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McMinn County Amateur RadioClub, Inc.Helps & Software Page |
This page contains links to some handy helps
and
software
for hams! Feel free to download!
*NEW*
This site is a compendium
of links
that pertain to radio of all types. http://www.appliancepartspros.com/radio-study-guides.aspx
This web site checks for QSL
info on
over 60 sites and can also calculate postage. See http://www.dxlabsuite.com/pathfinder/WebClient/
TN Ham License Plate form!
Jerry,
NE4L, has provided a pdf formatted form of the TN Ham
License Plate
application, that you can fill out all of the blanks
except the
signature, then print it out to take to your County Court
Clerk's
office. See http://www.mcminnarc.com/helps/TN_Ham_Tag_Form.pdf
BRYCE K. ANDERSON, K7UA has
written
an excellent resource named “THE NEW DXER’S HANDBOOK”. You
can download
a personal copy (with his permission) at http://www.mcminnarc.com/helps/New_DXer's_Handbook-01-15-2011.pdf.
It
is
about
a
1MB download.
Meeting People with Ham
Radios -
Page with links to ham radio groups and info. http://www.datehookup.com/content-meeting-people-with-ham-radios.htm
So, you want to put up a
really long
all band loop antenna (a "Skywire")? See http://www.donkeith.com/n4kc/index.php?p=7#
and
scroll
down to N4KC's Skywire Horizontal Loop Antenna
Great resource on grounding
practices from PolyPhaser. http://www.protectiongroup.com/Utility/Knowledge-Base
Good article on trap and coil
loss
in antennas. Is about verticals, but the info applies to
many
situations. http://www.bencher.com/pdfs/00816ZZV.pdf
Do you need to cipher (aka figure, calculate, estimate, etc) some type of equation? See this site: http://www.calculatoredge.com/
Putting in a new 220V
outlet for that new amp? Or, trying to figure out
which wire goes where on a GFI? See http://www.ask-the-electrician.com
Thinking about
putting up
a tower? The info on this site is a MUST READ
before you do! http://www.championradio.com/technotes.html
HELP! I
am
about
to
sell
my station! I don't hear nothin' but noise!
Before you do, download and read this... Noise
Abatement
on
HF
Radios
10M won't be dead
forever!
Build N4NLM's 10M Delta Loop...easy! http://www.mcminnarc.com/helps/10MDeltaLoop.pdf
.
Battery Backup
computaion http://www.mcminnarc.com/helps/battery.html
.
Amateur radio
license study materials FREE! See http://studyguide.eqth.org/
.
Theory
Study Guides
for ALL amateur radio tests: Why
buy one? Download what you need from http://www.ncvec.org/
. Click on "Amateur Question Pools" on the left side.
Ned Swartz, K1GU works Field Day with the MCARC, and he sent me a very good article on navigating the FCC ULS website for license renewals and update. It is a small pdf file, available at this link http://www.mcminnarc.com/helps/fcculsinfo.pdf . (Right click and "Save As".)
UI-VIEW32 for
APRS resource and setup page. APRS
Just can't remember those resistor
colors?
Click "here" for a
resistor and capacitor program! (Only 230kb)
What about a web site where you can learn about
or
look up all kinds of electronic data? See http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/
.
Got power line noise? Don't know how to get it
resolved? Here is a good resource: http://www.powerlinenoise.com/
.
Here
is a simple circuit you can build to use your power supply to
charge a
12V back-up battery and it will automatically change over when
the
power
fails! Click "here"
to view.
Here is a neat UTC clock
you
can download...it looks like this in "window"
mode...
and like
this
minimized in the system tray...

Just click ztime.zip
and it
will download. Unzip it to your "C" drive, and put a shortcut
to it in
your "Start Up" folder and it will run when you boot up! Neat
little
utility and only 89kb!
Need to know how to wire a
mic
to your rig? Then click this link... http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rg4wpw/date.html
Got some goodies you would like to give others?
E-mail
the webmaster! kg4fzr@yahoo.com