Links
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Amateur Radio Sites
AC6V Have a question about any facet of amateur radio? Here's the first place to look.
ARRL American Radio and Relay League is our political voice. Every amateur should belong.
BAMA Own a boat anchor and need a manual? This is the place!
cebik.com L. B. Cebik's, W4RNL, antenna site for the technically inspired.
CQ Ham This Russian site has a ton of owners and repair manuals.
eham.net One of the best "elmer" sites on the internet.
EZNEC This is where to download Roy Lewallen's, W7EL, famous software.
Electronic Labs Looking for an amateur radio or electronics project? This is the place!
Famous Amateurs Have you worked any of these famous people?
Ham Kits By Bob Lewis, AA4PB, include an Icom to SGC auto-coupler interface.
KB2LJJ If you need a manual or schematic, this is the first place to try. Through the efforts of Joao Ribeiro, the material is free, but if you visit often, send some money his way.
K6MHE Danny Richardson's VHF mobile antenna modeling article (in pdf) is a must read especially for those folks into playing the VHF Gain Game.
K7PEH, Phil Hystad One of the best home brew wizards.
W8JYZ If you're into collecting QSL cards, you might want to look at Bob Greens site.
KG4NBL, Gene Buechner If you're an over the road driver, this is one site you need to visit.
KA6WKE, Mark Schoonover Great Mobile related blog.
NØHR Looking for PDA logging software, or detailed information on every facet of amateur radio? Here it is!
N4KC If you're a reader, and into amateur radio fiction, this is the site!
N6FN Bernie Lafreniere's Nifty Accessories publishes Mini-Manuals for just about every mobile radio there is, along with a bunch of, well, nifty accessories.
N9ZIA, Joe Loritz On-line analysis and conversion software for every application.
PA3DUV, Dick Knol One of the most powerful mobile installations you'll ever see.
QRZ This is a first-class amateur site and has one of the largest international callsign databases available anywhere.
Radioing If you want a straight-forward explanation of RFI, EMI, EMC, EME or a host of other amateur radio-related jargon, this is the site.
Radio Room Interesting personal web site of Gene Brewer, KI6LO. It is a good mixture of design, organization, and scripting.
RF Noise Identification If you're plagued by RF noise, this is the site for you. Samples of RF noises are posted in MP3 format.
Thiecom This is a German site, but has a listing for user and maintenance manuals on a variety of amateur equipment. Look for FTP archive in left frame.
VE3EDY Interesting variation of the screwdriver antenna. For more information, send Larry Parker an e-mail.
VE6AB, Jerry Clement Learn how the Canadians do it.
WØUN, John Brosnahan A DX and contesters dream.
W1AW, ARRL, Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station
W4RNL Mr. Cebik's site is a valuable resource for those who want a better understanding of how antennas work, don't work, and why.
W7FG If you need a manual and can't find it anywhere else, look here. Prices vary from $7 up.
W8JI Tom Rauch's site contains a host of technical information of interest to all amateurs.
W8JYZ If you're a nostalgia buff, and like old QSL cards, this is THE place!
Yaesu FT857 Users group.
Helpful Hints
How to build a mast Mike Brueggemann, K5LXP Home Brew HF mobile mast.
Safety Related Sites
National Crash Statistics All you ever wanted to know about crash statistics, including those caused by Telematics distraction.
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Suppliers
Alinco A supplier of mobile HF, VHF, and UHF transceivers.
Amidon Associates A leading supplier of cores, split beads, rods and other assorted ferrite materials.
Array Solutions While just not a mobile products supplier, they do market one of the best heavy duty mobile mounts money can buy.
Breedlove Machine Shop Besides making a very stout, all brass ballmounts and all brass quick disconnects, Jerry Breedlove will do custom designed machining of all kinds.
DX Engineering This is the place to purchase tophats, ununs, and baluns for every occasion.
Fair-Rite The site for technical information on any type of ferrite material.
Fastenal Looking for lugs, connectors, wire, splices, fuses, and hand tools? Then look here.
Gamber-Johnson Custom mobile mounting hardware designed for specific vehicles. These ultimate mounts come with a premium price to go along with the top-fight quality.
Geo Tool They make the strongest stake hole mount available. It comes in several different styles and models for all most every pickup on the market.
Havis These folks make specialized radio mounts.
Heil Sound Heil supplies microphones and headset to fit every popular mobile radio, including a custom one designed especially for the Icom series.
HiQ The best screwdriver antennas available. They're built expensively and worth every penny.
Icom Icom America's amateur web site.
Jotto Desk These folks make specialized radio mounts.
Kenwood Kenwood USA's web site.
MFJ If MFJ doesn't make it, you probably don't need it.
Ocean State Electronics If you're building an antenna coupler, here's where to go.
Palomar Engineers A leading supplier of ferrite cores, split beads, and balun kits.
P.C. Electronics Leading supplier of Amateur fast-scan TV equipment.
Ram Mounts Universal, mobile radio mounting hardware.
Rep Design Screwdriver mounts, and antenna accessories by Richard Post, N7EMW
RF Parts If it's tubes or transistors, they have them.
Sauder Electronics Need a weird coax connector, or rare antenna part? This is the place! They stock 3/8x24 antenna ferrules in three different sizes.
SGC The leading manufacturer of auto couplers, and the World's best mobile amp.
Small Parts If you're a home brewer, you need to visit this site.
Sunset Enterprises Stocking distributor for Cablematic UT8000 and other coax stripping tools.
Surplus Sales of Nebraska A leading supplier of split beads, and lots of military surplus of interest to amateurs.
TecraTools If you want the best quality hand tools, this is the place.
TenTec One of the few American companies manufacturing amateur transceivers.
Vintage Manuals If you need a manual for any electronic device, this is the first place to look.
Yaesu Vertex Standard's US web site.