If you find something incorrect, have an update, or if there is something you would like to see added to the site, drop me a line here. I like to keep things as up-to-date and as accurate as possible. Thank you! - Lucas / W6AER
630m & 2200m Band Resources
- Juma – Kits for Hams, inlcuding 630m and 2200m
- Monitor Sensors – Transverters for both bands
900MHz (33cm) Radio Resources
- 900 MHz Amateur Radio – Yahoo Group
- Batwing Laboratories – Batlabs, by far the BEST source for information
- Down East Microwave – Transverters and much more!
- W6PQL – All Things VHF/UHF, Nice site & a nice man!
Contesting Information
- Contest Calendar – By WA7BNM
- Contesting Information – By NG3K
- JUG – Published the Northern California Contest Club (FREE)
- Northern California DX Club (NCDXC)
- State & Province QSO Party Calendar – Comprehensive List
DMR
- TYT – DMR Radios
DX News and Updates
- Announced DX Operations – By NG3K (Best Overview)
- ClubLog – Online Logs, OQRS, Ham Radio Tools, etc.
- DX 425 News – The Italian Weekly Bulletin for Serious DXers
- DX Coffee – Expressly for DXers, News, etc.
- DX News – More then just DX news
- DX Summit – DX Cluster and news
- Space Weather Prediction – Run by the NOAA
- Spaceweather – What is the sun doing?
- The Daily DX – Daily or Weekly DX news (Subscription)
- The DXer – Published by Northern California DX Club (FREE)
- VOACAP – Propagation Prediction
- Worldwide DX Radio Forum – Very good general forum
Electronics Parts Vendors & Stores
- Airspy – SDR Products, one of my favorites
- All Electronics Corporation – Misc. Parts
- Amateur Radio Supplies – Antennas, Coax, etc.
- Amazon – Surprisingly good place for parts especially Ham Books!
- Barker & Williamson (B&W) – Antennas, Masts and more
- BuxComm – Great Source for Parts
- Coax Seal – Weather Proofing is a must!
- Digi-Key Electronics
- Down East Microwave – Transverters and much more!
- Electronic Goldmine – Misc. Parts
- Excess Solutions – My new Favorite Surplus store, San Jose, CA
- Fry's Electronics – Stores vary but generally pretty good selection
- Galco – Semiconductors and Industrial Parts
- Gigaparts – Super selection of ham radio gear
- Green Heron Engineering – The BEST Rotator controllers, end of story!
- HA1YA – Transverters, amps and more
- Ham Radio Outlet (HRO) – Almost everything ham radio
- HamCity – Ham Radio Gear
- HSC Electronics Supply / Halted – A cleaner version of Weirdstuff
- Jameco – Misc. Parts. Belmont, CA
- Juma – Kits for Hams, inlcuding 630m and 2200m
- K1CRA Radio Store – Nice selection of some unique things
- KIO Technologies – Hexbeams, great support from Leo, K4KIO
- L-Com – Many adapters, RF and othervise
- Mouser – One of my Favorites
- NooElec – SDR Receivers and other cool things
- Online Components – Similar to Digi-Key and Mouser. Over 350,000 parts
- Outback Equipment Company – Purchased Weirdstuff (RIP)
- Palomar Engineers – Ferrite products and filters to suppress RFI/EMI
- Parts Express – Similar to a Radio Shack on Stereoids
- Q5 Signal – Carries Former Down East Microwave Transverters
- R&L Electronics – Ham Radio Store
- Radio Shack – Yes, for some smaller things needed quickly, still a player
- Telewave Wireless – Radio System Products. San Jose, CA
- The Antenna Farm – Everything for ham radio
- Ultimax Antennas – Double Bazooka Antennas, one of my favorites!
- Universal Radio – Ham Radio Store
- Wilderness Labs – Netduino products
Forums & Support Groups (Which I use)
- eHam.net – Ham Radio on the Net
- FlexRadio Community – Community Enhanced Support for FlexRadio
- Ham Radio Deluxe Forums – Official peer support site
- QRZ – News, Forums, Swap meet, Online Logs & Resources
- QRZCQ – The DataBase for Radio hams
- RadioReference – Subscription but well worth it!
- Worldwide DX Radio Forum – Very good general forum
Ham Conventions
- Hamvention – Ohio, The Biggest by far!
