Morse
Code and CW Related Sites
RadioTelegraphy.Net
- A
primo page with all kinds of links devoted to all aspects of Morse Code
by Bill Clarke, W2BLC
The Vibroplex Page
- IMHO, the
ultimate in Morse Code sending devices.
Milestone Technologies
& Morse
Express - If you're looking to buy a key or keyer;
and you
can't find it here; then you're in trouble.
Kent Keys
- A
British manufacturer of high quality keys and paddles.
The
MorseCodians
- An Australian Broadcasting Co. radio show about the history of
telegraphers in Australia. Very interesting show - you must
use
RealPlayer to listen to it.
PA3BWK's
Ultimate Morse Code Website - A great CW page put together by
a Ham
from the Netherlands.
The
Telegraph Office - A Web page devoted to Morse Code, key
collecting, history and trivia.
The Art
& Skill of
Radio-Telegraphy - An eBook devoted to the art of Morse Code
and
Amateur Radio by the late William G. Pierpont, N0HFF.
T.R.
McElroy
- the Man, the Legend, and the Keys - A Web site devoted to
the man
who holds the land speed record for receiving Morse.
The
History of the Telegraph & Samuel Morse - Self
explanatory -
the man who started it all.
K4QU's Web Page
- The site of
Michael March's really fine CW paddles! Ooohhhh, if I only
had
money to burn!
K3WWP's Ham
Radio Activities
- Probably THE
BEST Amateur Radio Website on the WWW ...
period! John has
it all, with particular attention to CW and QRP - way cool!
N9BOR -
Mike, from Skokie, IL
has a fun and comprehensive site, complete with an OUTSTANDING links
section. Mike's site and K3WWP's site are my two all time favorites.
MarconiCalling
- While not about Morse Code per se, if you want to check out an
unbelievably cool Website about the inventor of wireless, check this
link out!
G4FON - This
website has a
fantastic Morse Code trainer which you can download for your
computer. It is freeware and works marvelously. You
can
easily play text files in Morse Code and burn your own code practise
CD's using this program.
MorseRunner -
This software
program was written by the same person who wrote DX Atlas, which I
think is a "must have" on your computer. The display gives
you a
Geochron style screen and you can resolve DX locations from callsigns
in seconds. MorseRunner is a CW Contest style CW trainer.
This
program is so well written and so realistic, that if you had a
blindfold on; you would swear that you were sitting behind your radio
instead of your computer! By the way, MoreseRunner is FREE !!!
Flex-Flyer CW
Key - A
beautiful handmade key by Ron Loneker, KA2BZS
WB2LBC's CW and
Telegraphy
Links - A mess of excellent CW links.
WK4DS
- This is
David Saylor's page; and he makes the most beautiful homemade paddles!
A
Beginner's Guide
to Making CW Contacts - by Jack Wagoner WB8FSV. If
you're new
at this and would like to read an excellent tutorial; then please visit
this page.
Losing
Your
Novice Accent - by Keith Williams,W6DTY. OK, you've
made your
first few CW contacts. Wanna sould like a pro? This
is a
must read.
QRP
and Homebrewing Related Sites
Oak Hills Research
- A fine purveyor
of really fine QRP rig kits.
The NorCal Page
- Website of
the
famed Northern California QRP Club.
Elecraft Web Site
- Famous
makers of the KX1, K1 & K2. What else need be
said? If
you have never heard
of Elecraft then go there NOW !!!
North Georgia QRP Club
Page -
Another nationally known QRP organization - their Website is full of
useful info. Plus, there's a great section you shouldn't miss entitled
"So You Want To Be A Builder?"
The
Basic
Soldering Guide - From Great Britain's "Everyday Practical
Electronics" magazine. Comprehensive!
How
to
Solder - Part Deux - This is basically the Heathkit manual
page on
soldering in Adobe PDF format.
Whiterook
Mini-Keys and
Mini-Paddles - Small, lightweight, inexpensive keys perfect
for
portable QRP.
Emtech
- This
is where you can find info. on the ZM2, a really good QRP antenna tuner
- perfectly portable!
The
Tuna Tin 2
Gallery - Doug DeMaw's famous QRP transmitter - variations on
a
theme!
QRPp International
- an
organization devoted to promoting low power QRP.
GQRP - The site
of the British QRP
organization - home of the publication, Sprat.
K3HRN QRP
- Site for all
manner of QRP related topics and links.
The
QRP
Web Ring - A link to all kind of QRP sites on the Web.
Welcome to KM5CW's
"QRP Ham Radio
Fun" - The title pretty much says it all!
