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## NARA
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- [usnara.org](https://usnara.org/) — programs, documents and membership
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- [Find a Club](https://usnara.org/find-a-club)
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- [National Presenters Panel](https://usnara.org/presenters) — request a speaker for your club
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- [Alfred Vail 20-20 Young Keyers Award](https://usnara.org/awards/alfred-vail-20-20)
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- [whatishamradio.com](https://whatishamradio.com/) — the plain-English beginner site
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## Licensing and exams
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- [HamStudy.org](https://hamstudy.org/) — free study and practice exams
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- [hamstudy.org/sessions](https://hamstudy.org/sessions) — find an exam session
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- [FCC CORES / ULS](https://www.fcc.gov/) — FRN registration, fee payment, renewals
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- [FCC Part 97](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-97) — the rules
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themselves; our [section-by-section index](/wiki/reference/fcc-part-97) links each subpart
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## Operating
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- [QRZ.com](https://www.qrz.com/) — call sign lookup and logbook
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- [PSK Reporter](https://pskreporter.info/) — live map of where your digital signal is heard
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- [Reverse Beacon Network](https://www.reversebeacon.net/) — who is hearing your CW
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- [RepeaterBook](https://www.repeaterbook.com/) — repeater directory
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- [POTA](https://pota.app/) and [SOTA](https://www.sota.org.uk/) — parks and summits
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## Software
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- WSJT-X — FT8, WSPR, MSK144
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- fldigi — PSK31, RTTY, Olivia and more
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- Winlink Express / Pat — radio email
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- N1MM+ / N3FJP — contest logging
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- CHIRP — programming almost any handheld
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- SatPC32, Gpredict, ISS Detector — satellite tracking
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## Space weather
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- [NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/) — alerts and forecasts
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- [SolarHam](https://solarham.com/) — at-a-glance solar and geomagnetic conditions
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- [VOACAP Online](https://www.voacap.com/hf/) — point-to-point HF predictions
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## Emergency
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- [FEMA independent study](https://training.fema.gov/is/) — IS-100, 200, 700, 800
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- [ARRL ARES](https://www.arrl.org/ares)
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- [SKYWARN](https://www.weather.gov/skywarn/)
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## History
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- [Ham Radio History (W2PA)](https://w2pa.net/HRH/) — a century of amateur radio from original
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*QST* and contemporary sources
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- [United States Early Radio History](https://earlyradiohistory.us/index.html) — Thomas H. White's
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primary-source archive, 1897–1927
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- [History of amateur radio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_amateur_radio) — Wikipedia
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overview
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## Communities
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- [r/amateurradio](https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/) and its
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[community wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/wiki/index/) — an active beginner-friendly
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forum; a useful map of topics, though not a substitute for the FCC rules
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- [eHam.net](https://www.eham.net/) — equipment reviews
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- [QRZ forums](https://forums.qrz.com/)