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For Aspiring Hams

• Ham Basics Study Guide Under Construction

• Doug Nix’s Blog

• Hamstudy

• Practice tests

• Conceptual electronics videos

For New Hams

• For new hams

• For new members

• Best ham radios to buy when starting out

• Station coax and grounding

• BC distracted driving laws

VHF/UHF/Microwave

• Frequency Lists:

  • Radio programming and frequency list

  • Island Trunk System

  • VHF & UHF simplex frequencies

  • CHIRP

  • RAC’s VHF/UHF Repeater Frequency Coordination

  • British Columbia Amateur Radio Coordination Council

  • Repeater Book (Android App)

• Cross Band Repeater

• EchoLink

  • Static IP

• Microwave

HF

• IC-7300

  • IC-7300 band scope tweaks

  • HamCuredSmoke IC-7300 Youtube Series

• Python band plan

• Contest spreadsheets

• WA7BNM Contest calendar website

• Northern Utah WebSDR

Digital

• West Coast AREDN

• Meshcore

• Signalink

  • Winlink Express

  • Packet (place holder for future)

  • APRS on Windows

  • SSIDs for Winlink vs APRS

  • Digital Concepts

• IC-7300

  • IC-7300 settings for digital modes

  • JS8 with the IC-7300

  • Winlink Ardop

• Slow Scan TV

ISED Links

• Canadian Callsign Database / QRZ

• Radio Equipment Search

Amateur Radio Groups and Services

• British Columbia Wireless Amateur Radio Network

• Coquitlam Amateur Radio Club

• Cowichan Valley Amateur Radio Society

• Delta Amateur Radio Society

• Island Trunk System

• Langley Amateur Radio Association

• Maple Ridge Amateur Radio Club

• Mid Island Radio Association

• Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association

• New Westminster Amateur Radio Club

• North Shore Amateur Radio Club

• Surrey Amateur Radio Club

• Telephone Pioneers Amateur Radio Club

• VECTOR

Amateur Radio Associations

• Radio Amateurs of Canada

• BC Wireless Amateur Radio Network

• BC Frequency Modulation Communications Association

• Industry Canada On-Line Services

• ARRL

• IRLP System

• Internet Archive: Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications

Amateur Radio Equipment Retailers

• Burnaby Radio (Burnaby)

• Fleetwood Digital (Surrey)

• CanaKit (North Vancouver)

• GPS Central (Alberta)

• Radioworld (Ontario)

• Maple Leaf Communications (Ontario)

• DX Canada (Online from Canada)

• DX Engineering (USA)

• Ham Radio Outlet (USA)

• R&L Electronics (USA)

• Powerwerx (USA)

• Gigaparts (on eBay)

Used:

• Our very own Buy and Sell page

• Hamshack.ca

Amateur Radio Equipment Manufacturers

Radios:

• ICOM Canada

• Kenwood

• Yaesu

Antennas:

• Comprod

Accessories:

• West Mountain Radio (USA)

• Timewave Technology

Commercial Frequencies

• Canadian Spectrum Management System Data (Formerly known as TAFL)

  • Search the TAFL

  • TAFL Map (118 MHz - 525 MHz in Sechelt. Click New in green box on top left to change)

• RadioReference

• BC Forest Service Frequencies

RFI

• BC Hydro RFI

• Grow Equipment RFI

Maps And Weather

• Open Street Map (The Wikipedia of maps)

• Create Azimuthal Maps

• Live Lightning Map

• Windy.com

• Earth.NullSchool

• Tropical Storm Risk

Misc

• Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (Internet Archive)

• GNU/Linux Resources

• Jitsi

• Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue

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