PA0CMU's
Home Page
- A great QRP Web site complete with plans and blueprints for
homebrewing your own paddles for CW.
WA3WSJ.com - A
place to go to fill
your QRP portable operation needs.
WA3WSJ's
PDA Links
- Have a Palm Pilot that's collecting dust? Put some Ham
software
on it and take it on your QRPexpiditions!
The
VA3PKH Palm Ham
Page - A plethora of Ham Software for your Palm Pilot.
Hendricks QRP Kits
- By none
other than the venerable QRP ARCI Hall of Famer, Doug Hendricks.
Paperclip
Key - This Webpage will show you how to make a pretty good
straight
key from a paperclip.
QRP - When
Less is More
-- A most excellent article written by Marshall Emm N1FN that
originally appeared in 73 magazine.
Small Wonder Labs
- Dave Benson's place. Some of the best and least expensive
transciever kits that you will ever find!
Kanga US
- Bill Kelsey's
place. Bill sells a lot of neat stuff including the Universal
QRP
tansmitter, which was featured in the July 2006 edition of QST.
Electronics
Research Group
- Have you recently purchased a radio project kit, only to find out
that it uses Surface Mount Technology; and now you're ready to kick
yourself? Fear not! Read this article about how to
easily
solder surface mount devices.
Some
of my favorite "Operator's
Pages"
from Ham Ops within &
without the QRP
community.
K8ZT - A wealth of all
kinds of
information from the author of many QRP articles in QST and elsewhere.
K6ESE -
Trev's Webpage.
Trev is one of the top QRP Ops. He frequently posts to QRP-L
and
the Elecraft reflector. There's a wealth of knowledge to be found here,
too.
AE5X Wireless Telegraphy
- John's
page is one of the "good ones". Devoted, among things, to QRP
and
operating in the Great Outdoors.
SP5DDJ -
QRP from the view of
Wim, a well knowned Ham Op in Poland. He's done just about
all of
it, Ham-wise. QRP is his new found passion.
WA4CHQ
- A Webpage
devoted to real, build-it-yourself-from -your-junkbox homebrewing.
NE4LS - Nelson
Winter's
Webpage. Nels is a devoted QRPer; and it seems I
always run
into him in just about every QRP operating event I enter. In
addition to being a great Op; he has a great Webpage, too!
N4BP -
Whenever I enter a QRP
contest or sprint, the signal which consistantly blows the headphones
off my ears comes from Bob Patten. Take a look at his
Webpage;
and you'll see why this man puts out a signal that all the rest of us
envy.
AA5TB -
Steve Yates from
Texas. A superb Webpage with good QRP stuff! I had the
pleasure
to work Steve and enjoy his FB signal!
KJ4QF - Kevin is a
dedicated QRPer and
his Website is an interesting combination of a "normal" Webpage and Ham
Radio blog.
WV7G
- A lot of good QRP
and general Ham Radio information. Also, this is a visually,
eyestunning page.
WA3WSJ - Ed
Breneiser, of
Appalachian Trail fame.
W1PID
- Jim Cluett, from
Sanbornton, NH. A dedicated QRPer, I have several very enjoyable QSOs
with Jim. I've also had the pleasure to work him in a lot of
the
QRP Sprints.
The
Curmudgeon's Corner
- A great QRP antenna idea page.
NO4D
- Ken Kirkley's QRP
page.
VA3NDO
- Richard seems to have the QRP and homebrewing thing down pat!
KK6MC - The
Website of the
incomparable Dr. Megacycle.
W1GFH
- The Website
of Joe Tyburczy - His style of writing reminds me so much of Jean
Shepard K2ORS.
WY3A - The
very nice Website of
Bill Patton - a true Rockmite fan!
AL7FS - Jim
Larsen's fantastic
Website - QRP from our 49th state via Anchorage, Alaska.
KB2FEL
-
Webpage of a good QRP buddy.
VE3WMB
- Michael
Babineau's Webpage. Mike is a devoted QRPer who loves to operate from
the great outdoors!
W4QO
-
The Webpage of Jim Stafford. Past President of
QRP-ARCI.
Jim is one of the finest gentlemen that it has been my privilege to
meet via Amateur Radio.
WØEB
- Jim Sheldon, a
very good friend who is also a member of the Flying Pigs.
KF8KL
- The
Webpage of Mark Paley. Mark is an avid QRPer who also has fine taste in
paddles! I like the way Mark designed his site; it looks like
you're looking inside a notebook.
WØCH -
Dave's page has a ton
of good QRP information.
KH6BB
- Amateur Radio
aboard the Mighty Mo, the battleship USS Missouri.
