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Ham Radio Links of Interest

• Links by Topic
• Linked Repeater Networks
• Other Radio Club Pages
• Texas A&M University and student organizations

Links by Topic

• Getting Your First Ham License (Exam Info)
• License Exam Question Pools (from NCVEC website) for 2016
• Technician Class Exam Question Pool (TXT)
• Technician Class Exam Question Pool Graphics (PDF)
• Practice Exam online (ALL license classes available), from QRZ.com
• Upcoming License Exams Search, from ARRL
• National Organizations / Forums
• The FCC Home Page
• eHam.net
• American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
• QRZ forum
• Texas Amateur Radio forum
• Major Ham Topics
• APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System) Info
• APRS Search Page from N1BQ
• Current map of local APRS stations
• Boxes for Emergency Comm. Equipment
• Emergency Comm. Portable Base Station, by John A. Allocca WB2LUA,
  from ARRLweb December 2003
• Callsign Databases
• ARRL Callsign Search
• FCC Callsign Search
• Hamcall.net Callsign Search
• UALR Callsign Search
• QRZ Callsign Search
• ARRLWeb's Contest Calendar
• Former Students/members
• W5AC.org website
• Texas DX Society
• Propagation
• DX Summit (online DX Cluster)
• Realtime Propagation Monitor / DX-cluster
• HF and VHF Radiowave Propagation Center
• Space Weather
• Solar Terrestrial Activity Report
• Current Solar Data (from NOAA)
• Space Weather Now (also NOAA)
• 27 day F10 and Ap Forecast
• Real-time 24hr Effective Sunspot Number
• Emergency Communications
• First Responders
• Texas A&M Emergency Care Team
• CERT - Community Emergency Response Team
• CIRT - Critical Incident Response Team
• Frequency Coordination - Texas VHF-FM Society
• Learning Morse Code
• Morse Code teaching program made by former student K7QO
• The TAPR Home Page (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio)
• The Packet Radio Home Page
• Repeater Coordination - Texas VHF-FM Society
• Repeater Networks are listed below
• Satellites
• AMSAT Home Page
• Houston AMSAT Net
• ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) reference page
• SAREX (Space Amateur Radio Experiment) homepage
• Satellite tracking
• W5AC Satellite Activities
• Shortwave Radio Page
• Ham vendors
• Amateur Electronic Supply (AES)
• Gigaparts
• Ham Radio Outlet
• Henry Amplifiers distributor
• Icom
• Kenwood
• Yaesu
• Weather-related Links
• TAMMSSDA - The Texas A&M Stormchasers
• Ham Radio How-to for TAMMSSDA Operations
• SKYWARN Texas
• Lone Star Storm Spotters Network
• National Hurricane Center's WX4NHC amateur radio station
• NWS current weather and forecast for College Station
• Weather Channel: College Station Weather
• CS area radar from Weather Underground
• QSL Amateur Radio websites
• Other Useful Tools
• AC6V's Amateur Radio and DX Reference Guide (a huge resource)
• The Latest NewsLine Amateur Radio News
• Q Codes, from AC6V
• How to track Satellites from the W5AC shack text file
• US Postal Service (including zip code search)
• Canadian postal codes

Linked Repeater Networks

• Armadillo Intertie System
• Echolink
• Echolink and Saltgrass information
• Also http://saltgrasslinksystem.org/
• and http://saltgrasslink.tripod.com/saltgrasslinksystem/
• and http://www.echolinkradio.com/SGLS.html
• Southwest Lynx statewide repeater system

Other Radio Club Pages

• Baylor Amateur Radio Club (WA5BU)
• Boston Amateur Radio Club (W1BOS)
• Brazos Valley ARC (in SW Houston)
• Brenham ARC
• Bryan ARC
• Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club (W6BHZ)
• Columbia University Amateur Radio Club (W2AEE)
• Dallas Amateur Radio Club (W5FC)
• Dartmouth ARA (W1ET)
• Foothills Amateur Radio Society (K6YA)
• Goddard ARC (WA3NAN)
• Irving ARC (WA5CKF)
• Naval Postgraduate School ARC (K6LY)
• North Carolina State University ARS, "StARS" (W4ATC)
• Ottawa Amateur Radio Club, "OARC"
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ARC (W2SZ)
• Stanford University ARC (W6YX)
• Triangle East Amateur Radio Associatoin, "TEARA"
• Temple ARC (W5LM)
• University of Arkansas Little Rock (UALR) Amateur Radio Club
• University of Arkansas Radio Club (W5YM)
• University of Central Florida ARC (WB4TCW)
• University of Manitoba ARS (VE4UM)
• University of Maryland ARA (W3EAX)
• University of Surrey "EARS" (G3IGQ and G8AHK)
• University of Texas Amateur Radio Club, "UTARC" (N5XU)

Other Student Organizations at TAMU

• Corps of Cadets
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE or "eye-triple-E"), TAMU student branch
• Texas A&M Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (TAMSCAMS)
• Student Engineers' Council (SEC)