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Updated December 6, 2023

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New Hams

The Dallas Amateur Radio Club conducts NETS most every evening. Even if you don’t participate, this is a terrific opportunity for new hams to learn a lot just by listening. Please go to https://w5fc.org/nets/ to check out the schedule.

New & Not-so-New Hams

Amateur radio operators subscribe to a “Code of Ethics and Operating Procedures.” Hams all over the world use this document as a universal guide on operations and ethics. Please go here to download your personal copy.

Ham Community features forums and articles of interest to all hams. Visit https://hamcommunity.com/ to find the answers to all your questions (well, maybe not all, but almost).

Organizations

American Radio Relay League http://www.arrl.org/

ARRL North Texas Section https://arrlntx.org/WP/

Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (AREDN®) https://www.arednmesh.org/

International Amateur Radio Union https://www.iaru.org/

Islands on the Air https://iota-world.org/

Radio Society of Great Britain https://rsgb.org/

Wireless Institute of Australia https://www.wia.org.au/

Software

CHIRP Radio Programming Software https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

Carrollton-Farmers Branch-Addison ARES/RACES frequency list (18 May 2018)

RT Systems Programming Software https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/

Ham Radio Deluxe https://www.hamradiodeluxe.com/

SDR Dongle https://www.rtl-sdr.com/

EchoLink® http://echolink.org/

Webcasts

Ham Radio 2.0 https://www.livefromthehamshack.tv/

Amateur Logic https://www.amateurlogic.tv/blog/

Ham Nation https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/hamnation

Ham Radio Now https://www.hamradionow.tv/home/

W5KUB http://tmedlin.com/

ICQ Amateur/Ham Radio Podcast https://www.icqpodcast.com/

Repeaters

Repeater Book https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/index.php?state_id=48

Texas VHF-FM Society http://www.txvhffm.org/

Amateur Radio Repeater Database https://www.artscipub.com/repeaters/

Winlink Global Radio Email®

Winlink Home https://winlink.org/

Winlink Book of Knowledge https://winlink.org/content/winlink_book_knowledge

Winlink Wednesday NTX https://sites.google.com/view/winlink-wednesday-ntx/home

Winlink Official Support Group - https://groups.google.com/g/winlink-programs-group

Winlink Express - https://downloads.winlink.org/User%20Programs/

Soundmodem - http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm

Direwolf TNC 32-bit - https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/releases/download/1.6/direwolf-1.6.0-413855e_i686.zip

Direwolf TNC 64-bit - https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/releases/download/1.6/direwolf-1.6.0-413855e_x86_64.zip

Direwolf User Guide [PDF]

VARA FM; VARA HF by EA5HVK - https://rosmodem.wordpress.com/

Bluetooth® Linked TNC for HTs - https://store.mobilinkd.com/

Winlink on Android (WoAD) - https://woad.sumusltd.com/home

Download from Google Play

WoAD Video on YouTube - https://youtu.be/DgAJWAkfa_g

AREDN®

Getting Started https://arednmesh.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

DMR

Texas DMR https://dmrtexas.net/

Motorola Amateur Radio Club Worldwide Network http://www.dmr-marc.net/

RadioID – Register your call for DMR https://www.radioid.net/#!

“How to Build a Code Plug” by Daniel Moses, K9NPX

http://www.k9npx.com/2018/04/how-to-build-code-plug.html

An excellent tutorial for getting your radio working.

Databases (see also Repeaters above)

FCC Amateur License Search (ULS) https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchAmateur.jsp

QRZ https://www.qrz.com/

Callsign Query Tools http://ae7q.com/query/

HamQTH https://www.hamqth.com/

Islands on the Air https://iota-world.org/

History

Looking for the 1958 Heathkit Catalog? You’ll find that and other radio-related treasures here:
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/index.htm

Phil’s Old Radios https://antiqueradio.org/welcome.htm

RigPix Database http://rigpix.com/

73 Magazine (Amateur Radio Today) https://archive.org/details/73-magazine

A comprehensive study courtesy Tech Wholesale https://www.techwholesale.com/history-of-the-radio.html

More fascinating sites

Radio Boulevard Western Historic Radio Museum http://www.radioblvd.com/

http://w2pa.net/HRH/

Texas Radio Operator License Plates

Download this application from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles

http://txdmv.gov/publications-tac/doc_download/995-vtr-53-mobile-amateur-radio-operator

Licensing

FCC Commission Registration System (CORES) - This is where you create a new account (obtain an FRN) or log in to your existing account. https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do

ARRL License Exam Question Pools http://www.arrl.org/question-pools

https://www.qrz.com/ht/

https://www.eham.net/exams/

https://hamexam.org/

http://aa9pw.com/amateur-radio-exam-practice/

Recommended. Register for “Study Mode.”

https://hamstudy.org/

Practice Tests