MODES of COMMUNICATION

MODES OF COMMUNICATION

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AMATEUR SOFTWARE	AMPLITUDE MODULATION	APRS	CLOVER	CW AND MORSE CODE
ECHOLINK	EMERGENCY RADIO	EME, SETI	FAST SCAN TV — ATV	FAX & WEFAX
GPS	HF DIGITAL AND PACKET RADIO	HF RADIO	LASER COMMUNICATIONS	LOW FREQUENCY OPERATION
METEOR SCATTER	MICROWAVE & SPREAD SPECTRUM	NAVTEX	PACKET BBS	PSK31
RTTY	SLOW SCAN TV	TRANSMITTER HUNTING	VHF DXING

 

 

 

 

AMATEUR SOFTWARE

• DXView DXView presents a world map, upon which beam headings, stations you spot, the sun’s position, and the solar terminator are continuously displayed. Supports M2 and Yaesu PC-controlled rotator controllers.
• HamComm Program for ham radio communications, supports reception and transmission of radio teletype (RTTY), AMTOR ARQ/FEC, SITOR A/B, NAVTEX and Morse code (CW) signals. .
• HamScope HamScope is a multi-mode communications package for amateur radio that supports: PSK31 BPSK and QPSK RTTY ASCII MFSK16 CW
• KaGold  and PkGold Performance Software for AEA and Kantronics TNCs Recognized Leader in Packet Amtor RTTY Baudot Pactor Gtor ASCII CW Morse support.
• MultiMode Digital modes decoding software for the macintosh. Decodes CW, RTTY, WEFAX, SATFAX, ACARS, DTMF, SSTV
• PSK31 software for getting on the air based on the Operating System
  of your computer and after that based on the hardware you have.
• WinWarbler WinWarbler allows you to conduct QSOs in the PSK31, PSK63, and RTTY modes using

AMPLITUDE MODULATION BACK TO INDEX

• ARRL-– Audio, Events, Freqs, Nets, Resources, Technical

APRS BACK TO INDEX

• APRS — Automatic Packet Position Reporting System — From CAVE — California Amateur Vhf Enthusiasts

CLOVER BACK TO INDEX

• CLOVER — From Hal Communications

CW AND MORSE CODE BACK TO INDEX

• Go To The CW Page — CW Trainers, Aids, 200 Practice QSO’s, History and Much More

ECHOLINK BACK TO INDEX

• EchoLink® software allows licensed Amateur Radio stations to communicate with one another over the Internet, using voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology.
• Official Home of The Internet Radio Linking Project
• IRLP Node Codes and Locations – 759+ of em
• ECHOLINK — Introduction
• ECHOLINK — Another New Innovation
• ECHOLINK — Nice Page
• Macintosh users and the EchoMac software
• ILINK – Introduction
• I-LINK***ECHOLINK Boards — From WB2REM &; G4CDY
• WIRES IITM — (Wide-Coverage Internet Repeater Enhancement System) Another VoIP (Voice Over IP) Innovation Via Yaseu

EMERGENCY RADIO BACK TO INDEX

• Emergency Measures Radio Group-EMRG-
• herc (hams emergency radio communications)
• The Sea Ranch Association Amateur Radio Plan – Excellent for
  a setup of your Club
• ARES, RACES & Skywarn – Sites (Amateur Radio)

EME, SETI,ASTRONOMY BACK TO INDEX

• SETI, EME, Radio Astronomy and Radio Amateurs(W6-PA0ZN)
• HSCW Group WEB Pages
• The ARRL Foundation

FAST SCAN TV — ATV BACK TO INDEX

• San Francisco Bay Area ATV — WA6ZJG
• Amateur Television Network — Atlanta
• British Amateur Television Club — With Amateur TV related software available for download

FAX & WEFAX BACK TO INDEX

• Selected Worldwide Weather Facsimile Broadcasts, 1993
• HF-FAX List – March 1994
• Facsimile Weather Stations, 1993
• FAX stations around the world

