Resources

From Western Australia

• • VK6 Amateur Radio History and Information, by Will VK6UU

  • APRS Discussion Forum for APRS users in Western Australia

  • VK6FOX, the home for Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) of Fox Hunting in Western Australia, by Rob VK6LD

  • Amateur Radio News Feeds, solar feed, YouTube, etc, by Miles VK6MAB

  • Amateur Radio Android Applications by Heath VK6TWO/VK3TWO

  • Enjoy Ham Radio by Miles VK6MAB

From around the World

• • QRZ.com - an international site dealing with Amateur Radio

  • Solarham - the sunspot cycle and solar weather

  • eHam - product reviews

  • Logbook of the World (LoTW)- the ARRL information page on how to get started with logging

  • RigPix - a database of photos of radio equipment

  • Ham Info Bar is a browser toolbar especially for Amateurs. Very useful.

  • Work FM Amateur Radio Satellites is a great way to use your shiny new handheld to talk to the world.

From Australia

• • VKHam.com - probably Australia's premiere Amateur Radio resource site.  As well as providing a message board for people to buy, sell, swap etc equipment, it contains a host of other information for Amateurs.

  • ACMA Register of Communications Licenses

  • VKLogger.com A DX Spotter type facility, also has a discussion forum and other resources

  • TROVE, the online archive managed by the National Library of Australia has many historical articles about Amateur Radio.

Amateur Radio Activities

• • SOTA - Summits on the Air

  • WWFF - World Wide Flora and Fauna

  • VKFF - Australian World Wide Flora and Fauna (Parks N Peaks)

  • IOTA - Islands On The Air

• Storm Spotting