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AR Newsline
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.
The website audio and text feed is usually updated early on Friday of each week – Pacific time (PST or PDT depending on time of year.) Listen to this week’s report!
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4. AR Newsline Weekly newscast of Amateur Radio.
5. Colorado Repeater Association Throughout the Front Range of Colorado.
6. D-Star Directory Your source for D-Star Digital Information.
7. EchoLink EchoLink Link Status.
8. eHam Reviews Reviews of products and services submitted by members.
9. FCC License Search Advanced license search.
10. G0MWT Some consider Chelmsford as the “birthplace of radio”.
11. GB3KD A repeater in Kidderminster that is connected to EchoLink.
12. Ham Radio Online Real time disaster reports.
13. International Callsign Prefixes Callsign Prefixes by country. (SMeter)
14. IRLP The Internet Radio Linking Project.
15. ISS Tracker Find when a spacecraft will be flying over your city.
16. ITU Region Maps ITU maps of regions 1, 2, and 3.
17. IW5EDI HF Antenna Library.
18. JARL Japan Amateur Radio League, Inc.
19. K1IW Amateur Repeater Search.
20. K2DSL Callsign Map Search. Just enter the callsign.
21. N2YO Live real time satellite tracking and predictions.
22. NOAA NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards.
23. QRZ.com Callsign database and more.
24. Radio Reference Listen to live online police scanners!
25. RAIN Report Radio Amateur Information Network.
26. Rocky Mountain Radio League Denver-based amateur radio club.
27. RSGB International prefix list.
28. SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory home page.
29. SolarCycle24.com Solar activity forecast with the latest reports.
30. UALR Callsign Lookup Uni. of Arkansas at Little Rock Amateur Radio Club.
31. US Callsign Prefixes Amateur Radio Callsign Numerical Prefixes.
32. US Time Official U.S. Time from NIST.
33. VHF Tropo Forecast William Hepburn’s Ducting Forecast.
34. VKHam Australian Amateur Radio.
35. W5YI Get your own vanity callsign.
36. W7EI Welcome to the VVARA from Cottonwood, Arizona.
37. World Clock Move your mouse to see the time around the world.
38. 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 …….? |