Amatuer Radio

In the summer of 1999 I went on a motorcycle trip around the USA by myself and decided to get a ham radio to take along for emergency use.

Ham Radio Links

USA Digital Listing

N6OYU = D. Thom - IP coordinator for N. CA.

W6YX - Stanford Amateur Radio Club

S.H.A.R.K.K. Home Page

Yahoo! Callsign Servers

Open Amateur Repeaters

Motorcycling Amateur Radio Club

ARRL

ARRLWeb: Site Index

Amateur Ham Radio

Exam Session Search

Amateur Exam Question Pools

Ham FTP Sites

Multimode digital ham radio s/w

Dir. ftp.ucsd.edu/.../packet

Dir. oak.oakland.edu/.../hamradio

SSTV

SSTV

oak.oakland.edu/.../sstv text

TH-D7A

Kenwood TH-D7A

Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS)

The uses for a portable radio such as the Kenwood TH-D7A that I bought include, in addition to voice, packet communications including a built-in implementation of the APRS software.

APRS Links

APRS Database Access

jAPRS: USA

KD4RDB APRS Page

GPS Links

GPS Information, Software, and Reviews

Peter Bennett's GPS and NMEA Site

Mark's CAP links - GPS

GPS Waypoint Registry

GPS Map Home Page

GPSy -- Features

Card Professionals

GPS Manufacturers

Introduction to GPS Applications

Packet Radio

My original intention for the radio I bought was to use packet/internet gateways to send and receive email and to get weather information via low-bandwidth web sites while I was on the road. Things didn't work out as smoothly as envisioned, but here are a few links that may be useful for someone doing remote packet radio.

Packet Links

Packet Radio Home Page

PacComm Packet Radio Systems

I have devised a TCL script to reduce the packet station listings offered by the North American Digital Systems Directory to a reasonably short format suitable for low bandwidth transfer. If you are using a mobile station, particularly one with the kinds of limitations imposed by handhelds using PDAs as terminals, then you may find these listings useful. I'll try to keep them up to date and if I have the time I'll make their 'foot print' even smaller.

Go to the list of digipeaters.