- International DX Convention – NCDXC/SCDXC sponsored – Visalia, CA
- NVCON – Nevada
- Pacificon – Northern California
- SeaPac – Seaside, OR
Ham Radio Hardware / Manufacturers
- 4o3a – Antenna Genius, Power Genius & many things for your FlexRadio
- Airspy – SDR Products, one of my favorites
- Alinco – Ham Radios
- Alpha Delta Radio Communications – Dipole Antennas and much more
- AOR – Radios, Loops and more
- Arlan Communications (Radiosport) – Headsets for ham radio use
- Array Solutions – Home of Bandmaster and more
- Arrow Antenna – Antennas and more
- Astron – Power Supplies, perhaps the best
- Begali – Top of the line Keys & Paddles
- Bulldog Keys – Iambic Paddles by K9LU
- Cable X-Perts – Coax Cables
- Chameleon Antenna – Antennas and more
- Crushcraft (Laird) – Antennas (Many old models are gone)
- Diamond Antenna – Great mobile antennas
- Down East Microwave – Transverters and much more!
- Easy Rotor Control – Rotor Control
- Electraft – Ham Radios, Transverters and more
- Elk Antennas – Log Periodic Antennas
- FlexRadio Systems – Makers of SDR Radios
- Green Heron Engineering – The BEST Rotator controllers, end of story!
- HA1YA – Transverters, amps and more
- HamTronics – Various add-on boards, modules
- Heil Sound (Amateur Radio Division) – Microphones, headsets much more
- HupRF – Great IF Taps for many non SDR radios
- Icom – Ham Radios
- International Antenna Company – Double Bazooka Antennas
- Isotron (Bilal Company) – Compact Antennas
- Kantronics – TNCs, Packet Radio
- Kenwood – Ham Radios
- KF7P Metal Werks – Everything Metal
- KIO Technologies – Hexbeams, great support from Leo, K4KIO
- Kuhne Electronics – Very high end Transverters
- LDG Electronics – Ham Radio Tuners
- Lido Mounts – Mobile mounting with no holes
- LNA 4 ALL – Low Noise Amplifier
- M2 Antennas – Great Antennas for many applications, I own several
- MFJ Enterprises – Everything for ham radio
- MicroHAM – Keyers, SO2R
- MiniKits – Amp Kits, Preamps, DATV (Australia)
- Monitor Sensors – Transverters for both bands
- Mosley Electronics – Antennas and more
- NCG Company (Comet) – Very good antennas for mobile/portable
- Nifty! – Ham Radio Guides
- NooElec – SDR Receivers and other cool things
- NW Digital Radio – ThumbDV (for SmartSDR, etc) & other products
- OptiBeam – Antennas (Germany)
- Palstar – Tuners and much more!
- PC Electronics (Ham TV) – ATV, Amateur Television items
- Pignology – Various really cool things
- Portable Rotation – Satellite Rotators for the Field
- Q5 Signal – Carries Former Down East Microwave Transverters
- RadioWAvz Antennas and more
- Rowetel – DV Hardware
- SDR-Kits.net – Great kits, including the hupRF IF taps
- Sherwood Engineering – Ham Radio Receiver Test Data
- Smiley Antenna – The Original Tuned Antenna
- SSB Electronics – Great Preamplifiers and VHF/UHF goodies
- SteppIR – High end antennas
- TARP – Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
- Ten-Tec – Ham Radios
- Texas Towers – Towers for ham radio
- Tigertronics – Home of the SignaLink
- Timewave (AEA) – TNC, Multi-mode Data Controllers, DSP
- Turbo-Tenna – Weather Satellite Antennas
- TYT – DMR Radios
- Ultimax Antennas – Double Bazooka Antennas, one of my favorites!
- Uniden (Bearcat) – Scanners, although now a lot more
- US Tower – Ham Radio Towers
- Virboplex – CW Keys and many other brands
- W6PQL – All Things VHF/UHF, Nice site & a nice man!
- Wavenode – Precision RF Wattmeters, very cool stuff!
- West Mountain Radio – RIGRunner, DSP and much more
- Wraase Electronics – Receiver Hardware (Germany)
- Yaesu – Great radios, rotators and more
- ZLP Electronics – Interfaces, Isolators
Ham Radio Licensing and Tutorials
- AA9PW – Test Exams, CW and other good Info
- AC6V – Great References
- ARRL Store – Books, CDs, lots of stuff!
- Gordon West Radio School – SUPER way to learn!
- HamExam.org – Practice Exams
- KE0OG – Dave has great Video Overviews
- Learn CW Online (LCWO) Includes CW to MP3 Creator!
- QRZ Exams – Hamtest Online (Login needed)
- Skilman – CW Training using memory techniques
- The Ham Whisperer – Video Overviews, CW Lessons
- W5YI Group – Great Licensing Info
Ham Radio Specific Vendors & Stores
- ARRL Store – Books, CDs, lots of stuff!
