Links for everything Ham.

Canada's National Amateur Radio Society

International Call-sign database and interactive forums.

A self-test program for candidates to the Canadian Amateur Radio certification. Written for RAC by François Daigneault VE2AAY

A great deal of info on Bob's blog

Detailed information on the Hexbeam antenna.

Great document on RFI, Ferrites, Baluns and Audio Interfacing.

A great document for those that want to build a super station or improve an existing one.

J.P. Walsh of remax metro-city has graciously paid for our web expenses. He'd love to help you sell your old home or find a new one to buy. Check his website out at http://jpwalsh.ca

Sean Huntley Sean Huntley is the owner/operator of Professional Radio Services, based in the Ottawa region. Sean not only provides service, installation, and equipment to various commercial, municipal and government entities, but he also provides the same level of professional services to the Amateur community. Get your radio repaired locally (Ottawa) or get a top notch mobile antenna installation, talk to Sean. UPDATE! Sean is now Canadas newest Alinco dealer, and is also a dealer for GRE Scanners! Carrying the full Alinco and GRE line for Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, Sean is now taking orders for Smiths Falls Flea Market delivery. A full catalog will be available soon, but for now the link contains the prices for radios only. If you need any accessories, let Sean know and he will get a price for you. Current Alinco Price list coming soon. Tel: 613-258-9094 Email: [email protected]

AMfone is dedicated to amateur AM operation. The site primarily focuses on Amateur AM as well as Vintage and Classic radio.

Radio Propagation - Space Weather - Sunspot Cycle Information - a live reference resource site for solar and geomagnetic data and images

The Canadian Space Weather Forecast Centre in Ottawa is operated by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), with support from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). It is a Regional Warning Centre (RWC) of the International Space Environment Service (ISES, formerly IUWDS). The ISES global network monitors a variety of parameters that help to characterize the conditions on the Sun, in space between the Sun and Earth, and on the Earth. The data are used by Regional Warning Centres and others to develop Space Weather warnings and alerts.

SOHO, the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory, is a project of international collaboration between ESA and NASA to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind. SOHO was launched on December 2, 1995. The SOHO spacecraft was built in Europe by an industry team led by prime contractor Matra Marconi Space (now EADS Astrium) under overall management by ESA. The twelve instruments on board SOHO were provided by European and American scientists. Nine of the international instrument consortia are led by European Principal Investigators (PI's), three by PI's from the US. Large engineering teams and more than 200 co-investigators from many institutions supported the PI's in the development of the instruments and in the preparation of their operations and data analysis. NASA was responsible for the launch and is now responsible for mission operations. Large radio dishes around the world which form NASA's Deep Space Network are used for data downlink and commanding. Mission control is based at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

6-day forecast of VHF, UHF & Microwave radio & TV signal strength & interference.

This map shows actual radio propagation from stations operated near 144 MHz. Zoom in to see more detail.

Great information on signal angles and antenna height.

Great paper on propagation and angles.

Great site for showing lightning strikes in the world. Be sure to turn on the "Stations" feature in the upper right-hand corner.

Nice document on radio interference.

This site calculates the best time and band for making a connection between two stations.

Shows real-time QSOs according to band.