K7AGE: Remote Radio Station Control

Contest Log Analysis: CQ WW CW

If you want some additional insight into your contesting efforts, I highly recommend SH5. Dmitriy, UA4WLI, hosts this program on his TR4W (TR for Windows) website. This little known, free, ham radio software utility will tell you things that your current contest logging software may not.

More at http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2008/12/05/contest-log-analysis-cq-ww-cw/

Hammaps

Here is a very nice ham radio map site. It has maps of WAC continents, DXCC entities, CQ zones, ITU zones, ITU Regions, Grid squares and much more. It's a good resource for contesters and wall paper collectors.

VE7CC Cluster User Program

* Download Links at bottom of page.
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* Full featured Telnet and TNC program for use with CC Cluster , AR Cluster , DX Spider , CLX, DxNet, or WinCluster Nodes.
* 32 Bit Windows Program that allows "point and click" setting of node parameters. Runs under Win95 and later versions of Windows.
* Has Telnet, DDE, and RS-232 outputs for logging and contest programs.
* Can insert States and Provinces into feed to contest programs to aid in multiplier determination.
* Separates data from the cluster. Dx spots, WWV, Announces, Mail, filtering etc all have their own tabs on the display.
* For Dx Spots, each band has its own color.
* Removes bad Dx Spots. (blank or duplicate)
* Can be set to reject dx spots by caller, dx call or by comments.
* Displays bearing and distance to Dx.
* As well as the usual data in a dx spot, the following data can also be shown. Spotter's node, Spotters country, Dx Country's regular prefix, Dx Country name, spotter and Dx stations CQ/ITU zones, grid squares, states/provinces.
* LOTW. Flags Dx calls with "+" before the callsign if the Dx Station uses LoTW.
* Full WWV data displayed on Dx Spot page.
* Hypertext links can be clicked.
* Auto reconnects and gets missed spots.
* QRZ.com page displayed by clicking on Dx or spotter callsign.
* "Talk" messages can be sent to multiple users at the same time. Allows a chat group using the "talk" command.
* For TNCs, receives spots in both connected and unconnected modes and broadcast UI Frames.
* Fix Spots
* Dx Alarms Can send you an email alert for needed countries.
* For Dx Spider Chat
* Saves Dx Spots to log file for later analysis or reloading to program.

N3DNO's Antenna calculator

If you need a quick calculator for a dipole, vertical or three element yagi, this is the place to go. http://bfn.org/~bn589/antenna.html

W0VB - 2 Meter Weak Signal Station, Part 1

W3JK-Flexradio

W3JK-Flex-Radio Remote Demo Part 2

W3JK-Flex-Radio Remote Demo Part 1

PowerSDR/IF Stage Elecraft K3 Part II

PowerSDR/IF Stage K3 Short Demo

Ever wonder what SDR (Software Defined Radio)is all about. Here's a little video that will give you some idea of what's possible.

KE9V: Ham Radio Underground

A long time ago, sometime after the Pleistocene epoch and before Bill Gates made his first billion, amateur radio and personal computers began their slow dance…

It was in March, 1980, . . . .

Surfin': Are You in the Blog Now?

This week, Surfin' takes a look at the current state of the art of Amateur Radio blogging.

More at http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/05/30/10133/

With No Prohibition, Skimmer Gets CQ WPX CW Test Drive

After weeks of contester chatter about the impact of the CW Skimmer, some hams around the world finally gave VE3NEA's controversial program a test during a major contest, as the CQ WPX CW became the first real Skimmer proving ground.

More at http://www.radio-sport.net/skimmer6.htm

CW Skimmer

CW Skimmer may be the biggest thing to contesting since computer logging. Or, maybe not. It's software that makes use of a simple receiver used with SDR (Software Defined Radio). See for yourself at http://www.dxatlas.com/CwSkimmer/

Features

* a very sensitive CW decoding algorithm based on the methods of Bayesian statistics;

* simulatneous decoding of ALL cw signals in the receiver passband - up to 700 signals can be decoded in parallel on a 3-GHz P4 if a wideband receiver is used;

* a fast waterfall display, with a resolution sufficient for reading Morse Code dots and dashes visually;

* the callsigns are extracted from the decoded messages, and the traces on the waterfall are labeled with stations' callsigns;

* the extracted callsigns are exported as DX cluster spots via the built-in Telnet cluster server;

* a DSP processor with a noise blanker, AGC, and a sharp, variable-bandwidth CW filter;

* an I/Q Recorder and player.

WebSDR

On this page you can listen to and control a short-wave receiver located at the amateur radio club ETGD at the University of Twente. In contrast to other web-controlled receivers, this receiver can be tuned by multiple users simultaneously, thanks to the use of Software-Defined Radio.

Check it out at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/websdr.html

Remote Radio Station Control

Morse Runner Demo

Morse runner is a contest practice program. It is so realistic that you really think that you are on the air. What you see in this video is totally computer generated. If you are interested in acquiring or improving CW contesting skills, Morse Runner is one of the best if not THE best contest trainer available. Best of all, it's free at http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/

TRX-Manager Tour

Control your radio with your computer. This is not a free program. There is a trial version that is good for 30 days. There are other similar programs for free. Do a google search for "ham radio control software" to find them.

Remote Radio Station Control

Run your station remotely through the internet, both transmit and receive.