- Barker & Williamson (B&W) – Antennas, Masts and more
- Cable X-Perts – Coax Cables
- CoaxRF – Flightaware items, connectors, coax
- FlexRadio Systems – Makers of SDR Radios
- Ham Radio Outlet (HRO) – Almost everything ham radio
- HamGadgets – Ham Kits of all sorts
- Hamsupply.com (Idiom Press) – Logikey, Logikit, Rotor-EZ and more
- International Antenna Company – Double Bazooka Antennas
- K1CRA Radio Store – Nice selection of some unique things
- MGS (Max Gain Systems) – RF Parts, Vacuum Capacitors, Masts and more
- Q5 Signal – Carries Former Down East Microwave Transverters
- Smiley Antenna – The Original Tuned Antenna
- TARP – Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
- The Sign Man of Baton Rouge – The Place for Badges, etc.
- Virboplex – CW Keys and many other brands
- W6PQL – All Things VHF/UHF, Nice site & a nice man!
- Wavenode – Precision RF Wattmeters, very cool stuff!
Ham Related Videos & Podcasts
- 100 Watts and a Wire – Amateur radio through the eyes of a new ham
- Amateur Radio Newsline – Independent News / Podcast
- AmateurLogic.tv – Covering a range of Topics & Ham College (Archived)
- Ham Nation – Weekly Episodes part of TWIT (Archived)
- Ham Radio Now – YouTube Channel with Gary Pearce KN4AQ
- K7AGE Ham Radio Channel – Great videos from Randy!
- PARP – Practical Amateur Radio Podcast
- Winlink How to Videos – by K4REF, 7 parts. Highly recommended!
Magazines & Publications
- Amateur Television Quarterly – Ham ATV Oriented Publication
- CQ Amateur Radio – Very good Read, now combined with CQ VHF, etc.
- JUG – Published the Northern California Contest Club (FREE)
- K9YA Telegraph – Published by Robert F. Heytow Memorial Radio Club
- NCJ – National Contest Journal by the ARRL (Subscription)
- QEX – Radio Experimenters Quarterly Magazine by the ARRL (Subscription)
- QST – The #1 Ham Radio Magazine in the US By ARRL
- Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) – MEMBER
- The Daily DX – Daily or Weekly DX news (Subscription)
- The DXer – Published by Northern California DX Club (FREE)
Online Ham Radio & DX News
Online Logs
Organizations & Clubs (outside of SFBA)
- 30 Meter Digital Group – MEMBER #4621
- American Radio Relay League (ARRL) – LIFE MEMBER
- AMSAT – Radio Amateur Satellite – MEMBER #39054 / LIFE MEMBER # 2446
- Digital Modes Club (DMC) – MEMBER #6429
- European Phase Shift Keying Club (EPC) – MEMBER #21738
- Feld Hell Club (FHC) – MEMBER #4285
- FT8 Digital Modes Club – MEMBER #1523
- Hungarian Radio Amateur Society (MRASZ) (English Version)
- International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
- International DX Association – Ham Radio for worldwide peace & friendship.
- Old Man International Sideband Society (OMISS) – MEMBER #9652
- Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC)
- Six Meters International Radio Club (SMIRK) – MEMBER #7016
- Straight Key Century Club (SKCC) – MEMBER #12591
- Ten-Ten International (10-10) – MEMBER #76912 / LIFE MEMBER
- The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA)
- World Slow Scan Television Club (WSSTC) – MEMBER #353 (Discontinued)
QSL Card Printing Services
- GG Graphics – Premade and Custom QSL Card printing
- Gotprint – QSL Card printing (Burbank, CA)
- LZ1JZ QSL Print – Low Cost & High Quality
- UX5UO Print – World of QSLs
- Vistaprint – All kinds of Products, and can do QSL cards!
