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LINKS This page will contain links to retailers, products and manufacturers, many that I have used personally and can recommend and others that I feel offer something of interest. Those links that are in bold typeface are sites and companies that I have used personally and can wholeheartedly recommend. Other links that are not in bold are either well known or that are recommended elsewhere or appear to offer a service of particular value. I hope you will find all the
links useful.
RSGB - Radio Society of Great Britain - Represents the interests of amateur radio operators: http://www.rsgb.org/ OFCOM - The Office Of Communications - The government's licence and spectrum planning body: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/classes/amateur/ PRACTICAL WIRELESS MAGAZINE - An essential magazine for radio amateurs: http://www.pwpublishing.ltd.uk/ CHARLIE DELTA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, Wolverhampton - My own local Amateur Radio Club - Great guys! http://www.charliedelta.co.uk/ SOUTHGATE ARC - Lots of useful information on this site: http://www.southgatearc.org/ WYTHALL RADIO CLUB: http://www.wythallradioclub.co.uk/ ANTRIM & DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY - Plenty on offer on this website: http://www.gn4siw.co.uk/ ATHENS ARC (USA) - Tons of information here: http://www.athensarc.org/
RADIOWORLD, 34 - 42 Brook Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall. WS6 6BQ Tel: 01922 417829 Wide range of stock, excellent service. Recommended: http://www.radioworld.co.uk/ ROCKET RADIO, Letchworth. Tel: 01462 67548 - Great guys to deal with, highly recommended: http://www.rocketradio.co.uk/ Also has a good shop on EBAY SPECTRUM COMMUNICATIONS, 12 Weatherbury Way, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2EF. Tel: 01305 262250: Superb service, highly recommended. http://www.spectrumcomms.co.uk/ MOONRAKER, Moonraker (UK) Ltd, Cranfield Road, Woburn Sands, Bucks. MK17 8UR. Tel: 01908 281705 Manufacturers of antennas and associated products. Wide range, good quality, excellent fast service, highly recommended: http://www.moonrakerukltd.com/ HAYDON COMMUNICATIONS, Unit 1, Purfleet Industrial Estate, Aveley, South Ockendon, Essex RM15 4YA A very useful range of amateur radio products, particularly antenna related accessories. Recommended. http://www.haydon.info/ KZJ Communications (DeeComm) (Haydon West Midlands), Unit 1, Canal View Industrial Estate, Brettell Lane, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 3LQ. Tel: 01384 481681. A good & interesting range of products, great service, fast delivery. http://www.kzjcommunications.com/ Also has a good shop on EBAY WATERS & STANTON, WSPLC, Spa House, 22 Main Road, Hockley, Essex, SS5 4QS. Tel: 01702 206835 Wide range of products. Very quick delivery. http://www.wsplc.com/ KNIGHTS ELECTROCOM, 11 King Edward St., Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, DN21 4NF. Tel. (01652) 648378 Primarily a CB retailer, but also offers amateur radio products, connectors, microphones, antennas tuning units, antennas, spares, components and more. Superb service. Highly recommended. http://www.knights-cb.co.uk/ TRUCK KING, PO BOX 8913, Newark, Notts, NG24 9BX. Tel : 01636 676 898 An expert CB retailer, offering a wide range of amateur radio related products. Excellent service. Highly recommended. http://www.truck-king.co.uk/ NEVADA RADIO: http://www.nevadaradio.co.uk/ HAM RADIO SUPPLIES: http://www.hamradiosupplies.eu/ MARTIN LYNCH & SON: http://www.hamradio.co.uk/ LAM COMMUNICATIONS: http://www.lamcommunications.net
SPECTRUM COMMUNICATIONS, 12 Weatherbury Way, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2EF. Tel: 01305 262250: For antennas, traps and a wide range of other amateur equipment. Excellent helpful service from Tony Nailer G4CFY at Spectrum Communications: http://www.spectrumcomms.co.uk W.H. WESTLAKE - for wire, cable, connectors & components - Magical service and advice from Henry Westlake - Supplies Wesflex103 very low loss coaxial cable and many other wires, cables and feeders: http://www.whwestlake.co.uk/ KZJ Communications (DeeComm) (Haydon West Midlands), Unit 1, Canal View Industrial Estate, Brettell Lane, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 3LQ. Tel: 01384 481681. A good & interesting range of products, great service, fast delivery. http://www.kzjcommunications.com/ Also has a good shop on EBAY SANDPIPER AERIALS, A very interesting range of amateur radio aerials. Well worth a look. http://www.sandpiperaerials.co.uk/ COBWEBB ANTENNAS. An interesting solution for coverage of the 14, 18, 21, 24 and 28 MHz bands. http://www.g3tpw.co.uk/ DIAMOND ANTENNA CORPORATION. Manufacturer of the interesting CP-6 & CP-5 base station antennas. http://www.diamond-ant.jp/eng_index.asp HUSTLER ANTENNAS. From DX Engineering. Interesting products, including the 4-BTV, 5-BTV & 6-BTV compact antennas: http://www.dxengineering.com WIMO Antennas and Accessories: http://www.wimo.com/cgi-bin/verteiler.pl?url=wireantennas_e.html
