This page serves as a reference to other sites of interest (or that are referenced on other pages of this site) to be able to find them quickly and easily. If you find a link is broken or changed, contact me to fix the link. I will routinely go through to verify a link still works.
00-My Local Clubs
Home of the Pine State ARC located in the Bangor/Brewer area of Penobscot County Maine.
Home of the Piscataquis ARC located in Milo and serving the Milo, Brownville, Dover-Foxcroft, and Sebec areas of Piscataquis County Maine.
01-ARRL
The ARRL is a non-profit organization co-founded on April 6, 1914 and is the largest membership association of amateur radio enthusiasts in the USA.
The website of the Maine Section of the ARRL (Amateur Radio Relay League) and source for the Sunday morning bulletins heard on the 12 County Net at 9:30 AM Eastern time on the KQ1L link system (see the link to that site for details)
The ARRL Online Net Directory shows Amateur Radio nets that have been registered with ARRL Headquarters net directory database.
01A-Maine Groups
Current home of the Maine ARES organization.
Home of the Penobscot County ARES Emergency Communications Team.
The home of Maine's excellent KQ1L linked repeater system.
The Maine Amateur Radio Foundation's purpose "is to support amateur radio throughout the state of Maine."
Yankee SKYWARN® program (WX1GYX) serving western Maine and Northern New Hampshire through the Portland/Gray, Maine National Weather Service Office (GYX).
01B-New England
NESMC is the NFCC certified frequency coordination body for amateur radio in ME, NH, MA, and RI. Look up coordinated repeaters, region specific band plans, and other information here.
02-Software
CHIRP is a free, open-source tool for programming your amateur radio. It supports a large number of manufacturers and models, as well as provides a way to interface with multiple data sources and formats.
EchoLink® software, designed by Jonathan Taylor (K1RFD), allows licensed amateur radio stations to communicate with one another over the Internet, using streaming-audio technology.
Winlink is a worldwide radio messaging system using amateur-band radio frequencies built and administered by volunteers through the Amateur Radio Safety Foundation Inc.
02A-Directories
Volunteer maintained amateur radio repeater database for New England.
User maintained worldwide database of amateur radio repeaters.
RFinder is the online repeater directory of the ARRL. They also offer an app for iOS and Android. Annual subscription is required.
02B-Radio Brands
Find information and download software for your iCOM amateur radio here.
Find information and download software for your Kenwood amateur radio here.
Find information and download software for your Yaesu amateur radio here.
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