Area Amateur Radio Info and other useful links

Area Nets

Lewis County Roundtable meets nightly at 8:00 PM on 146.955. Black River Valley Service Net meets nightly at 9:00 PM on 146.655. The Rooster Roster meets every morning at 7:30 AM on 147.255. OCTEN (Oneida Co. Traffic & Emergency Net) 6:30 PM on 145.45,       (A liaison station will also call for check-ins on Boonville 146.655 at about 6:35 PM)

Radiogram (formal message) form in MS Word format with expanded message block.

Packet Radio

Lowville Flexnet User Port:  WA2OFV  (currently off the air) Boonville Flexnet User Port: KC2WI (currently off the air) Tucson Amateur Packet Radio TAPR   National APRS frequency = 144.39 (there are no local APRS digis)

Links to Amateur Radio-related sites      If you find any bad links, please let KC2WI know.
see the Lewis County Emergency Communicators Group web site for more links to news articles
Amateur Electronic Supply - new equipment vendor
AmateurLogic.TV - amateur radio videos
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
    Lewis County ARES
ARRL (National Organization for Ham Radio)
  ARRL NNY Section
Basic Electronics a s presented by the U.S.Navy NEETS program (N0PU)
Battery sources: EH Yost/Batteries America   WW Associates   The NiCad Lady
Battery Technical information from PowerStream
Black River Stages Road Rally
Boonville Amateur Radio Club
Civil Air Patrol - Central New York Group   (see "Links to interesting and useful information" page)
Clubs (see listing on main page)
DigiKey - parts
DX Zone - info, news,, resources, radio web site index
East Coast Amateur Radio Service (net on 7255)
EchoLink
eHam.net -info, news, equipment reviews by owners
FCC- Amateur Radio Services
Hamfest Schedules & Info (ARRL)
Ham Radio Outlet - new equipment vendor
HF Propagation Primer (AE4RV)
Hurricane Frequencies
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
  "IEEE Spectrum Radio Podcast: Amateur Radio Operators Provide a Vital Link"
Jamboree On The Air   info at ARRL.org    info at scouting.org
Marine HF Frequencies
Marine VHF Frequencies
Maritime Mobile Service Network (14.300)
Military Affiliate Radio System: USAF MARS Region 1  /  NY Army MARS  /  NNY Navy-Marine MARS
Morse Code- programs to learn CW
  Koch Method CW trainier by G4FON
  Morse Academy by AH0A
Mouser Electronics - parts
National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Station
NASA Satellite Tracker
Northern New York Amateur Radio Association
New York State Emergency Management Office (SEMO)
New York State Federation of Search & Rescue Teams
New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 397 (receivers in vehicles)
QSL.net - free web space and e-mail for hams
QRZ.com - Callsign lookup, etc.
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES):
    National RACES web site
    New York State RACES
    Lewis County RACES
    Herkimer County RACES
    St. Lawrence County RACES
Repeater Database
Repeater Directory at usrepeaters.com
Scanner Frequencies
Scanner Laws (general references)
Skywarn .... National Weather Service Buffalo
   Skywarn Nets VHF: 7:00 PM, 147.255 repeater. HF: 9:30 AM Sunday on 7.234 MHz
Topographic maps (topozone.com)
Upstate New York Repeater Council [Repeater listings]  (UNYREPCO)

Voice of Victory 1944 part 1 Voice of Victory 1944 part 2

If you have a high-speed Internet connection, check out this old promotional film about the Halicrafters HT-4 amateur transmitter which was adapted for service in WWII as the BC-610.   Excellent !!

Lewis County Area information:
	www.LewisFirst.com Industrial Development Agency (extensive info) Chamber of Commerce