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To follow in 5,4,3,2,1. The following is a QST. From around the world, this is Newsline, Amateur Radio’s first independent on-the-air news and bulletin service. Updated every Friday morning. Listen to this week’s report!
Editors Choice:
1. AA9PW Online study guide for ham radio enthusiasts.
2. AI4UK Frequencies, weather maps, and more.
3. AmateurRadio.com News & Resources for Ham Radio Operators.
4. AMSAT Satellite pass predictions.
5. Antenna Length Calculation Calculate the frequency/length of antennas.
6. APRS Finder Locate hams on D-Star using APRS.
7. AR Newsline Weekly newscast of Amateur Radio.
8. ARRL American Radio Relay League News.
9. AT&T Wi-Fi Locations AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots.
10. AVVid The Kenwood repair expert, KA5IPF.
11. Call Sign Locator Find hams by call sign or city.
12. Cobra Antenna By Raymond A. Cook W4JOH.
13. CommCat Watch DX spots, control your radio, and log contacts.
14. com0com Open source kernel-mode virtual serial port driver for Windows.
15. DDutil A Data Decoding Utility for Flex Radios.
16. DL9QJ Amateur Radio Soundblaster Software Collection.
17. D-Star Users Watch for the most current users.
18. Donner’s Digital Interfaces For digital modes. Works with EchoLink.
19. DODROPIN EchoLink Conference Server.
20. DVAP DV Access Point Dongle.
21. DV Dongle Connect to the international D-Star gateway network!
22. EchoLink EchoLink Link Status.
23. EchoStation Repeater-control program for Windows.
24. eHam Reviews Reviews of products and services submitted by members.
25. Electronic Course RFCEC.
26. ESSB Hi-Fi Audio For The Radio Amateur Radio Experimenter.
27. FCC Frequency Band Plan Here’s a basic frequency list.
28. FCC License Search Advanced license search.
29. G0MWT Some consider Chelmsford as the “birthplace of radio”.
30. G4VXE Tim’s version of Amateur Radio from Longworth, England.
31. GB3KD A repeater in Kidderminster that is connected to EchoLink.
32. GB3OK Repeater is 70 cms, EchoLink, linked with GB7OK, a D-Star repeater.
33. GF4ON Here is a great CW trainer program. Free!
34. General Class Privileges US Amateur Radio Frequency Allocations For Phone.
35. Ham Antenna Blog Blog about antenna designs.
36. Ham Radio Deluxe Control software for a variety of radios.
37. Ham Radio Nation Amateur Radio Social Networking.
38. HamSphere Turn your PC into a Ham Radio Transceiver!
39. Heavens-Above Satellites, astronomy, and all in heavens above.
40. Heil’s Tips Founded by Bob Heil in 1966.
41. I-Link Boards Interfaces work with Echolink and others.
42. International Callsign Prefixes Callsign Prefixes by country. (SMeter)
43. IRLP The Internet Radio Linking Project.
44. ISS Fan Club Get in touch with the ISS.
45. ISS Tracker Find when a spacecraft will be flying over your city.
46. ITU Region Maps ITU maps of regions 1, 2, and 3.
47. K1IW Amateur Repeater Search.
48. K2DSL Callsign Map Search. Just enter the callsign.
49. K6RIA The W5JCK Guide to the Mathematic Equations (PDF).
50. K7SFN Bluetooth interface for HF/VHF.
51. KB6NU Study Guides for Technician and General Class.
52. KC0ONR Here is a 20M groundplane vertical. Very nice job.
53. KI4AED A 10 Meter Radio Beacon site.
54. KJ5TF Antennas, solar power and more.
55. LandAirCom Consulting-Engineering-Sales-Service.
56. N2YO Live real time satellite tracking and predictions.
57. QTH.com Ham radio classified ads.
58. RV3APM Software for digital modes.
59. Radio Reference Listen to live online police scanners!
60. RAIN Report Radio Amateur Information Network.
61. Receiver Data By Sherwood Engineering, Inc..
62. Revolver Maps Interactive visitor globe for your QRZ page.
63. RSGB International prefix list.
64. SM3CER Contest service..
65. Sixty Meter Band 60 meter band information.
66. SolarHam.com Solar activity forecast with the latest reports.
67. T2FD Antenna Tilted Terminated Folded Dipole.
68. Ten-3 Cushcraft Ten-3 manual at www.kb2ljj.com (pdf).
69. Understanding Antennas For the non-technical ham. By N4JA.
70. US Callsign Prefixes Amateur Radio Callsign Numerical Prefixes.
71. VA7ST More antenna ideas.
72. Verizon Wi-Fi Directory Wi-Fi Access HotSpot Directory.
73. Voodoo Audio Join the Voodoo Audio Crew.
74. W2IHY An equalizer to make the microphone sound better.
75. W5JCK Extra Class Study Materials.
76. WU2X PowerSDR/IF Stage.
77. West Mountain Radio Interfaces and other products.
78. Worldwide HamCall Callsign database.
International Q Signals
| QRA | What is the name of your station? |
| QRG | What’s my exact frequency? |
| QRH | Does my frequency vary? |
| QRI | How is my tone? (1-3) |
| QRK | What is my signal intelligibility? (1-5) |
| QRL | Are you busy? |
| QRM | Is my transmission being interfered with? |
| QRN | Are you troubled by static? |
| QRO | Shall I increase transmitter power? |
| QRP | Shall I decrease transmitter power? |
| QRQ | Shall I send faster? |
| QRS | Shall I send slower? |
| QRT | Shall I stop sending? |
| QRU | Have you anything for me? (Answer in negative) |
| QRV | Are you ready? |
| QRW | Shall I tell ……. you’re calling him? |
| QRX | When will you call again? |
| QRZ | Who is calling me? |
| QSA | What is my signal strength? (1-5) |
| QSB | Are my signals fading? |
| QSD | Is my keying defective? |
| QSG | Shall I send ……. messages at a time? |
| QSK | Can you work breakin? |
| QSL | Can you acknowledge receipt? |
| QSM | Shall I repeat the last message sent? |
| QSO | Can you communicate with ……. direct? |
| QSP | Will you relay to …….? |
| QSV | Shall I send a series of V’s? |
| QSW | Will you transmit on …….? |
| QSX | Will you listen for ……. on …….? |
| QSY | Shall I change frequency? |
| QSZ | Shall I send each word / group more than once?(Answer, send twice or …….) |
| QTA | Shall I cancel number …….? |
| QTB | Do you agree with my word count? (Answer negative) |
| QTC | How many messages have you to send? |
| QTH | What is your location? |
| QTR | What is your time? |
| QTV | Shall I stand guard for you …….? |
| QTX | Will you keep your station open for further communication with me? |
| QUA | Have you news of …….? |
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