Resources

ARRL

Home Page – the home page of the Amateur Radio Relay League website

Code Practice Files – practice to bring up you speed

National Traffic System (NTS) Methods – ARRL NTS Methods And Practices Guidelines

The NTS Manual – Table of Contents, NTS Methods and Practices Guidelines

Q Signals, Phonetic Alphabet – all you ever wanted to know about Q Signals and the Phonetic Alphabet

Radiogram Form – a blank radiogram for printing.

For Beginners

Helpful Websites

A Beginners Guide to Making CW Contacts – An archive copy of a website A Beginners Guide to Making CW Contacts. A well written guide for someone just getting started. Written in 2003 so a little bit dated

Beginners Guide to CW – QSO Template – When first starting out on CW, many new hams will often use a template or model, to make sure they send all the essential information.

Learn CW Online by Fabian Kurz At LCWO you can learn Morse telegraphy (CW) online in your browser. You don’t need to install a program on your computer, and you always have your personal settings available, from any computer on the globe with an internet connection. You can also easily track your progress by means of different statistical functions.

Slow Speed Nets

North American QRP CW Club – Lists WCN among other slow speed nets

Propagation

Real Time Band Conditions – Updated every 30 Minutes, this site shows a map showing band conditions.

Solar Flux Forecast – NASA’s solar flux forecast

Other

QRZ – home page of the QRZ web site where you can look up hams by their callsigns

Wouff-hong – The Wouff-Hong and Rettysnitch Legends from Rob’s Hamshack

W2EAG NTS Guide – an instructor’s guide to training traffic handlers courtesy the Ben White Memorial Net

Ethics and Procedures Manual for Ham Radio Operation (Downloads PDF)