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Information where you need it.  Check out the Links below for *programming radios
*general amateur radio information
*studying and license upgrades
*Emergency management links
*HF
band plan
*Part 97
and much more!

Programming radios
Please remember...

With many radios when you make a change to a stored frequency, you need to resave that frequency to the preset channel in order to have the changes hold.  This may be for a change in tone, power level used, or alpha-numeric name.
Also, many radios have two steps to program a tone - you set the actual tone frequency (for example, 151.4), and then you have to change the setting that tells it to use the tone within another menu setting.  This is different for every brand.
The little Baofeng and Wouxun radios are quite popular right now, but to program them, well, can be a challenge.  If you are having difficulty with programing one of these radios, check out some of the links below - they may be helpful.
Some more programming help for the Baofeng UV5R and UV5RA
(CHIRP software is for the UV5RA radios)
Also note that the driver for the cable used with these radios needs to be an older version, due to some nuances with the cable.
Programming cheat sheets
KE4RX - This page has a pretty good list of Ham Radio programming cheat sheets


Organizations and technical...

American Radio Rely League (ARRL)

W5YI

UNYREPCO

FCC page on Amateur Radio

FCC license search

Part 97 of the FCC rules and regulations via W5YI

United States Amateur Radio Band Plan Chart

ARRL Band Plan - written out

Civil Air Patrol

Northern New York Amateur Radio Association

Madison-Oneida Amateur Radio Club
- more info on repeaters in Central and NNY


Some links for studying to upgrade or get your ticket....

QRZ - call sign look-up & testing practice

Hamexam.org - another resource for studying for your Tech, General and Extra exams.

KB6NU's Study Guides - Tech & General Study guides (free) and Extra (fee).  Very straightforward guides without chit-chat.

AA9PW Exam Practice - all levels


Some ham radio related links...

WA7BNM Contest Calendars

Ham Nation

Amateur Logic

UTC conversions

Upstate Ham - Good Central NY info!


Emergency management links...

Incident Management System - IS-100, IS-200 and IS-700 courses (IS-200 is not needed for Field Operators, only IS-100 and IS-700)

NY RACES
Link to NY RACES HF net form
Link to NY RACES regional map

US RACES


Weather related links...

NWS Buffalo SKYWARN training sessions

NWS Burlington SKYWARN training sessions


NWS Binghamton SKYWARN training sessions

VHF propagation map (zoom in if nothing is showing)

 NYS Ham plates

NYS DMV for Ham Radio plates
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