Useful web sites:
- HF Digital modes – great overview with audio examples
- Yagi Calculator – Yagi Calculator is a program to assist with the design of long yagi antennas
- Coax Calculator – calculates coax loss and antenna gain
- Radio Mobile – maps coverage of a transmitter
- Plano Amateur Radio Klub – good collection of articles including some from our own WA5SWD
- 285 TechConnect Radio Club– incredible collection of technical information
- Amateur Radio apps for smart phones (ios & android)
- Kenwood parts
- OMISS Homepage-. Do you like to work lots of stations (HF) for unique awards this is the place for you ?
- Ham Radio Auctions is Like an eBay site, but I understand a lot less to post on.
- Manual wire winder (Amazon)
Logging Software:
- DXLab – https://www.dxlabsuite.com/
- N3FJP – http://www.n3fjp.com/
- N1MM – https://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php
- QSL Card printing – http://kb3ifh.homestead.com/index.html
- HRO – the old standby with a store in Denver
- Gigaparts – online seller with great prices on Jetstream antennas which are a rebranded Diamond at half the price. Their version of the Diamond X50 is the JTB3 for less than $50.
- Universal Radio – another online seller
- PowerWerx – great source for everything powerpole
- Smiley Antenna – Tri-band telescopic antenna with 3-9 DB gain for your HT
Retailers:
- Newark (Formerly MCM Electronics) – All sorts of electronics, adapters, tools, connectors, etc.
- Harbor Freight – great place to pick up inexpensive tools and some materials. Not the highest quality items, but always a great deal; especially with one of their numerous coupons.
- DX Engineering
- Metal Distributors
- Hobby King – A very inexpensive source for battery monitors. Sells the the same Turnigy Battery Monitor as PowerWerx at a fraction of the price.
Other radio clubs
- Colorado Council of Amateur Radio Club (CCARC)
- Rocky Mountain Ham (RMHAM)
- Colorado Repeater Association (CRA)
- Weld Amateur Radio Society (WARS)
- Loveland Repeater Association (LRA)
- Estes Valley Amateur Radio Club (EVARC)
- Longmont Amateur Radio Club (LARC)
- Boulder Amateur Radio Club (BARC)
- Aurora Repeater Association (ARA)