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Clubs & websites we know of – let’s add yours!

Also, see the Resources Page as there is some similar content there.

Burnley & District Amateur Radio Club – MX0STB This club, in Lancashire, currently has 34 members and has recently acquired some surplus gear from another UK amateur.

Raleigh Amateur Radio Society (RARS), located in Raleigh, NC, USA, is one of the larger U.S. clubs and holds one of the nation’s largest “Hamfests” each Spring. It also holds licensing and training sessions and has a significant public service component.

Surrey Amateur Radio Communications publishes The Communicator, a professional grade ham radio digital magazine.  Put a link to it on your desktop!

GQRP low-power clubwas formed in 1974 by Rev. George Dobbs G3RJV (SK). It is a non-profit organisation run entirely by volunteers to promote Low Power Radio (QRP). Whether you have a ham license or not – everyone is welcome. The quarterly magazine SPRAT provides a fascinating read containing articles of varying complexity, from simple test equipment, to fully functioning radio transmitters and receivers. You can access SPRAT from the GQRP website and the annual cost of membership is very inexpensive. GQRP also has a YouTube Channel at this link.

Four States QRP club has ideas and features focused on QRP operations and construction.

The Michigan QRP club has a simple DC Receiver kit which might still be available.

The American QRP Club is for builders, experimenters, and low power enthusiasts.

VK3YE’s QRP website is not a club but it provides a lot of information about QRP operations.

The DXZONE provides a list of QRP websites

(Let’s get your club listed here – send the information to Frank at [email protected]!)
Publications:

Ray Osterwald, N0DMS, publishes Electric Radio magazine which contains articles about tube gear and older technologies in each issue.

Amateur Radio Weekly has many topics of interest; have a look!

The Communicator is a magazine-quality publication of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications. It is edited by John, VE7TI, located in Surrey, BC, Canada. The various issues can be read here.

Rudy, at Mouser, a major supplier of electronic components, publishes a series of “Tech Tuesdays” articles, many of which are of direct interest to hams and those of us who like to build stuff. Here’s the latest listing (be sure to scroll down and click the “See More” button!)

Zero Retries has many articles of interest

Christian, G5DOC writes about Meshtastic-enabled LoRa devices...this is new and quite interesting!

Hackaday also has an article about LoRa networks – give it a read. Oh, wait – there’s more: Go here to read about mesh-compatible LoRa.

HamRadioWorkbench.com has a lot of nifty podcasts, projects and articles to peruse.

73 from G5DOCcovers many subjects. From this link, scroll to the end to find many subjects to investigate

Here’s a link to the ARRL newsletter, which has many pages of news of interest to us hams.

DxZone publishes a substantial list of amateur radio newsletters. Have a look!

The QRZ Forumcontains news, technical information, discussions and equipment evaluations; there is much to read here!

This DX Engineering website has 31 pages of news and general information about ham radio. Many antenna and feedline articles are included.

QRP Guys advertises kits and circuits
QRP ARCIis a club for low power enthusiasts worldwide.

YouTube Channels:

YouTube Channels we have found (please let us know of others that you know about):

HB9BLA Wireless by Andreas Spiess HB9BLA

KM6LYW Radio by Craig Lamparter KM6LYW (home of the DigiPi project)

Modern Ham by Billy Penley KN4MKB

Tech Minds by Matthew Miller M0DQW

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