NJ2BB - Amateur
Radio aboard the
battleship, USS New Jersey - one of the last WWII era battleships to be
decommissioned.
KE6US - the very
fine Webpage of
Eric Jorgensen. Eric is a devotee of CW and straight keys and
bugs.
N1EA - The
Webpage of David
Ring. David was a Radio Officer who actively recieved and
participated in the aid of a sinking ship at sea. David is an
active Amateur Radio op today and is the authority on things Morse Code
related.
W2AGN - The
Webpage of John Sielke,
W2AGN. John is a fellow New Jerseyan and a fellow "QRP
Curmudgeon".
John is a serious Ham who knows of what he speaks. His
homebrew
craftsmanship is a thing of beauty.
NØLX -
The Webpage of Jake
Gorenhof, who does a lot of QRPing outdoors in Colorado. His
Webpage is subtitled, "Ham Radio with an Altitude". Lots of
beautiful photos to be seen here.
WØVLZ
- QRP,
portable operating and more courtesy of Niel Wiegand.
NU4B - A great
page about QRP and
DXing.
DL4NDE
- I worked
Bernd QRP to QRPin June of 2005 while he was on vacation in Italy. He
mentions our contact on his page! This was one of my first
contacts after troubleshooting and repairing my Butternut HF9V.
Telegraph
Key
- Webpage by Frank, W7IS all about telegraph keys and bugs. Kind of
looks like a blog; but Frank doesn't update it often enough to make it
an "official" blog.
WB9DLC
- This is the Webpage of Mike Barrell, WB9DLC in Columbia City,
Indiana. Not only is Mike a devoted CW op, we always seem to
be
running into each other on the air; but Mike also has a visually
stunning Webpage, chock full of good information.
K9EW - Ed out in
Illinois. Ed
is a very active QRPer and builder/homebrewer. Among all the
other good stuff at his site, Ed devotes a page to homebrewing paddles.
Blogs
The QRPer
- Blog by
Richard Fisher KI6SN who is the regular QRP columnist for Worldradio
magazine.
Long
Delayed Echos - A Blog and amateur radio page by Jeff Davis,
K9EV. Jeff includes podcasts on this page!
The Last Link
- Blog from Iowa by Rob Matherly. Rob is a friend
from the
Flying Pigs. His blog is an excellent blend of opinion,
politics,
common sense and Amateur Radio (of course!)
KB6NU’s
Ham Radio Blog - Blog by Dan Romanchik, a friend from QRP-L,
NAQCC
and from real life QSOs.
K3OQ's QRP
Adventures
- A blog by my friend, Jeff Embry. Jeff is an avid QRPer and
contester.
WD4AHZ - Amateur
Radio Blog
- By Ron Wetjen from Sarasota, Florida.
AA6E Station Log
- By Martin Ewing
in Connecticut.
BYTES AND
HERTZ - Neat
name, eh?
KG4VPY Ham Radio Site
- Dedicated to
Amateur Radio, weather and hurricanes.
M1HOG
- A blog from another Flying
Piggie. Nicolas is a member who lives in Britain.
It's nice
to see we're expanding!
AC7FA - A blog by
Don Hatlestad
Those Damn
Contesters Have
Ruined Ham Radio - An interesting blog by Scott Robbins, W4PA
K3WWP
- John doesn't like the term "blog" - he uses "diary".
Whatever,
it's still interesting reading.
AD7MI -
Spinning and Grinning
- A good Ham Radio blog by Scott Hedberg. In addition, check
out
the cool picture of Scott when he was a young shaver at his QRZ entry.
The
KØNR
Weblog - By Bob Witte, KØNR. The
emphasis is on QRP
and outdoor portable ops. By coincidence, one of my
supervisors
back in my Emergency Management days was another Bob Witte - not the
same guy, however.
WA5ICA - An easy to
read and
interesting blog by Mike Walters. As Mike puts it: "
Adventures with low power and a lower
budget".
WA5ZNU - The
blog of Leigh Klotz -
a dedicated and active QRPer.
W2AGN's Blurty
- If
you're very PC or of a Liberal bent; then I don't recommend John's
blog. If you're feisty, like me and don't mind offending
folks
(or being offended, for that matter) then I highly recommend
it!
100
Pound DXpedition
- A blog by Scott Anderson. He likes to operate portable, too.
The Logbook
- The Amateur
Radio blog of Justin Kates, KB3JUV. Justin concentrates on
emergency communications (EmComms)
99 Hobbies -
A combination
blog/podcast site by Dave Bushong. This may be the best Ham blog I've
run across after Long Delayed Echos. Very professional - both
Jeff and Dave know what they're doing, by far!
