Resources – Tonto Amateur Radio Association

Contest Calendar

This link will make sure you never miss an Amateur Radio Contest: WA7BNM Contest Calendar

Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications

The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications is a library of materials and collections related to amateur radio and early communications. The DLARC is funded by a significant grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications, a private foundation, to create a digital library that documents, preserves, and provides open access to the history of this community.: https://archive.org/details/dlarc

Learn to Pass ARRL Radiograms

ATEN has been operating daily since the beginning. There have been times when the net was very busy handling traffic. The net meets each day practicing the passing of formal written Radiogram Traffic messages into and out of our coverage area. We have a great bunch of people that make up the Net. We practice every day for that emergency which we hope never comes. Visit https://www.atenaz.net/ for more information or listen in on 3986 kHz at 5:30 PM MST or 0030Z daily October 15 through April 14 or 7:00 PM MST or 0200Z April 15 Through October 14.

How to be a ham radio operator during public service events and nets

Daily Propagation Activity Net

There is a rather informal Activity Group that meets on-Air daily. This is an awesome resouce for testing out new gear, espcially antennas and microphones.

The idea is to check-in so they get you on a list. Then each station is called to make a CQ call and all the other stations, that hear it, will respond with a signal report. Every ten minutes they do an ID call so it is a chance to jump in if you are late to the party.

The daily schedule is:

17 Meters: On or about 18.1575 MHz starting at 17:30 UTC for approx. 1 hour
15 Meters: On or about 21.383 MHz starting at 18:30 UTC for about 30 minutes. If You hear Roger (ZL1XR) in New Zealand, sometimes he sticks around for QSOs afterward.
12 Meters (if conditions allow): On or about 24.970 MHz for up-to 30 minutes. Then, if conditions are really good,…
10 Meters: On or about 28.420 MHz for as long as necessary.

Visit https://hfqso.com/ for more info.

Some Ham Tools and Interesting Links

Check current propagation on CW Beacons around the world in just a few minutes using only 5 frequencies: https://www.ncdxf.org/beacon/index.html#Schedule

The Minow Net: A Club for YL Ham Radio Operators https://www.minownet.org/index.html

Ham Radio Map. Enter a call sign to see where they are. https://haminfo.tetranz.com/map

2 Meter ladder line calculator

ABOUT WINLINK

Ever wonder where WinLink came from? Here is the definitive PDF that explains its origins and and the basis for how it works (still). https://n7tar.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Radio_Only_Winlink.pdf

NOTE: The section about Message Pickup Stations (MPS) is outdated. This is all automatic between the message repositories now.

Rick’s (KJ7ROX) DMR Presentation from 13 August 2022

Antenna Links

End Fed Half Wave Antennas (EFHW)

Interest in the EFHW antenna has sky-rocketed over the last few years, and like many topics under the heading of antennas, accuracy of information can vary.
The following website(s) may help to clear up any questions or confusion about cores and winding ratios.