This page is an assortment of ham-related things I’ve found over time and have wanted to keep in one place as interesting for some reason.
Radios
- TYT TH-9800 - someone asked about it on FB’s LZ HAM group. Cheap alternative to YAESU’s FT-9800.
- Radioddity GD-77 DMR
- ALT-511
- Yaesu FT-857D
- Hytera PD685
- ALT-512
Manufacturers
Online shops
Worldwide:
- Wimo
- 409 Shop
- Radioddity
- Argent Data Systems
- Leo Bodnar Electronics - high-precision time devices and others
- Anico Hamshop
- TME Electronic Components - good Polish (?) cable supplier
- Antennas-Amplifiers
- LAMCO
- Waters & Stanton
- QRP Guys
Bulgarian:
- Mobimax
- Прамиз - lots of magnets
- KST - communication-related equipment
- Steinberger
- OBO Bettermann - infrastructure equipment, profiles, etc.
- Д.Н. Стил - aluminium profiles
- Ангел Стоилов 96 - metal-related trade - copper, aluminium, all kinds of profiles
- Телком Инженеринг - antennas and other telco equpiment
- KET Components - distributor of TME and Mouser
- Inmak - antennas, connectors and accessories
Also check out the DIY section.
Sites
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Signal Identification Guide / wiki - lots of information on digital and analogue signals. Contains waveforms, mp3s, waterfall images, etc.
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Osmocom (Open Source Mobile Communications) - info on mobile communications like GSM and TETRA. RTL-SDR devices and linux software specifics here.
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Radio Academy - free courses on radio topics, DMR course here.
- Repeaters.bg - list of LZ repeaters
- Repeaters LZ1NY - another list of LZ repeaters
- RepeatersBG - Google Sheets from 2019
- LZ.Free.BG
- Радиолюбителски бюлетини
- Етика и процедури при работа на радиолюбителя
- WA7BNM Contest Clendar
- CW Academy
Software
Antennas
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Antenna types by KE0OG
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Introduction to Antenna Basics by AllAboutCircuits
- YU7EF antennas
- Arrow II
- DK7ZB antennas
- VHF/UHF antenna workshop
- Diamond
- Comet
- Elk Antennas
- SotaBeams
- Packtenna
- MFJ Enterprises
- PortableAntennas
- Shark
- ON6MU Homebrew
- Ham Radio HF Antenna For Limited Space
- Cheap and simple VHF-/UHF-Yagis by DK7ZB
- Alpha Antenna
- M0MCX - DX Commander antennas
- I0JXX - mostly UHF and SHF
- WireAntennas
- LZ Antenna by LZ2GY
- InnovAntennas
DIY
- RG213 coaxial cable
- Someone recommended to use Dural 6mm for lightweight portable antenna booms?
- Recommended feeder cables: RG-58 (easy find here), also ПВ-А2 ПВ-А2 VIKIWAT.
- SotaBeams also provide wires.
DMR / Digital
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DMR Vocoding (AMBE) - Bookmarked during a discussion on tinkering with DMR for learning purposes. The discussion focused around starting with reading around vocoders.
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One can build a digital-voice repeater using an open source multi-mode modem running on Arduino and other ARM-based devices. Supposedly works for DMR, D-Star, NXDN, etc. MMDVM modem host and firmware. More practical info on Brandmeister’s wiki.
SDR
- WebSDR - List of Internet-connected SDR receivers.
- SDR.hu - Another WebSDR list.
- dump1090 - Airplane Mode-S open source decoder
- SDRPlay - manufacturer of SDR receivers
- Nooelec NESDR
- QS1R
Satellites
- ISS contact frequencies - Amateur Radio on the ISS - SSTV, repeaters, etc.
- Work FM HAM satellites
- Satellite lists and lot of other info - KA7FVV, FG8OJ, AMSAT-UK
- Setup Meteor M-N2/N2-2 with LRPT-Decoder
- ISS Fanclub.eu
- NASA ISS Radio
SOTA
- Summits on the Air
- SOTL.as
- Battery masters Also check out SotaBeams, Packtenna, Elk Antennas and Comet from the Antennas section.
Other
- Blue Blood - HAMs with Blue Blood - ? Bulgarian HAM blog ? Not sure what’s the reason I had for bookmarking this, but there are a lot of nice HAM historical articles and club-related info.
- LZ1LCD’s home page - lot of resources on antennas, handhelds, DMR, etc.
- An old list of service frequencies.
- AirScout - Software for Aircraft Scatter Prediction
- EI8IC’s site - nice maps
- Height map between two points
- Заземяване в градски условия
- M0UKD - resources on antennas and calculators
- Garmin eTrex Touch 25 - GPS handheld device with QTH locator
- FT8 Operating Guide by ZL2iFB PDF
DX/Propagation
- Why can’t VHF / UHF be used with ionosphere reflection?
- ARRL - Propagation of RF Signals
- VOACAP HF Propagation Prediction
- Near-Real-Time MUF Map
- N0NBH HF Propagation and Solar-Terrestrial Data Website
- William Hepburn’s Radio & TV DX Information Centre
- DXMaps - QSO/SWL real time information - includes propagation maps
- VOAProp
- Make more miles on VHF - here and here