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Accessory Manufacturers Distance & Bearing Modes, AM, FM, etc Q-Signals
Alphabets, Phonetic Districts, USA  MAP Morse Code Solar Flux - Daily
Area & Zip Codes Geography Morse Code Trainers Sunrise/Sunset Times
Band Plans GMT Time Morse Code, Learning RST System
Beacons Gray Line MUF Third-Party
Beam Headings Great Circle Nets, HF Time - GMT, UTC
Calling Frequencies Grid Squares Operating Practices Time Frequency Sta
Call Books Latitude  Longtitude Phonetics, DXers WWV-Summaries
Call Signs, Prefixes Language Translator Phonetics, International

WWV Reports, Latest

Clocks Line Of Sight To Horizon Part 97 Zones CQ
CW Abbreviations Jargon Prefixes Zones ITU
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DXCC is copyright ARRL and its use here is printed with permission of the ARRL.

     TIME LINKS UTC NOW IS     

When Asked What The Time Was; 
Yogi Berra Replied "You Mean Right Now?"

Hams Reply -- You Mean Right Here Or UTC?

PROGRAMS TO SET YOUR COMPUTER TIME

About Time -- Sets your PC Clock or Server

AtomTime -- Sets ur Clock to world standards

SocketWatch -- Keep your PC clock accurate with the ultimate time client for Windows.

Atomic Clock Sync utility -- set your local PC time with the US Atomic Clock 

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WEB PAGES ABOUT OR GIVING TIME 

World Time Zone .com -- Several WOW presentations

World Clock - Time Zones -- Local Time of many cities around the world.

HamClock -- Desk Top program for Time in the All DXCC Prefixes -- A Real Winner and its Free!! From Mike, DF1ZN

Official US Time -- Precise UTC Time -- On Line - From Department of Commerce and NIST

U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock. -- Precise UTC Time -- On Line

Beacon Wizard -- Track the NCDXF Beacons and Sets your PC Clock to world standards

NIST Java UTC Clock -- Precise UTC Time -- On Line

World Time Zone Map -- From The U.S. Naval Observatory

UTC/GMT Time Conversions To Local Time

Sunrise/Sunset, Gray line and UTC Time From HAB Software, Hamburg, Germany.

Sunrise/Sunset -- By City -- Moontimes also - From The U.S. Naval Observatory

Time And Frequency Stations -- WW Precise UTC Time and Frequencies

Standard ITU Phonetic Alphabet - Sometimes referred to as NATO Phonetics

A Zillion Phonetic Alphabets. -- Alpha, Baker, Cocoa, Dog.

DXers Phonetics --By AC6V - Unofficial Of Course!

Phonetic Alphabets -- Historic, English and others -- via J.W.Alcorn - VK2JWA

 Language Translator -- Great DX Tool -- From SYSTRAN®

Language Translator -- Great DX Tool -- From FreeTranslation.com

Morse Code Pages --Ultimate CW Pages

Morse Code Trainers --Many To Choose From

AC6V's Guide To Q-Signals Commonly Used On HF

AC6V's Guide To Ham Q-Signals Commonly Used On VHF Repeaters

More Q-Signals For Hams -- Washington State Net

MEGA Q-Signals List -- Edition 1994, 1998 --- VERY LONG NOTE: Most of these are not used by Amateurs. Many for Navigation, Aviation, Marine, etc -- From Ralf D. Kloth - DL4T

The Missing Q-Signals -- Just For Fun

QN-Signals. -- For Net Use Only


 

Part 97 -- From The ARRL

US Third-Party Traffic Agreements From The ARRL

Gray Line Program -- From Alex Shovkoplyas, ex UR5EMI (now in VE3)

Grey Line Map -- Color greyline map that automatically refreshes every five minutes -- from DX.QSL.NET

Grey Line Map -- by John Walker (Fourmilab)

