- Operating Guides, Tips & Techniques
- ARRL’s Get on the Air page
- Repeater Use Guidelines (from Dallas ARC)
- Some Tips for New Repeater Users (really good advice and tips… please read!)
- You’re a Ham Radio Beginner. Now what? Great advice from a ham blogger )
- Topics for New Techs (lots of good info from HamUniverse.com)
- Quick Reference Operating Aids (including phonetic alphabet)
- AC6V Amateur Radio Reference Guide (Amazing library of ham webpages)
- Ham Radio Training Topics (great source of info on all sorts of ham subjects)
- Understanding HF Propagation
- News and Technology Information
- QRZ.com (lots of good info, get a free account and post info on your own callsign page)
- eham.net (terrific resource for news, opinion and reviews in the ham world)
- ARRL (ham’s national association offers a jam packed website; we will be an affiliated club this year)
- ARRL Bookstore (in particular, Radios to Go, Getting Started with Ham Radio, Your First HF Radio, and the Nifty reference card for your radio.)
- CQ Magazine (excellent general interest magazine)
- Equipment
- Equipment Reviews on eham.net (the best user reviews for all ham equipment)
- Handheld Antennas: Which is the Best?
- Chirp (free, open-source tool for programming your H/T or most any other ham radio)
- RT Systems (software and dongle to program your radios)
- Baofeng
- Baofeng UV-5 and UV-8 Users Page (for Baofeng handie-talkie owners)
- Baofeng Programming Cable with licensed Prolific chip set (the best, but don’t load the software; use Chirp)
- Baofeng Manual Programming (YouTube video)
- Digital Voice Ham Radio
- Understanding Yaesu System Fusion and WIRES-X (Explaining Yaesu’s spin on digital voice)
- Texas Ham Retail Stores
- Ham Radio Outlet (Plano)
- Texas Towers (Plano)
- Main Trading Company (Paris,TX)
- Used Equipment Classifieds:
- Vanity Call Signs
- Intro to Vanity Callsigns
- Vanity Callsign Lookup (search for a cool callsign)
- AE7Q Vanity Call Tools (great resource for helping get that vanity call)
- Ordering Your TX Amateur Radio Vehicle License Plates (get your callsign on your car)
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