SM5KRI - A
blog devoted to
QRP and CW from Sweden by Krister Erikkson. Chris is the
proud
owner and builder of an Elecraft K1. His blog has some
excellent
photography!
Sands Contest Group
M0SCG -
The blog of a very active contesting group in North Lancashire.
More
Operator's pages will be added as I run across them!

Of
General Ham Radio
Interest
Piscataway Amateur
Radio Club
- Website of THE best ARC in Central NJ. As a past president,
you
could say I am biased; but this club puts forth a fantastic Field Day
effort every year !!
eHam - A great site
for all kinds of
Ham related stuff - product reviews, news articles, even a DX Cluster.
Ham Call -
A great
callbook server site - U.S. & foreign Ham addresses can be
found
here.
North Jersey DX Association
- Great
site for all kinds of DX information from one of the country's premier
DX groups.
CQ Magazine
- One of the
great Ham magazines on the Web.
QSL Net - The sponsor
of this and many
fine other Ham personal Web pages.
QTH Net - If you want
to subscribe to
any number of Ham Radio reflectors, look here.
N3FJP's Amateur Radio Software
-
Website where you can find AC Log, possibly the most comprehensive and
easy to use Windows based logging program.
Log-EQF - A
Website by Tom
Dandrea, N3EQF. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED ! This is the logging software I have been
using for
over 10 years !
Amateur Electronic Supply
- The Ham
Radio equipment vendor's WWW page.
Hotpresssshirts.com
- Probably the BEST embroidered callsign hats available anywhere !!!!!
Amateur Radio
Operating Aids
- A site which will provide links for things that will make your time
behind the radio even more pleasurable!
W6EL's Propagation Aid
- Work
smarter, not harder! This will help you maximize your
operating
time & results.
N4MC's Vanity HQ -
Thinking of
applying for a Vanity callsign? This is the place to go -
FIRST !
DX Atlas - An
electronic World
Atlas specifically with the Ham radio operator in mind.
cheapqsls.com -
Very nice QSL
cards produced by a couple of super nice folks, Hal and Sue.
Exceptionally nice QRP QSLs at a VERY affordable price! Check
these out, you'll be glad you did!
Society for the
Preservation
of Amateur Radio - A nice site with forums and news, all
dedicated
to keeping Amateur Radio, as we know it, on the air.
RF Safety
Calculator
- Thanks to the University of Texas! Go here, plug in the
values
for your situation and find out if your station is in compliance with
current RF safety standards.
Batteries
101 - Everything you ever needed to know about the basics of
batteries.
Antenna
& Antenna
Related Sites
Antennas
- Service and Education -
While not strictly QRP alone - the old adage holds true. "If
you
can't hear 'em, you can't work 'em. This site IS the
authority on
antennas. If you know nothing about antennas other than that
they're made of metal; or if you're an old "wahr hand" and want to know
even more; then this place is THE place to go to get yourself an
education.
Courtesy of the reknowned L.B. Cebik.
Buddipole
Homebrew Webpage
-
W3FF, the designer of the famous Buddipole still maintains a Webpage
for homebrewers interested in fabricating their own version of his
widely used antenna. Thanks, Budd!
KK4TR Antenna
Manufacturing & Sales - I know I'm an advocate of
homebrewing;
but Joe offers superb, tough, high quality wire antennas at a price
that's cheaper than if you were to buy everything and assemble it
yourself!
PAC-12 Antenna
Page
- Another set of hombrew antenna plans, with QRPers in mind, in
particular. This antenna, along with the Buddipole is what I
use
for my portable QRP ops.
The DX Notebook -
Antenna Page
- All kinds of antenna links.
N4UJW
Antenna Design
Lab - Lots of ideas on how to "roll your own".
Hard
Core DX - Wire Antenna Page - My favorite kind of antenna -
wire!
The Antenna
Elmer -
Another good place to go if you're intent on building your own antler.
The DX
Zone - Antenna
Links - Another hard core DX site and their antenna links.
The $4
Special -
Don't laugh! This antenna works and it works quite
well. I
have been using various configurations of this antenna throughout my
Ham career. It's quick, it's easy and the results are superb!
HOMEBREW
HEXBEAM PAGE by W1GQL - How you make your own
Hexbeam. I
haven't yet; but I would like to; and fully intend to within the next
year or two.
RadioWorks
- A good source for
commercial wire antennas, baluns, parts, coax, wire, etc.
W8MC's
Ham
Links - More antenna links.
NB6Z
Zepp Antenna
- A good Website about a modified 20 Meter Extended Double Zepp - or
EDZ antenna.

CW - It's
not just a mode
...... it's an adventure!
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