DX View -- FreeWare.  Find heading, country, distance, zone info from callsign prefix --- Includes Maps, Greyline and More. An absolute MUST SEE

SR/SS Enhancement and Grayline Propagation --  From N4KG

 

        GRID SQUARES  


Graphical traffic log Version 2.2.2 -- From Philippe F1TPL -- Locators displayed on maps, DXCC displayed on map, French department on map, Traffic log, Contest and report to EDI format, Audio caller, Statistics, graphics, Web cluster

DX Atlas 2.24 By VE3NEA   Has  menu that allows you to type in a grid square number and the program places a cursor on the map presentation allowing you to determine the US state or country/province. Also gives distance, bearing, and prefixes.

Artsci has a publication that although it is a repeater guide (excellent), it has a map of all USA states and the grid squares within that state. The map extends slightly beyond the state borders, so one can see a grid square that encompasses 2 or more states.

Grid Square Finder -- From QRZ - Neat Program

Grid Squares - WOW From WA5UUD Via The Six Meter World Wide DX Club

Grid Squares - WOW from ICOM -- Click on AMATEUR, then U.S. Grid Square Map (470 KB PDF)

Grid Squares -- From the ARRL Web -- on-line grid-square calculator. Grid-square calculator program for your computer. By hand, as explained in the QST Lab Notes PDF file

Grid Square Calculator -- Find Grid Squares By Long/Lat or find Long/Lat from Grid Squares --- From AMSAT

Your Grid Square can be found at QRZ.COM under Detailed Info.  Not as exact as the AMSAT method above.


       HAM MAPS  

DX FIELD REFERENCE - FROM NIFTY ACCESSORIES

 INTERNET HAM ATLAS - From Darek SP6NVK - complete information on all 337 DXCC Entities, containing over 3000 pictures and over 1100 maps. Result Of 4 Years Of Work - WOW.

Ham Map

Radio Amateurs World Atlas Book - From DARC Via The ARRL-- With CQ Zones and Prefixes

DX ATLAS - Great Atlas With Prefixes, Zones, Sun/Dark zones from VE3NEA

Ultimate DX World Map™ wall map -- New From Millennia Arts

HAM MAPS A BUNCH WITH PREFIXES  -FreeBees

Russia I           Russia II

Africa North     Africa South

 Europe

Poland

Antartica Europe, East    Romania
Arctic Regions Finland
Argentina Grid Squares      So Africa
Asia, South Grids -- USA So America
Asia East Hungary Spain
Asia, SE          Asia, SW Iceland Sweden
Australia Indian Ocean  Indian Ocean - South Tajikistan
Austria Indonesia Thailand
Belarus Italy Turkey
Brazil ITU Regions      ITU Zones Ukraine
Bulgaria Mexico United Kingdom
Canada Middle East USA District Map I 

Caribbean

 Moldavia USA Grids
Cen America North America World I        
China  Oceania Zones CQ      Zones ITU
Continents WAC Pacific Ocean
Cuba    

FREEBEES

Map mash-up of ham licenses in the U.S. -- From KE6UZ, find map location of Hams by callsign, find Hams and Ham populations by State or Zip code!

USA District Map -- From The ARRL

WAS Map For Tracking (coloring in) Worked All States

USA District Map -- By AC6V

USA District Map -- From Jeanne K1MOM

Maps Of All US States

Graphical traffic log Version 2.2.2 -- From Philippe F1TPL -- Locators displayed on maps, DXCC displayed on map, French department on map, Traffic log, Contest and report to EDI format, Audio caller, Statistics, graphics, Web cluster

Ham Maps From EI8IC CQ & ITU Zones, ITU Regions, Grid Squares, Contintents, Time Zone, And Great Circle. The most comprehensive prefix maps on the Web are now available for free download. 34 new maps, available separately or in a combined zipped archive.

