The following links are offered to enhance your amateur radio experience. While we have reviewed these links, they do not necessarily represent the views of KARS or its members.. |
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Clubs/Organizations |
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IACC - Inland Amateur Coordination Council - Frequency coordinator for North Idaho & eastern Washington repeaters. Includes searchable online database. |
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ID - ARRL - American Radio Relay League - Idaho |
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ID - BARC - Boundary Amateur Radio Club |
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ID - BCARC - Bonner County Amateur Radio Club |
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ID - CIARC - Central Idaho Amateur Radio Club - Serves Idaho, Adams, and Valley Counties |
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ID - KARS - Kootenai Amateur Radio Society |
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ID - SCARS - Shoshone County Amateur Radio Society |
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U.S. - ARRL - American Radio Relay League |
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WA - EWARG - Eastern Washington Amateur Radio Group |
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WA - KBARA - Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Association - Spokane, WA |
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WA - SDXA - Spokane DX Association |
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WA - SRG - Spokane Repeater Group |
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WA - VHF Club - Inland Empire VHF Radio Amateurs Club |
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Contests |
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ARRL Contests - Listing of ARRL-sanctioned contests |
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Contesting Tips - 30 contesting tips by K9JY |
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Contesting.com - The Sport of Amateur Radio |
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CQ Contests - Listing of CQ Amateur Radio-sponsored contests |
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Log Mapping Tool - Use your ADIF file to generate a map of your contacts |
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CW |
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Learn CW Online - Provides various CW generators to help learn or become more proficient in CW. |
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SCARS CW Practice - Learn CW in 20 short lessons |
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Education |
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Amateur Extra 7 Query Tools - Track your vanity call sign application with useful tools and information |
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Be Prepared for Kids - A site offering preparedness education for children. |
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Electronics Fundamentals - Electronics Lessons - provided by ROHM Semiconductors |
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Power Density Calculator - Amateur Radio RF Safety Calculator by VP9KF |
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Emergency Group/Agency |
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ID - 911 - Bonner County |
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ID - ARES - Boundary County |
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ID - ARES - Idaho State |
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ID - ARES/RACES - Bonner County |
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ID - Emergency Management - Bonner County |
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ID - Sheriff's Office - Bonner County |
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ID - Sheriff's Office - Kootenai County |
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U.S. - NOAA - SkyWarn |
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WA - ARES - Spokane County |
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WA - WSAres - Washington State Amateur Emergency Communications |
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Exams/Licensing |
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AA9PW - AA9PW FCC Practice Exams |
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ARRL Practice Exams - |
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DXZone.com Practice Exams - |
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eHam.net Practice Exams - |
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FCC - Federal Communications Commission |
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FCC - HAM - "Amateur Radio Service Page" includes, in addition to a solid overview of Amateur Radio and Amateur Radio exams and licensing, Amateur Station Sequential Call Sign System, List of Volunteer-Examiner Coordinators, Vanity Call Sign Information, etc. |
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FCC ASR - Tower and other Antenna Structure Registration site |
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FCC Data Lookup - |
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FCC ULS - Universal Licensing System |
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Ham Test Online - Considered by some of our members to be the most comprehensive and useful test site |
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Ham Testing - On-line amateur license test questions |
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IACC - Inland Amateur Coordination Council - Inland northwest amateur frequency coordinator |
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NCVEC - National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators |
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QRZ.com Practice Exams - |
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RadioExam.org Practice Exams - |
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iNet |
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AllStar - Linking amateur stations using VOIP (Voice Over IP) on the Internet |
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EchoLink - Home Page |
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EchoLink Station Manual - Official EchoLink Document - 55 Pages |
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EchoLink User's Guide - Official EchoLink Document - 73 Pages |
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IRLP - Internet Repeater Linking Project |
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IRLP - Node Listings |
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PNW DMR - Pacific NorthWest Digital Mobile Radio |
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WinLink - Amateur Radio-based E-Mail Backbone |
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Propagation |
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Band Conditions - CONUS Graphical Band Conditions |
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DX Maps - Real-time Propogation |
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Path Profile - This page is intended for hikers but selecting the straightline option allows you to plot terrain over a signal path. |
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Repeater Book - Repeaters within 50 Miles of KARS |
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Suppliers/Vendors/Swap |
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DX Engineering - Online ham radio and related equipment |
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HRO - Ham Radio Outlet - Online and walk-in stores |
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WIMU - Wyoming Idaho Montana Utah ham radio equipment for sale or swap |
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Weather |
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Be Prepared for Kids - A site offering preparedness education for children. |
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NWS Kootenai County Weather - Weather forecast for Kootenai County - NWS Spokane |
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NWS Skywarn - NWS home page for Skywarn Storm Spotter Program |
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NWS Spokane - National Weather Service, Spokane, WA |
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Storm Spotting - A compendium of Storm Spotter information and resources |
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