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1. GENERAL INFORMATION



  • International institutions : ITU, IARU, CEPT, ERO, CITEL (Americas), ATU (Africa), European Union

  • National telecommunication regulators : FCC (USA), WIA (VK), ANFR, ARCEP (F), IBPT (ON), ILR (LX), see also Wikipédia.fr.

  • ITU regulation : ITU-R official regulation and codes (2004), see Phonetic and Q codes in appendices 14 and 15 (PDF, 7 MB)



    Amateur Radio Associations



  • IARU : includes contacts of each national radio amateur society



    File Downloads



  • Worldwide Spectrum Allocations, poster provided by Tektronix in PDF format, 2015

  • Radio spectrum bandplan, frequency allocation from 3 kHz to 30 GHz, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2011

  • The Electromagnetic spectrum, from 31.2 mHz to 6.52 EHz, PDF poster designed by Anthony Tekatch, Unihedron, 2004

  • IARU Region 1 Band Plan (PDF file), IARU, 2016

  • HFbands (xls file), Region 1 Europe band plan of HF frequencies from 136 kHz to 30 MHz (graphical & tabular forms), 2004

  • US Band Plan (jpg file and PDF file), US band plan from 1.8 MHz to 1300 MHz, ARRL, 2017

  • Band Plan, detailled frequencies allocation from 1 kHz to 250 GHz, 2004

  • QRP frequencies, list HF frequencies used for QRP activities

  • Beacons, list more than 1000 International HF beacons from 1.8 to 50 MHz

  • CQzones, list all 40 zones (see CQ Magazine) and concerned entities (DXCC)

  • DXNet, the main DX and local networks working in HF bands with time and frequencies

  • DXCC, list all 339 DXCC (see ARRL) entities with their prefix(es), QSL bureau, ITU zone, CQ zone, Time Zone and Entity code

  • ITUzones, list all 90 zones defined by ITU

  • MostWantedDX, the "most wanted" countries, are also listed yearly in The DX Magazine.

  • Reflectors, list many radio amateurs and astronomy mail servers (list servers)

  • Amateur Radioastronomy by F5VLB (aussi en français)

  • Famous hams, list call signs of some celebrities (kings, actors, scientists, etc)

    - Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur (PDF in several languages), IARU



  • General information: AC6V, QRZ, eHam.net, Radioamateur.org

  • News : QRZ now, DX Zone, ARRL, RSGB, IARU, ITU

  • Education : ARRL, W5YI, Electronics Tutorials, Wikipedia, F6CRP , RSGB Catalog, Amazon.com

  • Forums and newgroups : rec.radio.amateur.antenna, uk.radio.amateur, hfradio forums, W5KUB

  • Reflectors (maillists) : QTH.net Mailing lists (e.g. DX4WIN, ICOM, KENWOOD, YAESU, RemoteOperating, Antennas, etc), Reflectors.xls,

  • For amateur radios using OS X : Mac Ham Radio

  • Magazine (paper) : QST, QST 1916-1941, QEX, CQ Magazine, Radcom (UK, RSGB), CQDL (DL, DARC)

  • Online Magazine: DX Magazine, Ham Radio Online, RadioUser, AntenneX, Dubus

  • Webzine (en français) : Radioamateur (VE), Radioamateur.org , ON6NR ), UBA

  • Ads (US/English second hand market) : RDX Zone Radio Classified Ads, Ham Radio Sales UK, QTH.com, ebay

  • Ads (marché d'occasion F/ON) : Radioamateur.org, Radioamateur.fr, Electronique Radioamateur, 2ememain.be, Bourse UBA, ebay

  • Amplifiers (tubes): Acom International, Alpha Radio, Ameritron, Commander, Emtron, Henry Radio

  • QRO Technologies, Ten-Tec, Tokyo Hy Power, Ulvin International, Andrews Communications Systems

  • Amplifiers (solid-state) : Alpha Radio, Ameritron, Henry Radio, Icom, Tokyo Hy-Power, Yaesu, Communication Concepts

  • Antennas (emission) : Allied Antennas, Alpha Delta, B&W, Banttow, Bencher-Butternut, Buddipole, Cubex, Cushcraft, Degen, Diamond, Force12, GAP, GB Antennes Giovannini Elettromeccanica (antenna.it), Hex-beam, Hi-Q, Hustler, High Sierra, Hy-Gain, KVK, Light Beam Antenna & Apparatus, llc Mosley, NCG-Comet, OptiBeam, PKW, Sommer, Steppir, Tennadyne, TGM, Titanex, Tonna, ZeroFive-Antennas, Portable HF antennas (Excel sheet)

  • Antenna tuners : Alpha Delta, Ameritron, Kenwood, LDG Electronics, MFJ Enterprises, Nye-Viking, PalStarTen-Tec, Tokyo Hy-Power, Vectronics, Yaesu

  • Callbooks and QSL Info : HamCall (ex-Buckmaster), HamGallery, Hamradio (ON), Pathfinder, QRZ, QSL

  • Call sign (logo) : K7BON (carved in Oak), Maxsell (electrogolden badge), Project GM (LED call sign), Radio covers, HotPress Embroidered ham hats

  • QSL managers : see callbooks and clusters, QRZ, IK3QAR QSL Manager lookup425 DX News, NO4J, OPDX
  • QSL printshops : The DXZone listing, IT9EJW, IK1PML, QSL Shop, Cheap QSLs

  • BCL: Hard-Core DX, DRM, TV RadioWorld, Find out SW Broadcasters per Frequency, Radio Plateau, ComFM

  • DX Cluster : DXHeat, DX Summit, WSPRNet, DX Galaxy, DX Central (port:6904), LOTW, eHam, DXMaps, Ham Radio Deluxe (cf. this list of web clusters and FTP clusters), Reverse Beacon Network, AR-Cluster User manual

  • Dealers : DX Engineering, MFJ Enterprises, RF Parts, UKW-Berichte, Universal Radio, Vine, WiMo, WSPLC

  • Frequencies list : ERO (PDF), Klingenfuss (HF). See also above "General information"

  • Radios (online) : Radio garden, Internet radio, Internet Radio UK, Ecouter Radio en Ligne (F)

  • Receivers : Bearcat, FlexRadio Systems (SDR), Icom (classical), Scancat and AOR (scanners), WinRadio, ADS-B (Air Traffic L-band)

  • Transceivers : Rigpix (database of al TX and RX), Alinco, Collins, Elecraft, Icom, Kenwood, SGC, Ten-Tec, Yaesu/Vertex

  • Remote ham radio : RemoteHamRadio, W4MQ (Internet Remote Base), RemoteShack, 3819khz.net (see also SDR interfaces)

  • SDR receivers : Funcube, RTL-SDR, SDRPlay, DX Patrol, SDR Sharp, HackRF, Roundup of SDR (RTL-SDR), SDR-Radio, WebSDR, KN0CK HF SDR Receiver

  • SDR (online receivers) : WebSDR.org, WebSDR, WebSDR VHF (including ISS), DXHeat (clic on individual call signs to listen to their QSO)

  • SWR-meters & wattmeters : Alpha Radio, Ameritron, Array Solutions, Autek, Bird, Daiwa/NCG, MFJ EnterprisesTen-Tec, Yaesu

  • Towers and poles (USA, VE, VK) : Aluma, Anchor Guard, AN Wireless, Antenna Systems, Champion Radio, ComTrain, Custom Metalworks, Galvatech 2000 (VE), Glen Martin Engineering, Inc., Harger Lightning Protection, Inc., Heights Tower Systems, IIX Equipment Limited, K0XG Rotating Tower, Nally radio towers (VK), PCE Int., Pirod (Valmont), Rohn Industries, Inc., The Mast Company, TIC ringrotor, Trylon, US Tower, XXTowers

  • Towers and poles (Europe) : Banttow (PA), CTA (F), De Kerf (Bazel in ON), Hummel Al-Towers (DL), ProSisTel (I), Thomas Global Register Europe, Titanex (DL), Trivalantene (S5), Trylon (ON), Vargarda radio (SM)

  • Technical reviews : eHam.net without to forget QST, CQ (US) and RadCom (UK) magazines, as well as your national IARU club and its publication(s). See also links and reviews in PDF format at the end of page How to select an HF transceiver ?

  • Videos on YouTube : My PlayList (100 videos so far)

  • Vidéos en Français sur YouTube : La radioamateur par VE2CWQ, Radio Amateur, Activitées radioamateurs, Activitées en portable



  • Antenna Modeling : NEC, MultiNEC, MultiProp, and many others (Cebik)

  • Calculator : Smith Chart Calculator, Attenuation & Power Handling Calculator (for cabling)

  • CAT : Callsign, VA3CR.net, WinRADIO, HamSphere, RCP for TS-570D series (review "Logger" and "SDR")

  • Clocks : Iridium, GeoClock, Time in the world (on this site)

  • CW training : NuMorse, UFT, ProfMorse, Koch, Just Learn Morse Code

  • DSP and decoding programs : Fldigi, Multipsk, RCKskimmer, Spectrum Laboratory, Easygram, Hamscope, Skysweeper Pro, MMSSTV, ChromaPIX, HF-FAX, Digital Modes Links short review

  • EME software : F2TU, VK3UM

  • Gray line : Fourmilab, QSL.Net, propagation programs and loggers

  • HF Propagation : Review of propagation prediction programs and beacon managers (on this site)

  • Logger : AC Log, CommCat, DX4Win, DXKeeper (DX Lab Suite), DX Atlas, EasyLog, Ham Radio Deluxe v5x (free), Ham Radio Deluxe (v6+, licence), Log4OM, Logger32, LOGic 9, LoTW, Lux-Log, MacLoggerDX, MicroLog, N1MM Logger, nGenLog, Prolog2k, SwissLog, WinLog32

  • Ham world maps : Mapability (free), World Map by UT0EM on Amazon (not free)

  • QTH/Grid Locator : QRZ GridMapper, AMSAT QTH Locator, WinLoc, Maidenhead grid square locator map
  • Radio Meteor : Colorgramme WMeteor, HROFFT2RMOB

  • SDR : Airspy (SDR#), HDSDR, SDR-Radio, Linrad, GQRX, CubicSDR, ShinySDR, Sodira, CuSDR, SeeDeR, Spektrum, SDR-J

  • SDR (for androids) : SDR Touch, Wavesink Plus, RFAnalyzer

  • Satellite Tracking Software : SatScape, Element manager, Nova for Windows, WXSAT, WXTrack, Orbitron

  • Signal processing : AVS Audio utilities, Audacity, FFTDSP
  • VoIP communication software : EchoLink, IRLP, WIRES-II, I-link, eQSO, HamSphere, Skype.



    4. SPECIAL



  • Air traffic status : Flightradar

  • Air traffic audio : Live ATC

  • Weather balloon monitoring : SondeMonitor


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