Ham Map of the World with prefixes -- From Allan, VK2CA

Ham Maps -- World Wide With Districts From SP8DA - New Additions -- Over 43 Ham Maps

Ham Maps -- AT LAST -- On Line -- A great set of Ham maps with prefixes -- see PREFIX ELMER

Ham Maps -- Worked All Continents WAC - From Nomrax

  Ham Maps -- CQ Zones From Nomrax

CQ Zone Map From EI8IC

Ham Maps -- ITU Zones From Nomrax

 Ham Maps -- ITU Regions From Nomrax

ITU Zone Map --A GIF From NEXUS-IBA

ARM - Amateur Radio Maps v 1.3 -- Must Download but a goodie!!

CIA FactBook -- Great Source of DXCC Country Maps & Facts

World Atlas.com -- Online World Atlas main page

World Atlas.com -- Islands Of The World

1 Up Travel.com -- World Atlas

Great Maps -- From Univ Of Texas -- Don't miss this one - covers the World with Long/Lats

TopoZone Maps -- Gives long, Lat, Elavation & Detailed Maps

Radio Line of Sight Plot Server

GcmWin - A program to make Great Circle Maps -- Via SM3GS Online Map Creation using AZ_PROJ v1.1.6 Great Circle Maps

Geodetic II -- Distance/Bearing Finder - From Klaus-Dieter Scholz

Great Circle calculations --GCGC by Ron McConnell W2IOL

Great Circle Maps - azprj104.zip program - For any point on the earth.

AZIWORLD  This program is a generator of coloured azimuth world maps centered on any terrestrial position. From G. RIVAT F6DQM

Formulae For Calculating Great Circle Heading and Distance Information

        BEAM HEADINGS - DISTANCE BEARING      

Amateur Radio ADF Is Back -- Highly Recommended. 

The new HamADF has a very large town data list now (possibly exhaustive)
and the new frequencies are in the band window.

DXCC Country List / Beam Headings -- From North Jersey DX Association

Distance and Bearing Finder. -- Enter 2 cities. Shows Distance, Beam Headings and maps -- By Bali Online

Beam Headings & Distance Excel Spreadsheet -- In zip form from K7NO

Beam Headings to DXCC Countries From The North Jersey DX Association

KawAZ is a Azimuth Angle Calculation Program for the Radio Amateur

DX View1.1.5 -- FreeWare.  Find heading, country, distance, zone info from callsign prefix --- Includes Maps, Greyline and More. An absolute MUST SEE

Beam DX  -- free software for radio amateurs or radio listeners. Allows to point an antenna towards an azimuth, a locator, an international prefix or any other geographical position on Earth predefined by its latitude and its longitude. Includes the DXCC list with their relevant geographical positions. From G. RIVAT F6DQM

QTH Locator -- By Klaus Evers's, DL3BAK -- Find Distance/Bearing and grid squares -- A Must See

Beam Headings By Using W6EL's Propagation Program

GcmWin - A program to make Great Circle Maps -- Via SM3GS

Online Map Creation using AZ_PROJ v1.1.6 Great Circle Maps

Geodetic II -- Distance/Bearing Finder - From Klaus-Dieter Scholz

GcmWin - A program to make Great Circle Maps -- Via SM3GS

Online Map Creation using AZ_PROJ v1.1.6 Great Circle Maps

Geodetic II -- Distance/Bearing Finder - From Klaus-Dieter Scholz

Great Circle calculations --  -GCGC by Ron McConnell W2IOL.

Great Circle Maps - azprj104.zip program - For any point on the earth.

Formulae For Calculating Great Circle Heading and Distance Information

Also see DX and Contest Software

Calculating the Distance To The Horizon

Magnetic Declination/Variation Map -- From The Compass Store

WORLD LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES

USA Latitude/Longitude Position Finder -- Map Based Page to identify the latitude and longitude position of any point within the United States.

