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RCKARA Links
Amateur Television
PC Electronics - Manufacturer of ATV equipment. Plenty of information about assembling an ATV station and getting on the air.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Antenna Information
Wire Antenna - There are few jobs in HF radio that cannot be done with a properly designed wire antenna. Here you will find information and links about wire antenna design, building, and use. Other links include retailers, manufacturers, searches, and weather.
Submitted by: W2BLC
APRS/Packet Radio
APRS - The home of APRS.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
GPS manufacturer - Excellent site with a lot of info about the GPS industry, products & solutions for all kind of industry
Submitted by: Unknown
Mighty GPS - MightyGPS.com delivers best of breed GPS navigation solutions and maps. We provide complete solutions at prices below the manufacturer's suggested retail pricing.
Submitted by: Unknown
Club Web Pages
MARC Webpage - McPherson Amateur Radio Club, McPherson, Kansas
Submitted by: wd0fyf
SHARC Home Page - The SandHills Amateur Radio Club (SHARC) serves the interests of Ham Operators throughout the vast area of Southwest Kansas.
Submitted by: W0YQX
WARC Home Page - Wichita Amateur Radio Club's web Site! WARC1.org is the home of the Wichita Amateur Radio Club, Located in Wichita Kansas. Established - December, 1932
Submitted by: Guy Clark
Contest/DX News
Contesting Online - Best source for general information on contesting and links to other contest sites as well as video information about some of the best contest stations around.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
CQ Zones Map - An interactive map of the CQ Zones for CQ Magazine DX contests.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
DX Publishing - Listings of DX information and information on a weekly and monthly DX publication. You can receive the weekly publication by e-mail.
Submitted by: W0UY
DX Summit - A great online DX-Spotting network.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
KC DX Club - Kansas City DX Club Home Page. They also support a Telnet DX Cluster. Telnet to w0mw.dynip.com for DX spots
Submitted by: W0UY
National Contest Journal - Home Page for the National Contest Journal published by the ARRL. Past issues are on line. Rules and results are available for the NAQP and Sprint contests.
Submitted by: W0UY
WA7BNM Contest Calandar - A 13 month calendar of contest dates. You can subscribe for a weekly e-mail on up coming contests at this site. If it's a contest it is listed here.
Submitted by: W0UY
Electronics
Atmel - A major manufacturer of microprocessors for embedded applications.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Microchip - A major manufacturer of microprocessors for embedded applications.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Ham Suppliers and Services
Derby Radioshack - This is the website of the local Radio Shack (in Derby, KS) that carries ham gear.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
DonTronics - A good source for Warp-13 programmers. I bought one and have had excellent luck with it. Programs pretty much all of the low and mid-range PICs.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Ham Radio Outlet - A good supplier of ham equipment at very good prices.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
ProSourceGPS - Offers GPS handheld systems, accessories, chart plotters, fishfinders from manufactures such as Garmin, Lowrance, Magellan, Humminbird and More
Submitted by: Unknown
QRZ - An online callbook for looking up radio callsigns.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Ham-related News
eHam.net - Product reviews, callsign database, chats, and more.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Ham Radio Online - An online ham radio magazine.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Ham secrets,mods,software - Ham secrets, mods, programming software and interfaces schematics, manuals, dealer manuals, reviews for: Motorola, Kenwood, Icom, Yaesu, Alinco.
Submitted by: Unknown
Ham-related Software
High-Altitude Ballooning
Animated Knots - Uses animations to show how to tie a variety of knots. Great for working with load lines.
Submitted by: K0SFV
Balloon Track Software - Software for predicting the flight path of balloons using current weather reporting.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
EOSS Ballooning Handbook - Colorado's Edge of Space Sciences group's ballooning handbook. It's a few years old now, but very good reading!
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
FAA Regs Part 101 - Here are the FAA regs governing our balloons.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
HABITAT - A ballooning group from Kansas City.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
High Altitude Glider Project - A Canadian has a pretty cool setup for dropping a radio/self-controlled glider from high altitudes.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Homemade Parachutes - A page about making your own parachutes. This guy is building them for rockets, but it's the same principles for ballooning.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Lift Win Download - A small program for calculating ascent rates, burst altitudes, balloon diameters, etc for a given payload, temperature, and other environmentals.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Ralph Wallio - Ralph Wallio from Iowa keeps track of various records and other data for balloonists.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Winds Aloft Forecasts - Provides forecasts of winds aloft data throughout the world. We generally use the MRF 191km and the AVN 191km sounding models.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Licensing and Regulations
Federal Communications Commission - The FCC site includes information about all types of licenses, FCC news, license database search, information on Universal Licensing System and much more.
Submitted by: K0SFV
Manufacturer Sites
Alinco Radios - Makers of VHF, and some low-end HF equipment.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
BYERS CHASSIS KITS - Manufacture of Aluminum Chassis Kits and Cabinets,and other Enclosures, Small sheets of Aluminum and Brass, VHF and UHF Antennas and Parts.
Submitted by: CHARLES BYERS K3IWK
Cushcraft Antennas - A major manufacturer of commercial and amateur antennas.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Icom America - Icom's amateur website.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Stars Navigation Tech Ltd. - Manufacturer of GPS tracking systems, such as car gps system, vehicle tracking system, gps antenna, gps mouse, gps receiver, AVL system and bluetooth GPS.
Submitted by: korsshih
Ten-Tec web site - Ten-Tec is an American manufacturer of amateur radios and accessories. They have kits too.
Submitted by: K0SFV
Yaesu Radios - Top-notch VHF and HF equipment.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Personal Web Pages
K5YEF Page - Computer control of Yaesu 980 written by Steve Weidman, N0VJC. Other models to follow
Submitted by: W0FXL
Kansas Guy - Personal site for ABØDP in Wichita, KS. Some SSTV too.
Submitted by: Guy Clark
Radio Direction Finding
Tape Measure Antennas - An antenna made from steel tape measures, designed for direction finding.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
Weather Information
Weather Channel - The Weather Channel's site for weather in Hutchinson, KS.
Submitted by: Zack Clobes, W0ZC
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