Resources

Below are links to resources that can help you learn and shop for our hobby. If you believe something should be added, please email the webmaster for consideration.  Contact the Webmaster

Member Resources

• Badge Order
• MCWA Facebook Page
• MCWA Groups.io
• FCC CORES Registration Page

Resources for Educators

• Amateur Radio is STEM (K9JKM)
• Handy tips for operating via the ISS packet radio system (K9JKM)

Other Clubs

• Chicago FM Club
• CWops (CW Academy)
• Motorola Amateur Radio Club
• Northern Illinois DX Association
• North Shore Amateur Radio Club
• PODXS Ø7Ø Club
• Society of Midwest Contesters
• Suburban UHF Amateur Repeater Society

Organizations and Regulatory

• American Radio Relay League ARRL
• Amateur Radio in Space AMSAT
• FCC
• Ninth District QSL Bureau
• Parks on the Air POTA
• SatNOGS
• Summits on the Air SOTA
• Tucson Amateur Packet Radio TAPR
• Ten Ten
• QRZ

News

• ARRL News
• QRZ Now

Emergency Service

• Amateur Radio Emergency Service
• Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network
• Civil Air Patrol
• FEMA Training
• McHenry County RACES/ARES
• Military Auxiliary Radio System MARS
• Lake County RACES/ARES
• RACES
• Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network SATERN
• SKYWARN
• Wisconsin ARES/RACES

Reviews

• eHam

Video and Podcasts

• 100 Watts and a Wire
• AmateurLogic.TV
• The Doctor is In (Discontinued)
• Ham Nation
• Ham Radio 2.0
• Ham Radio Answers
• Ham Radio Concepts
• Ham Radio Crash Course
• Ham Radio Workbench
• ICQ
• K6UDA
• KB9VBR
• KC9CUK
• Kevin Loughin
• OH8STN Ham Radio
• QSO Today
• Linux in the Ham Shack
• Radio Prepper
• Signal Search
• So Now What?
• This Week in Amateur Radio Edition
• TX Factor

Learning

• Learn Morse Code (CW) Online
• Jokalym Press (Books, DVDs, CDs from K3MT)

References

• APRS.fi
• ARRL Contest Calendar
• Coax Attenuation
• DXHeat
• DX Maps
• Guide to RF Measurement
• Hamspots
• NG3K Contest Calendar
• PSK Reporter
• QRZ Callsign Lookup
• RigPix
• WA7BNM Contest Calendar

Equipment

• Amplifiers
  • Acom
  • Alpha RF
  • Ameritron
  • Down East Microwave
  • Elecraft
  • Flex Radio
  • Mirage
• Antennas
  • Chameleon
  • Cushcraft
  • Diamond
  • DX Engineering
  • Comet
  • Ed Fong
  • Hy-Gain
  • KB9VBR
  • M2
  • SAL Electronics
  • Scorpion
  • SteppIR
  • Tarheel Antennas
  • Wolf River Coils
• Antenna Analyzers
  • Comet
  • EU1KY
  • MFJ
  • RigExpert
• Antenna Tuners
  • LDG Electronics
  • MFJ
  • Palstar
• Audio
  • Heil Sound
• Cable, Coax, Adapters, and Wire
  • Ham Made Parts
  • Messi & Paoloni
  • MFJ
  • Powerwerx
  • Times Microwave
  • The Wire Man
• Components (Electronic)
  • All Electronics
  • DigiKey
  • Jameco
  • Marlin P Jones & Assoc.
  • Mouser
  • Newark
  • Parts Express
• Power
  • Alinco
  • Amped Outdoors
  • Astron
  • Bioenno Batteries
  • Hardened Power Systems
  • MFJ
• Radios
  • Alinco
  • AnyTone
  • Elecraft
  • FlexRadio
  • ICOM
  • Kenwood
  • µBITX
  • XIEGU
  • Yaesu
• Retail Stores
  • Gigaparts
  • Ham Radio Outlet
• Rotators and Controllers
  • Green Heron Engineering
  • Hy-Gain
  • M2
  • Yaesu
• SDR
  • AirSpy
  • HackRF
  • Nooelec
  • RTL SDR
  • SDRplay
• TNC
  • Kantronics
• Towers and Masts
  • Heights
  • ROHN
  • Universal

Software

• All-in-One Solutions
  • DX Labs
  • Ham Radio Deluxe
  • W1HKJ
• APRS
  • Direwolf
  • LinPac
  • PinPoint APRS
  • Xastir
• Digital Modes
  • JS8Call
  • JTAlert
  • WSJT-X
• Computer Rig Interfacing
  • Hamlib
  • Pignology
  • Setup Raspberry Pi for Ham-Radio
• Logging Software
  • Logbook of the World LOTW
  • N1MM Logging Software
  • N3FJP Logging Software
• Programming
  • C.H.I.R.P.
  • RT Systems
• Satellites
  • Gpredict
  • RX-SSTV
• SDR
  • SDR#
  • SDR Console
  • SDR Uno