Training
Build Your Station
- Antenna Types
Pros/Cons of various antenna designs. Provided by K8ZT - Receiver testing by Sherwood Engineering
- Remote Ham Radio
Rent a remote-operated radio
Contesting and QSL
- QSL Services
Club Log | eQSL | Logbook of the World | QRZ - Casual Contesting
Parks on the Air (POTA) | Summits on the Air (SOTA)
Digital Operations and Reporting
- Software for digital operations
- APRS Online Mapping
- DX Cluster / DX Spots signal reporting
- HamAlert
Signal reporting and custom push notifications - PSK Reporter signal reporting
- Reverse Beacon Network signal reporting
- Winlink
Email using either radio or Internet - WSPRnet signal reporting
Digital Voice Modes
- Regional Reflectors and Talk Groups
- Talk Group Lists by Pi-Star
- D-STAR
- Digital Mobile Radio (DMR)
BrandMeister DMR Network
DMR Database provided by RadioID - NXDN
- P25
- Yaesu System Fusion (YSF)
HF Operations and Propagation
- Azimuthal Map
Create a global map projection centered on your station. Provided by NS6T - Ionosonde from the Alpena, MI station
Ionosphere conditions updated every 7.5 minutes - Lightning Map
- Shortwave Listening database for commercial SWL
- Solar Report
Solar-Terrestrial data provided by N0NBH - VOACAP Online
Predict propagation based on location and frequency.
Provided by OH6BG, HZ1JW, and OH8GLV
Regulations and Safety
Satellite
- Satellite Frequency List
Excel spreadsheet of satellite frequencies provided by JE9PEL
Voice over IP (VOIP)
- EchoLink
Hams communicating over the Internet - HamShack Hotline
Modern VOIP system for hams
Can be used with the Groundwire app using the HHX experimental server