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Societies

Radio Society of Great Britain.: Represents British Amateurs.
VMARS - The Vintage and Military Amateur Radio Society: Society for people interested in restoring and using old ham radio equipment.
Horndean & Disrict Amateur Radio Club: Local Radio Club.
G7KPF UK Amateur Radio Quick Links: Guide to UK based Amateur Radio web pages

General Amateur 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.

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

The Personal World Clock: A personal world clock - configurable to own requirements.
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.
Portchester Community Association: Runs the Community Centre where the club meets.
Other local clubs and societies: Hampshire County Council directory of clubs and societies.

Radio Club Collaborations

JOTA / JOTI 2006: World Scout Organisation Jamboree on the Air / Internet

This website is maintained by Derek G4JLP