Links

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For a separate page on some key courses for emergency training, click here.

Local Amateur Radio Clubs (ARCs)  (website, Facebook page)

WB4FAY’s Lists of Birmingham Metro Area Ham Radio Operators. Super handy!
http://www.wb4fay.com/areahams.html

Birmingham Amateur Radio Club (BARC)
www.w4cue.comFacebook
Shelby County Amateur Radio Club
www.w4shl.com, Facebook
Healthcare Community Amateur Radio Club (HCARC)
www.hc-arc.org, Facebook
St. Clair Amateur Radio Club Inc.
www.scarc.net
Sylvan Springs Amateur Radio Club Inc.
www.ssarc-al.org, Facebook
Blount County Amateur Radio Club
w4blt.org
Walker Amateur Radio Club
http://ae4uo.tripod.com/default.html
Tuscaloosa Amateur Radio Club
http://w4kcq.org/

Emergency Communications

Alabama ALERT, Alabama Emergency Response Team: (http://alert-alabama.org/blog/)
ARES: Jefferson County, Alabama Amateur Radio Emergency Service
New website under development:  http://ares.al
Facebook: ARES and ARES Training Events page
National Weather Service: Birmingham Office

Mike Shaw’s Amateur Radio Training and Events Bulletin Board

Databases

QRZ.com: (http://www.qrz.com/index.html). You’ll hear ham operators say they are “on QRZ.”) That’s this website, useful for lots of things, but a popular place to look people up by call sign. Operators sometimes maintain bios, display photos, etc.
ARRL: The National Association for Amateur Radio
ARRL’s FCC License Search 

Learning about Ham Radio

Ham Study: (www.hamstudy.org) Terrific system for studying for all levels of licensure as a ham operator.
Getting Started: (http://www.hamuniverse.com/repeater.html)
Very good stuff for the brand new ham, including information about using repeaters.
Connector Guide: (http://www.diamondantenna.net/pdfdocs/connectorguide.pdf) Here’s Diamond Antennas’ guide to the sometime baffling world of Ham Radio antenna connectors.

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