Nearly every ham who also has Net access knows about eHam and QRZ.Com, but from time to time I run across other ham radio websites that deserve a little publicity. So here goes:
- Pete’s Homebrew Page: The question here is, “Who is Pete?” Nowhere to be found, amid the plans for a bunch of homebrew projects, is any mention of Pete’s last name or of his callsign. That’s no biggie, I guess, as the site is full of interesting homebrew projects, including an antenna tuner, 6m receive converter, and a CW filter. Pete has links to a bunch of SW listening sites as well.
- HamStop.Com: The net has allowed many small retailers to get into business. Being a small retailer myself (Quality Technical Books), I always like to browse the sites of other retailers to see what ideas I can steal from them. Unfortunately, most ham radio retail websites are really bad.
Fortunately, HamStop.Com is not one of them. The owners of HamStop.Com have done a nice job with their website. The navigation is easy to use, meaning it’s easy to find the products they sell.
Unfortunately, they don’t have a really good selection. I understand this, however. It’s hard to keep a lot of stock on hand without making a big investment in inventory and facilities. I need to contact them and see how they’re doing.
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