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Amateur radio emergency communications
Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (AREDN)
Antenna Types – pros/cons of various antenna designs, provided by K8ZT
ARRL Emergency Communications Training
ARRL Learning Network Videos
Calculator – ARRL RF Exposure Calculator – Calculate safe antenna placement and transmission power
Calculators – on-line calculators from West Mountain Radio to assist in calculating basic system information to set up your equipment
Digital Modes – APRS Online Mapping – (Automatic Packet Reporting System)
Digital Modes – Readability Strength and Quality
Digital Modes – Signal reporting – DX Cluster / DX Spots * HamAlert * PSK Reporter * Reverse Beacon Network * WSPRnet
Digital Modes – Software for digital operations
Digital Modes – Winlink – Global Radio Email – Email using either radio or Internet
Digital Voice Modes – Regional Reflectors and Talk Groups * Talk Group Lists by Pi-Star * Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) – BrandMeister DMR Network, DMR Database provided by RadioID * NXDN * P25 * Yaesu System Fusion (YSF)
Emergency communication system
Ham Radio Documentary, University of Montana, 2022
HF Operations – Azimuthal Map – Create a global map projection centered on your station, provided by NS6T
HF Operations – Ionosonde from the Alpena, MI station – Ionosphere conditions updated every 7.5 minutes
HF Operations – Lightning Map
HF Operations – Shortwave Listening database for commercial SWL
HF Operations – Solar Report – Solar-Terrestrial data provided by N0NBH
HF Operations – VOACAP Online – Predict propagation based on location and frequency, provided by OH6BG, HZ1JW, and OH8GLV
Maps – State County Outline Maps – to use during contests
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Space Weather Prediction Center
Parks on the Air (POTA)
Propagation Data and Tools
QSL Services – Club Log | eQSL | Logbook of the World | QRZ
Receiver testing by Sherwood Engineering
Remote Ham Radio – rent a remote-operated radio
Satellite Frequency List
Software Defined Radio (SDR) – NA5B.com – WebSDR Receiver System
SolarHam.com
SpaceFlight Now
Spaceweather.com
Summits on the Air (SOTA)
Technical Guides for specific implementation in the Northwest Ohio area
Voice over IP (VOIP) – EchoLink – Hams communicating over the Internet
Voice over IP (VOIP) – HamShack Hotline – Modern VOIP system for hams, can be used with the Groundwire app using the HHX experimental server
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