Information that may be useful for operating. Please refer to the growing list of Technical Guides for specific implementation in the Northwest Ohio area.

Emergency Communications

• please check back…..coming soon

Training

• ARRL Learning Network Videos

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
• Calculators – West Mountain 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

• Band Plan by the ARRL
• RF Exposure Calculator
  Calculate safe antenna placement and transmission power. Provided by ARRL

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