San Francisco Bay Area Local Ham Radio Interest
- 50 MHz and up Club – Sunnyvale, CA
- APRS report for the SF Bay Area – Live View
- Aprs.fi APRS Tracking Site (Set to Pacifica, CA)
- ARRL East Bay (EB) – Covering Eastern San Francisco Bay Area
- ARRL Pacific Division – Info for the Pacific Region
- ARRL San Francisco (SF) – Covering the Northern San Francisco Bay Area
- ARRL Santa Clara Valley (SCV) – Covering the Southern San Francisco Bay Area
- Bay Area Educational Amateur Radio Society (BAERS)
- Coastside Amateur Radio Club (CARC) – WA6TOW, Pacifica, CA
- East Bay Amateur Radio (EBARC) – W6UC
- Electronics Flea Market
- Foothills Amateur Radio Society (FARS)
- Half Moon Bay ARC – Amateur Radio Club
- Livermore Amateur Radio Klub (LARK)
- Mad Scientist Amateur Radio Club (MSARC)
- Marin Radio Amateur Society
- Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club (MDARC)
- Northern California Contest Club (NCCC)
- Northern California DX Club (NCDXC)
- Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF)
- Northern California Packet Association (NCPA)
- Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association (PAARA)
- Redwood Empire DX Association (REDXA) – W6KB, Northern California
- San Francisco Radio Club (SFARC) – W6PW
- San Lorenzo Valley Amateur Radio Club – WR6AOK, Felton, CA
- San Mateo Radio Club – W6UQ
- Santa Clara County Amateur Radio Association (SCCARA)
- Santa Clara County ARES/RACES – Emergency Services
- SC4ARC SC4 Amateur Radio Club
- Silicon Valley ATV Group – Bay Area Ham TV
- Silicon Valley Emergency Communications System
- Sonoma County Radio Amateurs (SCRA) W6SON / K6SON
- Southern Peninsula Emergency Communications System (SPECS)
- Stanford Amateur Radio Club – W6YB, Palo Alto, CA
- USS Hornet Amateur Radio Club – NB6GC
- West Valley Amateur Radio Association (WVARA)
- Western Intertie Network – West Coast
Satellite Specific
- All Satellite Frequency List – Updated Often
- AMSAT – Radio Amateur Satellite – MEMBER #39054 / LIFE MEMBER # 2446
- ARISS Stations Heard Amateur Radio Stations heard via ISS
- Arrow Antenna – Antennas and more
- Elk Antennas – Log Periodic Antennas
- Green Heron Engineering – The BEST Rotator controllers, end of story!
- ISS Fan Club – International Space Station Info
- KA7FW – Great Satellite Info, the BEST I found!
- LNA 4 ALL – Low Noise Amplifier
- M2 Antennas – Great Antennas for many applications, I own several
- NooElec – SDR Receivers and other cool things
- Nova – Satellite Tracking Software
- Orbitron – Satellite Tracking Software
- OSCAR Live – Satellite Status Page by AMSAT
- Q5 Signal – Carries Former Down East Microwave Transverters
- RTL-SDR – SDR News and Projects
- SatPC32 – By far the BEST tracking software (PAID)
- SSB Electronics – Great Preamplifiers and VHF/UHF goodies
- Turbo-Tenna – Weather Satellite Antennas
- Wraase Electronics – Receiver Hardware (Germany)
Software (Which I use or used)
- Afreet Software – Home of DX Atlas, CW Skimmer, SSTV Tools & More
- Award Tracker – By W5DJT
- bcTool – Uniden Scanner Programming & Control Software
- Black Cat Systems – Home of DX Toolbox & Other Great Tools
- Butel – ARC Line of Scanner Programming Software
- DigiPan – Digital Software
- DXlabs – Software Suite
- EasyPal – Eric, VK4AES now SK, but software here
- Echolink – Internet Radio Relay System
- EZNEC – Antenna Software by W7EL
- FreeDV – Open Source Digital Voice
- GNU Radio – SDR Radio Software for Linux
- Ham Radio Deluxe – The all is one, do it all solution
- HamApps – Home of JTalert for WSJT-X , etc
- Lady Heather – By KE5FX used to Monitor GPSDO
- M1DST – GPSDO monitor software for Netduino
- MM Hamsoft – Home of MMTTY & MMSSTV
- MultiPSK – Software from F6CTE
- Nova – Satellite Tracking Software
- Orbitron – Satellite Tracking Software
- Proplab Complex Radio Signal Analysis, made Elegant
- SatPC32 – By far the BEST tracking software (PAID)
- VE3SUN DX Monitor – The BEST and the one I use!
- WD5EAE – Various software worth checking out
- Winlink Express – Global Radio Email
- WSJT-X – by K1JT, Also WSJT, WSPR, SimJT and MAP65
Weather Satellites
- All Satellite Frequency List – Updated Often
- NooElec – SDR Receivers and other cool things
- Turbo-Tenna – Weather Satellite Antennas
- Wraase Electronics – Receiver Hardware (Germany)
If you find something incorrect, have an update, or if there is something you would like to see added to the site, drop me a line here. I like to keep things as up-to-date and as accurate as possible. Thank you! - Lucas / W6AER