MFJ ENTERPRISES: For antenna tuning units and many other accessories. A huge range - something for every amateur: http://www.mfjenterprises.com/ TIGERTRONICS for the SIGNALINK data interfaces: http://www.tigertronics.com/ BHI Instrumentation. For DSP noise reduction: http://www.bhinstrumentation.co.uk/ SOTA BEAMS. (Engineered Communications Solutions (ECS) Ltd.) HF antennas, VHF& UHF beams antennas, telescopic fibreglass poles, reusable cable ties. Fantastic range great prices. http://www.sotabeams.co.uk/ 12 VOLT MARINE: An excellent source for pulleys suitable for antenna rigging: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/12V-MARINE EBAY Shop ADONIS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION. Range of quality microphones and amateur radio equipment: http://www.adonis.ne.jp/e-home.html
Data Software - MultiPSK: http://f1ult.free.fr/DIGIMODES/MULTIPSK/digimodesF6CTE_en.htm HamScope: http://www.qsl.net/hamscope/ MMSSTV: http://amateur-radio.ca/ MMTTY: http://mmhamsoft.amateur-radio.ca/mmtty/ HamRadioDeluxe / Digital Master 780: http://hrd.ham-radio.ch/ MixW: http://www.mixw.net http://www.rigexpert.net Also see the Tigertronics website for links to much more data software. TIGERTRONICS: http://www.tigertronics.com/ Logging Software - LOGGER32. Logging software by K4CY: http://www.logger32.net/
W.H. WESTLAKE - for wire, cable, connectors & components - Magical service and advice from Henry Westlake - Supplies Wesflex103 very low loss coaxial cable and many other wires, cables and feeders: http://www.whwestlake.co.uk/ SYCOM COMPONENTS, PO Box 148, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 9YW. Tel: 01372 361421 A wide range or components ideal for amateur radio operators and electronics project constructors. Very good service: http://www.sycomcomp.co.uk/ BOWOOD ELECTRONICS, Unit 1 McGregors Way, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2WB. Tel: 01246 200 222 A good range of competirively priced components and excellent service: http://www.bowood-electronics.co.uk/ JAB ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, PO Box 5774, Birmingham B44 8PJ. Tel: 0121 682 7045 A good range of components for the amateur radio enthusiast: http://www.jabdog.com/ RAPID ELECTRONICS: http://www.rapidonline.com/home.aspx MAPLIN ELECTRONICS: http://www.maplin.co.uk/
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Technical Licensing & Learning Personal & Other Sites Propagation News Reviews & Forums eHam - Articles, Forums, Reviews, Opinions, News. An invaluable resource: http://www.eham.net/ TRANSMISSION 1 - News, Reviews & Forums: http://www.transmission1.co.uk The DX ZONE - Amateur Radio & Shortwave guide: http://www.dxzone.com/ SOUTHGATE Amateur Radio Club: http://www.southgatearc.org/guides/index.htm Publications PRACTICAL WIRELESS Magazine: http://www.pwpublishing.ltd.uk/ Antennas ANIMATED KNOTS - It's important to use the correct knot for the job. The Bowline I find most useful for fixing end, egg and dog-bone insulators to the ends of the wire and/or ropes. The Round Turn & Two Hitches, Anchor Bend and Buntline Hitch knots are very good for tying a rope to a pole or a mast. 