Links

Links to Amateur Radio & related interests

Clubs & Societies

VMARS - The Vintage and Military Amateur Radio Society

Society for people interested in restoring Military radio equipment.

Horndean & Disrict Amateur Radio Club

Local Radio Club.

G7KPF UK Amateur Radio Quick Links

Guide to UK based Amateur Radio web pages

www.radio1933.co.uk

website dedicated to things Top Band at..
 

        Fareham & DARC Club Poster  CLICK
 

General Amateur Radio

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901
On this page you can listen to and control a short-wave receiver located at the amateur radio club ETGD at the University of Twente. In contrast to other web-controlled receivers, this receiver can be tuned by multiple users simultaneously, thanks to the use of Software-Defined Radio.
 

LA8AK, Radio Communications Resource Page

Unfortunately LA8AK died in 2005, but his website continues. G7HEP stumbled across his site whilst researching the German radio equipment installed at Batterie Vara, Kristiansand. It seems this was also one of his interests.

learn morse code

Learn morse code in one minute!

 

Page One and Page Two

The Killing Ground - Earth your station safely by Peter E Chadwick G3RZP.

This is a copy from Rad-Com June 1987 with authors permission.

It must be remembered this article was printed over 20 years ago and the regulations have changed.

If the reader has any doubts then a qualified electrician must be consulted.

However it is belived this article was correct at time of printing.

Page 1 and 2 are in PDF format and are about 1.8 megs each.

 

Horology

 

www.madaboutwatches.co.uk is Rod Armstrong’s site.
 He’s an honest dealer with very reasonable prices in Christchurch.

www.watchbattery.co.uk also sells straps, including the NATO canvas type.
Cheap Batteries are always fresh. In Swindon.

http://www.ranfft.de has thousands of movement pictures, to help you identify and classify.
With production dates.

Manuals and Restoration

www.mods.dk

Manuals and modifications for all sorts of ham radio gear.
Restoration of Valved HF Communications Receivers

Useful on-line book by Chris Parry, G8JFJ.
Radiocraft

Vintage technology site.
BAMA

The Boat Anchor Manuals Archive - a large listing of technical manuals and circuits / handbooks for a wide range of equipment.

 

Electronics

Ham Radio Homebrew

Lots of homebrew projects and links here - a useful site.
Crystal radio set

A DIY Crystal radio receiver that does not use a commercial tuningcapacitor and that can be built by members of the public at club open days /events.
 

Antennas

XE1BEF's HF antenna pages

very good
 

Weather

Dundee Satellite Receiving Station

This is the Dundee Satellite data receiving station, and has some interesting weather pics; registration is free, and some of the images may well be useful to some members.
EUCLID

Realtime European Lightning Map.
Isle of Wight Weather

Lightning activity from Isle of Wight weather station - very good for tracking storms across / around UK
 

Software

Your Remote S-Meter

Lots of information here, plus the ability to listen in to receivers located at various places US and other.
Atomic Clock Sync

Free Windows software for synchronising your PC to an internet atomic clock.
 

Local Area

Communications and Radar Museum HMS Collingwood

Local Communications and Radar Museum. Several club members do volunteer work at the museum.