and rules by ON5VT
• Upcoming contest by Brantford Amateur Radio Club

DX Clubs

• Arkansas DX Association
• Belgian DXpedition Committee
• Central Arizona DX Association
• Clipperton DX Club
• Dateline DX Association
• DXA - DX Antwerp SWL club
• Florida DXPedition Group
• Frankford Radio Club
• GACW - Grupo Argentino de CW
• German DX Foundation
• Lone Star DX Association
• Magnolia DX Association
• North Jersey DX Association
• Northern California DX Foundation, Inc.
• Northern Ohio DX Association
• Northern Portugal DX Group.
• OKDX Club
• Puerto Rico DX Club
• Rhein Ruhr DX Association
• South Sandwich Island DX Group
• Voodoo Contest Group - wonderful site
• Yankee Clipper Contest Group - also great source of information for DXers

DXpeditions

• 1AØKM online logs for 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1998 operations.
• 3D2DX - August 29 - September 24, 1998 (Routuma Is. and Fiji) - one more expedition of Roberto EA4DX
• 5V7A - 1998 CQ World-Wide CW DX Contest DXpedition To Togo, West Africa
• 8Q7AA DXpedition (January 1998)
• 8Q7IO and 8Q7IO DXpedition (October - November 1998). Big DXpedition of OMs and YLs.
• 8Q7XX (September 9th - 21st, 1997)
• 9MØC - Spratly 1998
• A61AJ
• BI5P, DXpedition to Pingtan Island (ended on August 17, 1998).
• BS7H - Site of the last DXpedition (expedition log) to the Scarborough Reef
• CY9AA - St. Paul Island, DXpedition Site (June 26 - July 3, 1997)
• E3 - Space A DXpedition Gruop expedition to Eritrea, November 5- 57, 1998.
• ET3AA - September 18-27, 1998 - expedition of English HAMs
• FG5BG - 1998 CQ WW DX SSB Contest DXpedition by members of the Southern California DX Club
• Willis and Futuna (FW DXpedition by Cederic HB9HFN. It will take place in february/march 1999.
• G3VMW site with lots of info about DXpeditions (5V7A'98, 6Y5'98, 9G'97 etc.)
• H4ØAA DXpedition
• HB9HFN home page - with info about his Dxpedition as 4X/HB9HFN, A35FN and 5W0FN
• Heard Island Expedition
• JA7DFA/LA7DFA (Jan Mayen) page
• N2OO&KF2BQ site (info about Bob's N2OO DXpeditions)
• FT5ZH (Amsterdam Is.) - November 27 - December 23, 1998
• V26B - October 1998 DXpedition to Antigua (also many other individual calls)
• Willis Island DXpedition (September 11-23, 1997), VK9W
• St. Paul and Sable Island DXpeditions by Duane WV2B
  and another site about his expeditions (located on qsl.net)
• SM7PKK DXpedition Site
• VP8CRB Falklands DXpedition (1999) by K4QD
• XZ1N - Myanmar DXpedition by CADXA, November 21 - December 6, 1998
• Z2/N9YXA DXPedition Site
• Web site of Bob ZL1RS with info about his recent ZL8RS Kermadec operation
• ZL9CI - Campbell Island (January 1999).

DX info, DX bulletins and other places for DXers

• Current solar images
• Curent solar data - the 150-Foot Solar Tower Current Selected Data
• The Daily DX Home Page
• DX Hound's World
• DX News and Calendar (IK4LZH)
• DX Notebook - Really great site - check it!
• The DX Place - editors of "The DX Magazine"
• DX Photo Gallery by W3HC
• DX Stuff (NG3K)
• DXCC Excel Spreadsheet by EA6VQ
• DXer.Com (so many info...)
• HAM and DX Reference Guide by AC6V
• NG3K Amateur Radio Contest/DX Page
• OH2AQ WebCluster
• Pacific super station KH7R - nice photos
• PacketClusters (tm) via Telnet
• Propagation Forecast by AD5Q (NG3K page)
• Propagation info site - also a great one
• United States Insular Areas and Freely Associated States (it is not HAM radio site but contains interesting informations about such places like: Navassa, Guam, Palmyra, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands etc.)
• Who is who on 160 meters - great page by VK2ICV

Hamfests and Other Events

• World Wide HAMFEST Page
• Hamfest and Convention Calendar (from ARRL)
• Yahoo: Amateur/Ham Radio Events

Packet

• Digital Communications Virtual Library
• G4PDQ'S WWW pages with G4PDQ's PacketClusterT routines
• The Kitchener Waterloo Amateur Radio Club (many packet links and info)
• PA3FUA's page with packet info
• PacComm Packet Radio Systems (including amateur products)
• Packet Radio Home Page (great number of info and links)
• Packet Radio programs
• SEDAN - System Node Operators by G. E. "Buck" Rogers Sr; K4ABT - really great PACKET site
• TAPR (Tuscon Amateur Packet Radio)
• Western Australian Amateur Digital Communications Association Inc.