Formulae For Calculating Great Circle Heading and Distance Information

All About Compasses -- From The Compass Store

Determining declination from magnetic north -- From The Compass Store

Zip Code Finder -- From The Horse's Mouth

Zip & Area Code Finder -- Click On "New General Combined Lookup" --- Zip/Area to County/City & Vice versa -- From Jay Computer Services

National Address Server -- Enter U.S. postal address -- gives zip code, map, and a Postscript or a GIF file of the address for printing.

Area Code Look-Up

Geography links
Many Thanks to W2IOL Ron McConnell For The Geography Links.
28 mar 2003

GCGC great circle (ellipsoid), lat/long/grid, MUF, miles/Watt, DX database DOS Command line calculator. Note: original site no longer live. Link goes to site page archive.

Great Circle Bearing and Distance Calculator (Web's Best)  http://www.indo.com/distance

World & USA: Mapblast (lat/long now hidden in URL)  http://www.mapblast.com

World & USA: Maporama, Address to Lat/Long & Map  http://www.maporama.com/share/

Worldwide Country City/Town Database (USGS + NIMA +...)
USA Geographical Locator: Montana State Univ. (Many maps...) http://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/

USA Latitude/Longitude Position Finder Map, 9-Step Zoom (Juggling Information Service web site?)  http://www.juggling.org/bin/un.cgi/map-find
 
Australia: Place Names (gazeteer)  http://www.auslig.gov.au/mapping/names/natgaz.htm

Magnetic Declination/Variation vs. lat/lon, altitude, date http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/seg/gmag/fldsnth1.pl

Magnetic Declination/Variation on World Map: MAGVAR, under "Free Stuff" http://www.pangolin.co.nz

Magnetic Declination/Variation World Map (PDF) http://www.thecompassstore.com/decvar.html

Royal Observatory at Greenwich: the beginning of the world Good information
   http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk

Bowditch American Practical Navigator web site  http://www.irbs.com/bowditch

Ed Williams's Spherical Navigation Formulas with examples http://williams.best.vwh.net/avform.html

Ed Williams's Spheroidal Navigation Tutorial http://williams.best.vwh.net/ellipsoid/ellipsoid.html

US NGS Ellipsoidal Earth Models, Vincenty Inverse & Forward http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/

Australian Mapping Agency: Geodosy reference, formulas, ... http://www.ga.gov.au/geodesy/

Omar Reis's Tecepe site with Celestial Navigation Tutorial & Navigator Light 3.0
http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav

Mentor Software's Worldwide Amateur Radio Call Prefix to Lat/Long/etc "Most Complete". Note: original site no longer exists, link now goes to archive of page.

Marine Navigation Calculators -- several available. Note: original site is gone, link goes to archive of page.

GIS Data and Software, Free (Geocomm) http://www.geocomm.com

Astronomical and Numerical Software Codes: http://www.moshier.net
 
Historic Map Collection Online, David Rumsey "...6000 pieces, or about 150,000 individual cartographic items..."  http://www.davidrumsey.com/

Historic & Current Maps, Collection Online: Univ. Texas  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps

World Time Zone Map, CIA/PC  http://geography.about.com/cs/timetimezones/index_2.htm

World Time Zones/Maps/Clocks  http://www.worldtimezone.net

World Time Server:  http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

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USA Street addresses to Lat/Long & Misc.
Latitude/Longitude Position Finder (9 zoom steps) [Juggling Info?]

  http://www.juggling.org/bin/un.cgi/map-find

  http://www.mapsonus.com

  http://www.mapquest.com   or   http://maps.yahoo.com

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United Kingdom (UK) Street Maps, Lat/Long, Postal Codes, Tel Codes, etc.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk

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Azimuthal-Equidistant Projection Maps: (Great Circle Maps) GCMWIN Az-Eq maps, SM3GSJ   http://hem.passagen.se/sm3gsj/
 
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  World Imagery Database (Photos from space)  http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com

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Many Thanks to W2IOL Ron McConnell For The Geography Links.
28 mar 2003

 

 

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