Last Modified: May 6, 2013
Links listed herein are for your convenience. They are not endorsements, and no warranties are expressed or implied.
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 (sk), antenna site for the technically inspired, and registration is free.
CQ Ham This Russian site has a ton of owners and repair manuals.
eham.net The best "elmer" site 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?
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.
KBØASQ One of the better general interest personal web site.
KA6WKE, Mark Schoonover Great Mobile related blog.
LID List If you see your call and/or name here, shame on you!
NK7Z Dave Cole's equipment review site. Includes propagation forecasts.
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.
Old QSL Cards If you're a nostalgia buff, and like old QSL cards, this is THE place!
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 call sign 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.
Repeater Builder Even if you're not into building FM repeaters, this site has a host of information pertinent to any VHF operation.
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.
Vintage Manuals If you need a vintage manual and can't find it anywhere else, look here. Prices vary from $7 up.
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
W8JI Tom Rauch's site contains a host of technical information of interest to all amateurs.
Yaesu FT857 Users group.
Helpful Hints
How to build a mast Mike Brueggemann, K5LXP Home Brew HF mobile mast.
Magazines
Motor Magazine Aimed at the automotive repair business, it is nonetheless a very informative magazine. Frequent articles about on-board electronics are worth the price of admission. Subscription are mailed, online, or both.
QEX A forum for communications experimenters, published bimonthly by the ARRL.
Suppliers
Aaron's General Store The carry a complete line of inch and metric sized bolts, nuts, washers, and fasteners.
ACOM Amplifier Repair ACOM amplifier repair and restoration.
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.
Circuit Specialists Sells high quality oscilloscopes used for observing wave shapes. They're available with clear, easy to read LCD screens. And if you're looking for home brew project parts, they may have what you're looking for too.
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.
Grumpy Shop is a supplier of esoteric things for the builder. If you're a home brewer, they're worth a visit.
GS Manufacturing Remotely tuned, HF mobile antennas.
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.
Icom Icom America's amateur web site.
Jotto Desk These folks make specialized radio mounts.
Kenwood Kenwood USA's web site.
Metals Depot is a supplier of aluminum, and stainless steel rods, tubes, and bars.
MFJ If MFJ doesn't make it, you probably don't need it.
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 is 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.
Scorpion Antennas Arguably the best made screwdriver type antenna made, bar none.
SGC The leading manufacturer of auto couplers, and the World's best mobile amp.
Sunset Enterprises Stocking distributor for Cablematic UT8000 and other coax stripping tools.
Tarheel Antennas A leading supplier of HF mobile antennas.
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.