Heavens-Above

When can I see the ISS?

What's that light in the sky? 

Antenna Tool

  A tool to help ham radio, CB, and other radio users to create antennas of various types.

Satellite Safari : your tour guide to the universe of satellites

ElectroDroid Pro : powerful collection of electronics tools and references

  ElectroDroid PRO is a simple and powerful collection of
electronics tools and references.

MorseCoder - Morse code FlashLight

MorseCoder is a Morse code application.  The current version is 2.0.1.

Features:

Output - beep, flash, or vibrate Morse code

Manual mode - dit and dah buttons (decode letter option)

Convert mode - type in text to output Morse code (54 characters)

Speed - Morse and Farnsworth settings (applies to manual and convert) 

Alphabet - shows Morse code for letters A to Z

Beep - select from one of 16 DTMF tones

Signals

"Signals" provides a quick and simple reference to various communications
signals, such 10/11 Codes, Morse Code, Phonetic Alphabet, Police Codes,
Q-Signals, and more. Great for police scanners and ham radio enthusiasts.
Update: Added Scuba Diving Hand Signals and other minor corrections.

Ham Radio Dealers Directory

   Details of all the Indian Dealers of Wireless Radios, Cables, Connectors, Antennas, SDR, Components & Used Radio Items.

World Amateur Radio Day - 18th April

     Each year on 18 April, radio amateurs celebrate World Amateur Radio Day.
On that day in 1925 the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was founded.
They are best recognised for their contribution to disaster relief workers in areas
where communications are little to non-existent.

This year's theme for World Amateur Radio Day is:
 "Amateur Radio: Your gateway to wireless communications"

HAMFEST India

'HAMFEST' is a festival of HAMs, the largest gathering of Indian HAMs in one place, conducted every year in different cities of India since 1991.  The main objective is to create an awareness of HAM RADIO along with the new technological skills in the field of communication.

 ( http://hamfestindia.in )

DX zone

The DXZone.com is a web directory dedicated to Amateur Radio (Ham Radio), Shotrwave radio listening, Radio Broadcasting listening, CB Radio.

SDR-RADIO

SDR-RADIO.com is a Windows console for Software Defined Radio (SDR) receivers and transceivers. Designed for the commercial, government, amateur radio and short-wave listener communities, the software provides a powerful interface for all SDR users.

HAM Radio India

Here you'll get all detailed information about ham radio in india.

 ( http://www.hamradio.in/ )

Visual Analyser: Virtual Oscilloscope :)

Visual Analyser is a complete professional real time software, transform your PC in a complete set of measurement instruments; no new hardware necessary (you can use the Sound Card of your PC) or you can use a specific external hardware.

HAM Radio India - VU2.IN

   Amateur Radio in India is still in it's nascent stage. 

The aim of VU2.IN is to educate people about the role of Ham Radio, introduce

them to amateur radio and guide new comers in this fascinating hobby of ham radios. 

Ham Radio India is Hams website for Radio Amateurs. 

Resources like callsign database and features like News on amateur radio, photos, 

circuits, articles, downloads, message boards and discussion forums. 

  They also have a section for commercial broadcast looking at popular and cool FM 

Radio Stations in India apart from insights on other Medium Wave (MW) and Short 

Wave (SW) transmission from across the globe.

( http://www.vu2.in/index.php )

Handy HAM Radio Websites

HAM Radio-  “How do I…?”

  These websites are full of information that you can use as you try new things.

1) ARRL ( http://www.arrl.org/ )
Use:- Many useful regulatory, educational, operating, and technical items and links.

2) QRZ.com ( http://www.qrz.com/ )
Use:- Call sign lookup service and general-interest ham radio portal.

3) eHam.net ( http://www.eham.net/ )
Use:- News, articles, equipment swap-and-shop, product reviews, and mailing lists.

What is Ham Radio

Amateur Radio, or Ham Radio, is a fun and exciting hobby including a vast array of activities:

•        Talking around the world without wires.

•        Talking locally through repeaters.

•        Emergency communications.

•        Public service communications.

•        Contests and awards.

•        Legacy communication modes like Morse code and 

         Radioteletype  (RTTY).

•        New communication modes like digital packet, Automatic

         Position Reporting System (APRS), and spread spectrum.

•        Amateur radio satellites in space.

•        Foxhunting (using “radio direction finding” techniques to find a

          hidden  transmitter).

•        Moonbounce (talking by bouncing radio waves off the moon).

•        And much, much more..

You can hear the ISS (International Space Station):

The amateur radio station on the ISS can be received using very simple equipment.

Astronaut Sunita Williams Enthralls 1,000 Flagler Students in a Ham Radio Chat From From ISS:

Astronaut Sunita Williams KD5PLB on the ISS.

HAM Radio Equipment’s:

Ham Radio Antenna’s: 

Getting Licensed:

    This is the Only Hobby where people have to appear for an examination conducted by the Ministry of Communication and IT. Those clearing the exam are issued the license to operate high power long and short range wireless equipment.

Licensing requirements are different in every country with different rules, privileges, and classes of license.

My first inverted-V 15 mtr band HAM Radio Antenna :)

Check out @AniketDabhade_'s Tweet: https://twitter.com/AniketDabhade_/status/402362990441156608

PC-based oscilloscope (PCO)

   Oscilloscope software running in Windows that uses the computer's sound card as a cheap ADC
Although most people think of an oscilloscope as a self-contained instrument in a box, a new type of "oscilloscope" is emerging that consists of a specialized signal acquisition board (which can be an external USB or Parallel port device, or an internal add-on PCI or ISA card). The hardware itself usually consists of an electrical interface providing insulation and automatic gain controls, several hi-speed analogue-to-digital converters and some buffer memory, or even on-board DSPs. Depending on the exact hardware configuration, the hardware could be best described as a digitizer, a data logger or as a part of a specialized automatic control system.