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ARRL

• ARRL Home Page
  • Board Meetings
  • Committee Reports
• ARRL Pacific Division
• ARRL Santa Clara Valley Section

Band Plans and Frequency Lists

• ARRL Bandplan
• ARRL Graphical Frequency Allocations
• NARCC Bandplan (local repeater coordinator)
• NCPA Bandplan (local packet coordinator)

Call Sign Lookup

• Callsign Lookup on QRZ.com
• Callsign Lookup on HamCall
• FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS)

Emergency Communications Groups

• ACS - Auxiliary Communications Service for State of California
• ARES - Amateur Radio Emergency Service
• NTS - National Traffic System
  • NTS Basics and Information, by Pink Foster, KG6ILA
• RACES - Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

Glossary

• Glossary of terms used within Santa Clara County ARES/RACES
• Dictionary of amateur radio terms (not EmComm related)

Preparedness

• Go-Kit Contents
• Emergency Antennas
• The Safety Store
• The EpiCenter
• Backpacking Gear
• Recent Earthquakes

Radio Programming

• Nifty! Radio Guides
• Disabling the YAESU WIRES Function - PDF
• UV 5R Programming Notes
• Manually Programming an Unlocked Puxing UV973

Repeaters

• NARCC Repeater Lists (by region and frequency)
     Select repeaters from the left hand menu
• Open Amateur Repeaters
• Pacific Crest Trail Repeater Guide

Rules and Regulations

• FCC Part 97 on ARRL Site

Utilities

• Power
  • PG&E - Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS)
    • PG&Es PSPS Home Page
    • PSPS Alerts
    • PSPS Active Events
    • PSPS Potential Outage Address Lookup and Map
    • Preparing for a power outage
    • Sign up for
      • PSPS Alerts for PG&E account holders
      • Daily PSPS 7-day forecast e-mail
  • PG&E - Electric Outages
  • PG&E - Gas Outages
• Water
  • Santa Clara Valley Water District - Current Reservoir Levels

Weather

• National Weather Service
• NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
• NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
• SunSpotWatch.com
• SpaceWeather.com
• Tropospheric Ducting Forecasts
• WeatherShack.com Weather Education Center

Miscellaneous Information

• Ames Amateur Radio Club Useful Ham Links
• Phonetic Alphabet
• RF Calculators and Conversions
• UTC (Zulu) Time Conversion Chart
• Communications & Power Related Hardware Information
• Electronics Fleamarket
  

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