The resources on these pages reflect information on specific amateur radio topics that I have explored at one time or
another in my life. They are, by all means, not complete nor the final word. Exercise due diligence in your research and
experimentation. Disclaimer: Any information or software - tested or untested - is used by you at your own risk and I cannot
be held responsible for any damage or loss caused by the use of the material on this page or web site. Enjoy!
Last updated: 9/27/2022 Questions, requests, outdated info, any broken/bad links? Email me
Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) the largest membership association of amateur radio enthusiasts in the USA
Beacons
10 Meter Beacon List
ID-O-Matic by HamGagets Great for making your own beacons or repeater ID.
C4FM Fusion - Yaesu
FTM-400DR
Quick Guide
Manual
Wires-X via DG-ID
Wires-X Node Manual
CW/Morse Code
Super Morse DOS Freeware Program to learn Morse Code. Shareware. Untested. Use Notepad or Wordpad to read the
.HLP files.
DMR (Digital Mobile Radio)
DMARC
BrandMeister Network: Dashboard
Meteor Scatter
Meteor scatter communications has been used by ham radio VHF enthusiasts for many years. Using meteor scatter
propagation enables radio communications contacts to be made over distances up to about 2000 km on the VHF bands.
MSK144 seems to be choice mode.
Motorola
Batlabs - Comprehensive web site of programming, modification and schematic data on most models. No software!
MTR200 Repeater
Specifications
Field Service Bulletin
Product Planner
National Traffic System (NTS)
Information on the NTS
Packet Basics: NTS
NTS Manual
Radiogram Form 2011
Packet
(All packet radio files have been moved here.)
Paging
While commercial paging has virtually disappeared, the amateur radio community has embraced this technology.
Technical Data/Theory of Operation
Digital Amateur POCSAG Paging
Ham Radio Paging: Putting "POCSAG" on Packet W0XI
POCSAG Paging Protocol - Raveon
Hardware
Alphapoc German manufacturer of pagers that cover the amateur frequencies.
Kantronics has the 9612+ (out of production) and the newer 9612XE can encode/decode POCSAG.
Wireless Devices Inc (Taiwan) These guys have tons of fun POSCAG toys! Their hardware including their pagers
cover 2 meter and 440 amateur radio frequencies!
NP-14 Series fully-programmable, single-board, POCSAG encoder with Hi power synthesized transmitter for
the on-site paging system applications.
POCSAG Encoder/Transmitter Module for IoT Application. Great item that will intercept your page and send it
to your phone!
Salcom 12-62-0000 POCSAG Paging Transmitter
STI Engineering in Australia. WOW! Full VHF Band POCSAG Paging Trasmitters with and without Built-in Encoder
that covers the 2 meter amateur radio band. The shame of it is they are grossly overpriced!!
Software
PE
PE v3.10a by Clive Cooper, G8UKN and Pete Baston, GW0PJA is a DOS paging encoder for the PC. This is the
software. I have the article on the interface by Robert B. Whitaker, but alas, I don’t have the schematics
anymore. Check back often. This is on my list. In the mean time check out PDW below.
PE-300
PDW
Since 2003, Peter Hunt has made PDW the main (free!) Program to receive POCSAG and FLEX. PDW has users
worldwide, from radio hobbyists to professional users. Peter has stopped developing the program after 10
years: he thinks it is 'finished'. Peter, thank you for all your efforts! PDW is now Open Source.
The official site is HERE. These files are achieved locally and act as a mirror if/when the site goes down.
PDW and RS-232 Port.doc
PDW FSK to RS232 Schematics
PDW2.14-full
PDW2.2-full
PDW3.10-full
PDW3.12-full
PDW3.2b01
RFShark
Openspot
Manual
One of the reasons I enjoy the original version is that you can attach an external antenna, effectively increasing you hot
spot coverage.
Openspot 1 Manual
Openspot 2
Manual
Openspot 3 Manual
RTTY
Great articles I found on RTTY:
Getting Started on RTTY
Radio Teletype or RTTY by the Wireless Institute of Australia
RTTY over Internet: test your sound card by receiving RTTY over the internet!
Satellites
AMSAT - The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
Heavens Above - This web site has some great satellite and astronomy info and more.
Satview - Find out when/where the next space junk will reenter the earth’s atmosphere.
Telemetry - Decoding with a Sound Card
Tracking
AGSatTrack Simple satellite tracking program. A great way to break into satellites before you upgrade to the fancy
paid software on the AMSAT web site. It’s nice. Compatible with Windows 10. Make sure your update the Keplarian
elements.
SCRAP - Satellite Contact Report Analysis & Prediction. This is a tracking, report, analysis, prediction and 3-D real
time display program.
WW2BSA
The resources on these pages reflect information on
specific amateur radio topics that I have explored at one
time or another in my life. They are, by all means, not
complete nor the final word. Exercise due diligence in
your research and experimentation. