Amateur Radio Resources

Books

Exams:
International
Amateur Radio Examination Manual A generic kind of book relevant
to Ireland. IRTS website has more specific material

For General Radio Expertise/Info the RSGB has many good titles.
Specifically:
RSGB
Radio
Communication Handbook 9th edition

Microwave
Projects Edited by: Andy Barter, G8ATD

VHF/UHF
Handbook Edited by: Andy Barter, G8ATD

An RSGB subscription is worth while for Radcom, one of the few decent
technical magazines left. You don't need to be in UK or have a
Licence.

Radio Links A few sites that folk may find useful

Irish Radio Transmitters Society-for
those who hold, or wish to hold callsigns
http://www.comreg.ie Communications regulatory body for
Ireland.
http://www.qrz.com Radio Amateur Resource, for looking up
callsigns, among other things...
eham.net Reviews of equipment, antenna set ups, articles.
http://www.vintage-radio.net/ Radio collection and
restoration.
http://www.rsgb.org.uk/
http://www.arrl.org/news/enforcement_logs/
http://www.cebik.com./radio.html
http://www.buxcomm.com/
http://www.dxpub.com/links.html
http://www.printed.it/default.asp?lang=ENG
http://www.dxzone.com/
http://www.radioamateuronline.com/
http://www.aade.com/links.htm
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/reference/radio/
http://www.r-clarke.org.uk/ham_link1.htm
http://www.va3cr.net/
http://www.qth.net/
http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/
http://www.radiowaves.fm -- Radiowaves.FM is a totally
independent site about Irish radio
http://www.radiowavesforum.com -- Their Forum
http://www.searg.com -- South Eastern Amateur Radio Group
http://www.n3kl.org/sun/noaa.html -- Current Solar Data
http://Hamradioteens.org
http://www.tapr.org/ TAPR is a community that provides
leadership and resources to radio amateurs for the purpose of advancing
the radio art.
http://www.dubus.org/ The DUBUS Portal - an essential
web-based aid for the active VHF/UHF/SHF station.
http://www.mmmonvhf.de/ Make More Miles on VHF. Great UHF/VHF
beacon and DX database.
http://www.rigpix.com/index.shtml Photo and outline spec of
many radios
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[box=Suppliers]
UK suppliers of radio equipment/accessories:
Radioworld
Nevada
http://www.vinecom.co.uk/
Haydon Communications
http://www.hamradio.co.uk/ Martin Lynch and Sons
http://www.wsplc.com/ Waters & Stanton
Rocket Radio
http://www.armyradio.co.uk/arsc/customer/home.php
P & D Amateur Radio Supplies (NI)

Irish suppliers of radio equipment/accessories:
South East Communication
Long Communication

Budget Aerial rotator -------- about €40 plus €45 postage from
Belgium
(Takes a 4.5m long VHF YAGI) Up to 45kg load. (link gone, find
another)

Quote:
Amateur Radio Licence Examination

The society's notes for the amateur radio licence examination have been
revised, and a new document "Studying for the Amateur Radio Licence
Examination" is now available for download on the
downloads page of the IRTS web
site.

While the Syllabus in Appendix A and the Sample Paper in Appendix B of
this document are unchanged, the covering note has been revised and
extended. A new section in the covering note outlines why an examination
is needed for an amateur radio licence. In this latest note we have
also emphasised the benefit of obtaining practical experience at setting
up and operating radio equipment alongside existing licensed radio
amateurs either in a club or home environment.

Anyone interested in becoming a radio amateur, and in particular those
studying for the radio amateur examination are advised to have a look at
this new document.

Via IRTS news

Aerial Designs for HF from the Royal Signals Amateur Radio Society
http://www.rsars.org.uk/ELIBRARY/docsants.htm

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