PSK-31

• Official PSK-31 Home Page
• PSK-31 Recomended Frequencies

Public Service

• Kansas City Public Service Opportunities

QSLing

• QSL'ing Tips -- Includes Return Postage Recommendations -- by K4UJ and K4WA
• DX QSL'ing Primer -- All About QSLing -- From K7ON's Fine Pages
• DX QSL'ing Primer -- QSLing for Maximum Returns -- by Kerry VK4MZ
• SUCCESSFUL QSLING -- By Jan O'Brien, K6HHD Via K6ICS
• QSLing -- Tips & Advice -- From The DX Reflector
• QSLing Short Wave Listeners -- From The DX Reflector
• WHAT"S AN IRC ???? -- Since a Green Stamp is a US Dollar
• IRC's TIPS AND ADVISE -- What are they worth??
• INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE STAMPS -- Return stamps from the DX country of origin, Air/Plain mailing envelopes, rubber stamps.
• World Wide Postal Rates From Markus Seitz
• Calculator for US Postal Rates for Overseas Mail
• Postal Rates -- US & International Rates

QRP

• Berlin QRP Group
• Colorado QRP Club
• Durhamradio (Canada) - seller of Ramsey QRP Kits
• G-QRP-Club
• Internet QRP Club
• KANGA (manufacturer of QRP equipment)
• Michigan QRP Club
• QRP Clubs database
• QRP WORLD
• SP-QRP-Club
• Whiterook Products Company (manufacturer of QRP equipment, great pocket mini-paddles, isulators and many others, also great number of links to QRP websites)

RTTY

• RTTY.com - website dedicated to Amateur Radio Teletypewriter Hobbyists and Enthusiasts - really great source of RTTY related information
• 3905 Century Club RTTY Net Information
• ANARTS - Australian RTTY Society
• BARTG - British RTTY Group
• The New RTTY Journal
• RTTY Contest Calendar by LA9HW
• RTTY Info (WF1B page)
• RTTY Info (N1RCT page - source of many RTTY information)
• RTTY Loop Home Page
• Scandinavian Amateur Radio Teleprinter Group (SARTG)
• Troy Amateur Radio Association - source of RTTY info; TARA is the organizer of well-known TARA RTTY Contest

Satellite

MIREX Live Packet Downlink from Spacestation MIR.

SAREX (STS-78) Ground station posits relayed through SAREX

SPRE experiment (STS-72) Using the World and USA detail maps

Errors of GPS satellites as seen in Annapolis

BALLOON-SATS : Balloon payloads as cheap satellite demonstrations

TRAKNET: Using the PACSATS for 2m Mobile comms.

METEOR Scatter: APRS the perfect tool

SSTV/ATV

• ON4VT - SSTV page, home of "Picture DX Bulletin"
• ATV/SSTV - (VE4TV)
• ATV in Central Ohio
• ATV Info (Switzerland)
• G0TUK/G6ELD SSTV home page
• G4IJE SSTV home page
• HB9HFX SSTV Homepage
• KD4JGV - ATV in Eastern Tennessee
• OZ9AU - SSTV page
• SSTV software links
• SSTV Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting
• VE4TV - ATV/SSTV page
• VK4GO - SSTV page

Software

• CT by K1EA - The Ultimate Contest Software
• DTSoftware - The Ham Radio Logbook
• DXbase Logging Software
• DX4WIN Logging Software
• EasyLog
• EI5DI - SD (Super-Duper) Contest Logger
• GeoClock software
• G0OAN - Amateur Radio Software Archive, Ham Radio software for Macintosh
• The GOLIST - QSL manager list
• Java Ham Radio Page
• K4HAV's Amateur Radio 10-X Software
• LOGic (Personal Database Applications)
• OH2GI-HAM SYSTEM V6.1
• PROLOG By Datamatrix
• RTTY software by WF1B
• SimTel.Net Index: hamradio - source of many HAM software (justclick to download)
• SSTV Software Selection Guide
• SWISSLOG
• TR Log - well-known contest log by N6TR
• W95SSTV for Windows 95
• Windows logging software for the serious and casual DXer
• WriteLog for Windows
• XMLog
• XPWare Communications Software

Vendors

• Alinco
• Alpha Delta
• Amateur Electronic Supply
• Amateur Radio Supply
• Ameritron
• Arrow Antenna
• Astron
• Bencher
• Comet Antenna
• Copper Electronics, Inc.
• CUBEX
• Cushcraft
• Diamond Antenna
• Drake
• DX System Radio
• EleCraft - QRP equipment manufacturer
• Force 12 Antennas
• Gap Antenna
• Ham Radio Outlet
• Heil Sound
• Hy-Gain
• Icom America, Inc.
• International Radio
• Kantronics
• Kachina Communications.Inc.
• Kenwood
• Maha
• Max-Gain Systems, Inc.
• MFJ Enterprises, Inc.
• Mirage
• Motorola
• Patcomm Corporation
• The Radio Works
• Raibeam Antennas International
• Ramsey
• SGC
• Shoestring Antennas
• Sommer Antennas
• Speed-X Keys
• Standard Amateur Radio Products
• Ten-Tec
• Titanex
• Travel Antennas
• Vibroplex
• W5YI
• W9XT Contest Cards
• Whiterook Products Company - QRP equipment manufacturer
• Wilderness Radio - seller of QRP equipment
• Yaesu
• Yahoo: Amateur/Ham Radio Companies
• ZJ Electronics - low band receive antennas
• ZX Yagi - antennas & supplies

Weather

• NOAA - Storm Spotter's Guide
• National Weather Service
• FEMA - Winter Storms Update Center
• The Weather Channel
• USA Today Weather
• W4EHW (amateur radio station @ National Hurricane Center)
• MSNBC Radar Image from MCI

WeatherNode, Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN)

• Official NWS EMWIN Program Site
• WeatherNode
• SkyWalker Data Systems (SkyWin)
• Zephyrus Electronics
• Transmitted EMWIN Data