'Animated Knots' will show you how to do them: http://www.animatedknots.com Installing Wire Antennas: http://radioworks.com/ninstallant.html L.B. CEBIK W4RNL - Fantastic Antenna Resource - many in-depth articles: http://www.cebik.com/ Introducing The All Band Doublet: http://www.cebik.com/edu/edu6.html The All Band Doublet: http://www.cebik.com/wire/abd.html Antenna Newcommers: http://www.cebik.com/tales/nc.html The ALL Band HF Doublet on Ham Universe: http://www.hamuniverse.com/hfdoublet.html Multi-band Inverted V $4 Special by Joe Tyburczy, W1GFH: http://www.qsl.net/wb1gfh/antenna.html http://www.hamuniverse.com/fourdollarspecialw1gfh.html The Norcal Doublet Antenna: http://www.norcalqrp.org/norcaldoublet.htm Simple Multi-band Inverted V by W4DAN: http://waltc50.tripod.com/id2.html The ZS6BKW Multiband HF Antenna: http://www.tdars.org/library/TechTopics/tech9.html The Merits Of Open Wire Lines: http://www.qsl.net/vk5br/MeritsOWLine.htm Practical Dipole Antenna: http://www.qsl.net/ta1dx/amator/practical_dipole_antenna.htm More dipoles and multi-band dipoles: http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/qsl-antenna3.htm PDF Document - The W3DZZ Antenna: http://www.users.icscotland.net/~len.paget/GM0ONX%20trap%20dipole.pdf (*Perhaps better not to use coaxial cable with a 'choke balun' at the centre of the dipole - Instead use twin feeder with the Choke Balun at the radio end for lower power loss*) The website of GM0ONX: http://www.gm0onx.co.uk/ PDF Document - The Inverted L: http://www.users.icscotland.net/~len.paget/5%20band%20Inverted%20L.pdf PDF Document - Adding Top Band To The Inverted L: http://www.users.icscotland.net/~len.paget/Inverted%20L%20adding%20top%20band.pdf The All Band Inverted L: http://www.antennex.com/preview/archive3/ltv.htm Inverted L for HF using an automatic antenna tuner: http://www.vk1od.net/InvertedL/InvertedL.htm Fishing pole vertical antenna by G4AON: http://www.astromag.co.uk/vertical/ Antenna Design by W9PPG Bill Weinhardt: http://our.tentativetimes.net/opine/antenna.html Antenna Basics: http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/antennas/antenna-basics.htm The ZS6BKW Multiband HF Antenna: http://www.tdars.org/library/TechTopics/tech9.html Homebrew Windom Antenna: http://www.gd7jwr.com/page4.html Windom Antenna Page by Buxcomm: http://www.packetradio.com/windom.htm Smythe Windom by K3MT: http://users.erols.com/k3mt/windom/windom.htm HamCall Off Center Fed Dipole: http://hamcall.net/7bandocf.html Plain facts about vertical antennas: http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/multibandvert.html Antenna Building Page: http://members.tripod.com/~swlchris/antennapage.html Fishing Pole Antennas: http://www.m3jfm.net/pages/amateur-radio/experimenting-with-fishing-pole-antennas.php Baluns I think that the 1:1 Balun is a important balun and invaluable in many situations Build An Air Wound 1:1 Choke Balun For HF: http://www.hamuniverse.com/balun.html Cost Effective 1:1 Current Mode Balun: http://www.arising.com.au/people/Holland/Ralph/cmbalun.htm Inexpensive 1:1 Balun: http://oz1jux.dk/balun.htm Build a 1:1 Coaxial Balun: http://www.iw5edi.com/ham-radio/?a-1-1-coaxial-balun,41 More baluns: Broadband Baluns: http://www.qsl.net/ta1dx/amator/broadband_baluns.htm Making Baluns: http://sdarc.net/pdfs/Making_Baluns.pdf Air Wound 4:1 balun: http://www.combotec.com/projects/balun14/balun14.html Home brew a 4:1 balun: http://www.rason.org/Projects/balun/balun.htm Technical ATHENS Amateur Radio Club (USA) - Tons of information here: http://www.athensarc.org/ Digital Radio Modes: http://www.athensarc.org/digital-modes.asp Getting started with RTTY: http://www.aa5au.com/rtty.html Licensing & Learning Resources BRATS - Amateur Radio Training for all UK licence levels: http://www.the-brats.net/ HAM TESTS - On-line mock exams for all levels: http://hamtests.co.uk/ QADV - Questions For Radio Amateurs: http://freespace.virgin.net/murray.g3kzb/index.htm UK BANDPLAN - http://www.rsgb-spectrumforum.org.uk/bandplan.htm Radio Amateurs personal websites and other sites HAM UNIVERSE - The Website of Don Butler N4UJW: http://www.hamuniverse.com/ The must visit website of Charlie Delta's Dave Gourley, G0MJY : http://www.g0mjy.com Another must visit website of G4NSJ - Aerials, Technical, Frequencies & much more: http://www.g4nsj.co.uk/stuff.shtml ARRL - American Radio Relay League - National Association Fpr Amateur Radio: http://www.arrl.org/ NORCAL QRP CLUB: http://www.norcalqrp.org/index.php M3JFM Website of Paul Goodhall: http://www.m3jfm.net/ KB6NU - The blog of KB6NU : http://kb6nu.com/ Propagation http://hfradio.org/propagation.html http://hfradio.org/muf_basics.html http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/index.html http://www.weather.nps.navy.mil/~psguest/EMEO_online/module3/module_3_2b.html http://www.arrl.org/qst/propcharts/hall1094.pdf http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/greyline.html http://www.dg8fbv.de/prop2.htm 
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