GPS BACK TO INDEX

• GPS Resources — Global Positioning System

HF DIGITAL AND PACKET RADIO  BACK TO INDEX

• Digital Sounds–by W1HKJ
• FT8 & FT4 WSJT-X implements communication protocols or “modes” called FT4, FT8, JT4, JT9, JT65, QRA64, ISCAT, MSK144, and WSPR, as well as one called Echo for detecting and measuring your own radio signals reflected from the Moon.
• JTAlert 2.15.5 (06-DEC-2019) Check to see if this is the latest version (versions change often) that works with WSJT-X. Version download is 2.15.5 here for now.
• Tucson Amateur Packet Radio — TAPR, All About Packet, APRS, DSP, Kits & projects
• North American Digital System Directory — BBS, DX Packet Clusters, Nodes, Maps
• North American Digital Systems Directory — From TAPR
• Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corp. — THE definitive Source
• PACTOR-II — SCS Home Page — The Works – includes a FB FAQ
• Superb Packet Tutorial –by Larry Kenney, WB9LOZ
• Another Great Packet Tutorial — by Lincoln ARC
• Fuzzy Digital Modes! — from Murray ZL1BPU
• HF Packet BBS’s — Try The Following Frequencies
  14,105.5, 14,095.2, 10,149.25, 10,147.25, 7091.5 and 7103.5

HF RADIO BACK TO INDEX

• Telecommunications Glossary is issued by the General Services Administration
• HFRadio.org — Propagation, DX, Callsign/QSL routes, Swap and Shop, Online Map Creation, Learning / Licensing — By NW7US,Tomas

LASER COMMUNICATIONS!!! BACK TO INDEX

• Lasers — K3PGP Experimenter’s Corner From VLF to Light

LOW FREQUENCY OPERATION BACK TO INDEX

• LOWFERS Longwave Club of America. –The World of Radio Below 500 kHz

METEOR SCATTER BACKTO INDEX

• Operating Procedures For Meteor Scatter QSO’s PDF format

MICROWAVE & SPREAD SPECTRUM BACK TO INDEX

• Microwave — RSGB Microwave Committee – Loads of uWave Goodies 1GHz & Above
• Microwave — The World Above 1000MHz From G3PHO Peter Day Sheffield
• Spread Spectrum — Rules, Regs, LinksSpread-Spectrum Radio Design — Via TAPR
• Spread Spectrum — TAPRs Spread Spectrum Communications Page
• Spread Spectrum Scene – Online — By KC6YJY, Randy Roberts

NAVTEX BACK TO INDEX

Note that some
Ham TNC’s and Software are capable of receiving NAVTEX
Broadcasts. See manufacturers pages and software pages.

• NAVTEX — Maritime Safety Broadcasts

• To upgrade soon

PACKET BBS BACK TO INDEX

• AX.25 Amateur Packet-Radio Link-Layer Protocol –Via TAPR
• Portable Packet Web Page ! — By KE4NYV —

PSK31 BACK TO INDEX

• PSK31 – Phase Shift Keying — A Replacement For RTTY????
• PSK31 – Mail List
• Phase Shift Keying @31.25 bit rate nb6g. Phase shifts the carrier rather than frequency shift, i.e., RTTY.
• Soft and Hard for PSK31 Windows compatible version as P31SBW or PSKSBW.
• WSJT (FT8,FT4, etc.) – WSJT-X, WSJT, MAP65, and WSPR are open-source programs designed for weak-signal digital communication by amateur radio.

RTTY BACK TO INDEX

• Dedicated to Digital Mode Contesting
• RTTY Pages — Including DXing, Contesting, Software Reviews — From N1RCT
• RTTY Reflector — Subscription Info
• ARRL RTTY Transmissions — Schedule
• RTTY Contest Calendar — by Jan Almedal, LA9HW

SLOW SCAN TV BACK TO INDEX

• SSTV SoftWare — ChromaPIX — SSTV Workstation for Windows 95/98/NT
• SAW-Scan Television program — By DL4SAW
• Slow Scan TV with Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP and Soundcard

TRANSMITTER HUNTING BACK TO INDEX

• VK3HKC Amateur Radio — Fox Hunting Team
• Stalking the elusive “T” — Southern California Transmitter Hunts
• Doppler Systems Inc. — Designs and manufactures radio direction
  finding equipment for amateur use

VHF DXING BACK TO INDEX

• North East Weak Signal VHF Group — VHF, Contests, Grid Square Maps, Calculate Your Grid Square