Dave's Amateur Radio Page

Amateur Radio associations and clubs:

• AMSAT Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation - North America.
• A.R.R.L. The American Radio Relay League, W1AW, Newington, Connecticut.
  • Pacific Division Web
    • PACIFICON, the Pacific Division convention, held annually in October.
      • Sponsored by M.D.A.R.C. the Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club.
• Calaveras Amateur Radio Society, Angels Camp, California.
• Clark County Amateur Radio Club, Vancouver, Washington.
• C.F.M.A., Community F.M. Associates, Santa Clara Valley.
  • Dave's Repeater Frequencies.
• The Condor Connection, an all-220 mHz repeater system with stations in California, Nevada and Arizona.
• Contra Costa Repeater Association
• The Dayton Hamvention® Home Page. The Dayton Amateur Radio Association's Hamvention®, held at Hara Arena.
  Included are previews, schedules, updates and links to nearly everything you need to know about the activity. Here are some other Dayton area links you may find useful:
  • What's happening in Dayton today? Check Active Dayton.
  • Dayton ATV (amateur television).
  • An Unofficial Survivor's Guide to the Dayton Hamvention® by Phil Stein, K2RCG.
  • My own version of Dayton Area Info.
  • Read about my April 1994 Dayton trip.
  • Read about my May 1998 Dayton trip.
• E.C.T.A.R., Emergency Communications Through Amateur Radio in Prunedale, Monterey County, CA.
• KE6MOW Repeaters, with 1.2 Gigahertz repeaters covering the south bay area.
• L.P.A.R.C., Loma Prieta Amateur Radio Club, Santa Cruz Mountains.
• M.A.R.C. Motorcyling Amateur Radio Club.
  • ba-marc Bay area chapter, Motorcycling Amateur Radio Club.
• M.D.A.R.C. the Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club.
• Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA.
  • The Naval Postgraduate School Amateur Radio Club sponsors RadioFest, formerly called WinterFest.
• The N6ENV Repeater Group, providing OPEN repeaters on 220 and 440 in southern California.
• Northern California Contest Club.
• Northern California DX Club.
• Nor-Cal QRP Club.
• QCWA, Quarter Century Wireless Association, for those who have been licensed for at least 25 years.
  • QCWA Norcal, Northern California Chapter 11.
• San Francisco Amateur Radio Club.
• Santa Clara County Amateur Radio Association.
• Santa Clara Valley Repeater Society, which operates the 146.760 MHz repeater.
• S.C.A.R.A., Southern California and Arizona Repeater Association.
• S.P.A.R.K., the South Peninsula Amateur Radio Club.
• West Valley Amateur Radio Association.
  • Field Day, the last full weekend in June of every year.
  • WVARA 52.580 MHz repeater.
  • WVARA 147.390 MHz repeater.
  • WVARA 223.960 MHz repeater.
  • WVARA 441.350 MHz repeater.
  • WVARA 1286.20 MHz repeater.
• Wide Area Data Group, serving Reno and the northern Nevada area.
• Worldradio Magazine, the magazine for amateur radio operators. They invite you to request a free copy.
• The ZIA Connection, New Mexico Repeaters.

Amateur Radio call sign lookup:

• The United States Amateur Radio Callsign Lookup Page.
  • from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR).
• The QRZ Home Page, including callsign lookup.
  • May include e-mail address if the licensee has updated the page.
• Buckmaster's World Wide HamCall^TM Server.

Amateur Radio examinations:

• Licensing examinations in the Santa Clara valley - local Volunteer Examiner Coordinators:
  • ARRL WEB: Amateur Radio Examination Opportunities. The ARRL VEC tests at Tandem Computers in Cupertino. Call 408-984-8353.
  • Exam sessions in the Pacific Division of ARRL.
    • Silicon Valley Volunteer Examiner Group (SVVEG), first and third Saturdays, Cupertino.
  • Sunnyvale VEC exam sessions throughout the 6th and 7th call areas. Call 408-255-9000.
    • Sunnyvale VEC home page.

Amateur Radio frequency coordination:

• N.A.R.C.C., the Northern Amateur Relay Council of California, including repeater frequencies for northern California.

Amateur Radio license renewals:

• Federal Communications Commission.

Amateur Radio miscellaneous links:

• ACC Repair Guy, if you need your Advanced Computer Controls repeater controller fixed.
• Amateur Radio Newsline, amateur radio news from around the world, plus numerous links to topics of interest.
• Amateur Repeater Builder's Page from Eric Homa, N6NMZ
• Homing In, Radio Direction Finding by Joe Moell, KĜOV.
• The KO6YQ Ham Radio Index by Ian Kluft.
• Dave's New User Tips for VHF-UHF Operating, a primer for new hams.
• Dave's Open Repeaters In the Santa Clara Valley.
• The Repeater Builder's Technical Information Page from Kevin K. Custer W3KKC.
• Dave's Simplex Frequencies in the Santa Clara Valley.

Amateur Radio practice exams:

• Amateur Radio Exam Practice Page from AA9PW.
• Amateur Radio Practice Exams from KK5QE.

What is Amateur Radio?

• Dave's version of What is Amateur Radio?
• Compton's Encylopedia's version of What is Amateur Radio?
• The A.R.R.L.'s version of What is Amateur Radio?
  • Important Differences between Amateur Radio and CB from ARRL Web.
  • Ham radio FAQ from ARRL Web.