McDowell Amateur Radio Association
Web Links


DX

DX cluster http://www.ham-radio.ch/dxc/
Propagation http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/
DX gray line http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p
The DXer  
http://www.dxer.com/
DX Summit http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/
144 Mhz Propagation Logger http://dxworld.com/144prop.html
World Wide Ham Call Sign server
http://hamcall.net/call
QRZ callsign database http://www.qrz.com/database
W5YI resources
 http://www.w5yi.org/
QSL manager lookup
 http://www.ik3qar.it/manager/
Tropospheric Ducting Forecast
 http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
Current NOAA Solar Data
http://www.n3kl.org/sun/noaa.html
Amateur Radio And DX Reference Guide
 http://www.ac6v.com/
QTH Grid finder; Uses Google Earth
http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/fullScreen.html
FCC Callsign database
http://www.fadca.org/fcc_data.html


Antennas

NVIS
http://www.main.nc.us/maraclub/NVIS.html
HT antenna counter poise --  KI4ZUI
http://main.nc.us/maraclub/HTCounterPoise.html
Deployable J Pole - dual band --  KI4ZUI
http://www.main.nc.us/maraclub/DeployJpole.pdf
US Marine Corps Antenna Hand Book
http://www.armymars.net/ArmyMARS/Antennas/Resources/usmc-antenna-hb.pdf
Contesting
WA7BNM Contest Calendar 
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/contestcal.html


Hamfest Calendar

Charlotte   Mar 10-11, 2007
http://www.w4bfb.org/hamfest2007/hamfest.html
Catawba Valley - Morganton  Apr 21, 2007 
http://www.cvhamfest.com/index.shtml
Western Carolina ARS - Waynesville  July 28
http://www.wcars.org/hamfest.html
Shelby  Sept
http://www.shelbyhamfest.com/
Gray TN   Oct 20
http://grayhamfest.com
Frequencies

Radio Programming Soft Ware --  Shared by club members
Program_SW.html
FCC Site/Frequency query
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/General_Menu_Reports/engineering_search.cfm?accessible=NO
TV audio, CB, FRS, portable phone
http://www.durhamradio.com/freq.htm
Public Service Frequencies Reference
http://www.radioreference.com
Public Service Frequencies  -- Avery county
http://main.nc.us/maraclub/AveryPublicServiceFreq.html
Public Service Frequencies --  McDowell county
http://main.nc.us/maraclub/McDowellPublicServiceFreq.html
Public Service Frequencies --  Mitchell county
http://main.nc.us/maraclub/MitchellPublicServiceFreq.html
All Frequencies --  Mitchell county
http://main.nc.us/maraclub/MitchellFreq.html
Public Service Frequencies --  Yancey county
http://main.nc.us/maraclub/Yancey Public Service Freq.html
All Frequencies --  Yancey county http://main.nc.us/maraclub/YanceyFreq.html
W.C.A.R.S  list of area repeaters
http://www.wcars.org/repeaters.html
Yahoo Groups

McDowell Amateur Radio Association http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mcdowellhams/
CERT Team Communications http://groups.yahoo.com/group/certcomms/
Winlink 2000 for Disaster Recovery/Emergency Preparedness http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wl2kemcomm/
Airmail and Winlink user group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airmail2000/
Radio Modifications
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RadioModifications/
Design Tools

RF solutions in a spread sheet
http://www.rfsolutions.com/rfcalc1.htm
Microphone connections
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rg4wpw/date.html
Manuals
http://www.washcoares.org/res-docs.html#manuals
Battery Care
http://www.main.nc.us/maraclub/BatteryCare.html
Service Events

Burnsville Metric Bike tour, 2007
http://www.main.nc.us/maraclub/Burnsville_Metric_2007.html


Shopping
CheapHam
http://www.cheapham.com/amateur-index.html