LINKS TO GOOD SITES

 

LOG IN www.qrz.com/

CHECK CALL SIGNS www.qrz.com/callsign

ARRL www.arrl.org

RSGB www.rsgb.org/

IRLP NODES www.irlp.net/

PAKET RADIO www.tapr.org/packetradio.html

APRS www.aprs.net/

AMATEUR RADIO ON YOUR PC www.hamsphere.com

Contest calendar www.dxzone.com/catalog/DX_Resources/Contest/

12 month calendar http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=238

 

DXCC COUNTRY LIST www.425dxn.org/dxcc/dxccmain.html

 

Ham Radio Islands / IOTA directory. Islands on the air www.n0hr.com/hamradio/165/10/ham_radio0.htm

 

 

 

 

EVENTS:

The 54th Jamboree On The Air will take place on 15 and 16 October 2011

http://scout.org/en/information_events/events/jota/the_54th_jota_2011

 

 

Ham radio a calling for club aboard the USS Hornet Updated: 07/14/2011 01:52:36 PM PDT

Jon Pszenitzki confirms the USS Hornet Amateur Radio Club's signal call number aboard the USS Hornet on Friday, July 9, 2011, in Alameda, Calif. Step along a pier at Alameda Point and look up at the USS Hornet and you might think those antennas attached to the "Island" -- the tower where the captain once helmed the aircraft carrier before it became a floating museum -- were just gathering rust.

But as with other parts of the vintage ship, volunteers have painstakingly restored the spiky metal network, sparking the antennae back to life.

Today, the antennae are put to use by the Hornet Amateur Radio Club, which broadcasts each month from the ship. Radio operators around the world can pick up "NB6G3," the club's signal.

"It's a hobby that attracts a lot of interest," said Ken Fowler, who helped found the club nine years ago. "We have about 40 members and I'd say about 15 of those are active."

Amateur radio operators must be government-licensed and can only communicate with other ham operators. While operators study and use the frequencies as a hobby, they can go live during an emergency to help with rescue efforts. Only it's happening in real time," the 73-year-old El Sobrante resident.

 

 

Along with the traditional dials, switches and microphones, ham operators now use computers, logging into programs that flash radio call signs and other information across their desktops. Some also still use Morse code, tapping out messages echoing some of the earliest electronic communication, Fowler said.

Fowler compared taking part in amateur radio to sending emails or text messages.

SEE more on web page:

http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_18477945