Here are more websites that I’ve come across that could be of interest to amateur radio operators:
- MIT Open Courseware. Want to get an MIT education without moving to Cambridge or paying high tuition? Take courses online! Of course you won’t get an MIT degree, but I bet you learn a lot. One place you might start is 6.071 Introduction to Electronics.
- W5LET’s Bare-Essentials Transmitter. 1968 was a simpler time. That’s the year this one-tube transmitter project was published in Electronics Illustrated. It’s articles like these that got me interested in ham radio. Find a 50C5 and build this rig.
- W5GI’s Mystery Antenna. I found this antenna while looking for a design for an 80m antenna that would fit on my lot. I haven’t built this antenna yet, but it’s on my list of things to do.
- Amateur Radio Special Events. I like working special events stations, both operating them and contacting them. Here’s a website devoted entirely to special event stations. For example, it lists the following taking place in November:
- XE2BC – Nov 10 – XE2BC , founded in 1946, will celebrate the founding date on November 10th 2006
- K6PV – Nov 12 -15 – mini IOTA DXpedition to Santa Catalina Island (NA-066) California
- ARMAD – Nov 13 – Amateur Radio Golden Corral Military Appreciation Day
- W6OI – Nov 25- 26 – 10 -10 International Club Station Special Event
- Ridge Equipment Company. This company sells both new and used test equipment, including dummy loads and attenuators. The prices for the used gear looks pretty good.
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