What changed
Useful links — edited Sep 5, 2026 by Unknown editor
Compared with the version from Sep 5, 2026. Note: Imported from content/wiki
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- [hamstudy.org/sessions](https://hamstudy.org/sessions) — find an exam session
- [FCC CORES / ULS](https://www.fcc.gov/) — FRN registration, fee payment, renewals
- [FCC Part 97](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-97) — the rules
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- [RadioQTH vanity callsign search](https://www.radioqth.net/vanity/available) — lists which callsigns are actually available right now, by format and region, so a vanity application is not wasted on one already held.
themselves; our [section-by-section index](/wiki/reference/fcc-part-97) links each subpart
## Operating
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- CHIRP — programming almost any handheld
- SatPC32, Gpredict, ISS Detector — satellite tracking
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## News, newsletters and event calendars
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- [Amateur Radio Weekly](https://hamweekly.com/) — a free weekly email of news, projects and events
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- [The Communicator](https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/SARC%20Communicator) (SARC) and
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[The Logger's Bark](https://www.w7dk.org/about/get-the-loggers-bark-newsletter) (Radio Club of Tacoma) — club magazines worth
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reading whoever you belong to
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- [Ham Radio Ireland](https://galwayvhfgroup.blogspot.com/2022/06/connacht-regional-radio-newsletter.html)
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— the Galway VHF Group's free bi-monthly magazine
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- [Amateur Radio Events](https://www.amateurradioevents.com/) — hamfests, Field Day sites, POTA and
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public service events, mostly Northern Illinois and the upper Midwest
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- [NARA hamfest map](https://usnara.org/hamfests) and [calendar](https://usnara.org/calendar) —
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nationwide, and free to list your own event on
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- More in [books, blogs, YouTube, podcasts and live shows](/wiki/reference/media)
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## Space weather
- [NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/) — alerts and forecasts
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