Links

Getting started with amateur radio (ham):

  • Hello Radio: Introduction and how to get started in ham radio
  • W5YI: Many resources for amateur as well as commercial radio. W5YI publishes study materials to help prepare you for license exams.
  • KB0MGA online flash cards and practice exams: this web site shows you questions from the pool of exam questions.  This site is helpful as it shows first questions you have not answered, then repeats any questions you answered incorrectly before repeating questions you got correct.
  • Pacific Northwest Hamfairs & Events
Popular general ham radio sites:

  • ARRL: National Association for Amateur Radio, the leading organization for hams everywhere.
  • QRZ: Many resources including finding ham users by call sign, taking practice license exams and discussion forums.
  • EHAM: Many resources including equipment reviews and discussion forums.
  • WB7QIW: Hoodview Amateur Radio Club: Many resources including newsletters of regional activities and much more.
  • AC6V: Amateur Radio and DX Reference Guide: a treasure trove of resources and interesting ham info on virtually every topic.
  • Q code list: a listing from Wikipedia with the common shorthand codes that start with the letter Q which originated in morse code but continue in the voice/phone communications of ham radio as well.
HF and DX

  • NG3K Beam Headings: a Great Circle map you can print to see headings from Seattle .
  • QSL.NET Beam Headings: a VERY complete listing of country prefixes, headings to them, coordinates, times, distances, etc.
  • County Hunters’ Net meets daily from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT. Home frequency is 14.336 MHz (20 meters). For regional county hunting (Pacific NW) the frequency is 3.903 MHz.
Emergency Assistance:

Other area resources:

  • Spout Springs Repeater Association (SSRA) operating a 2 meter repeater at Spout Springs (30 miles North of La Grande) on 146.20/80 MHz with wide coverage. A very friendly Cracker Barrel Net is scheduled Monday-Friday at 8PM Pacific discussing many topics.
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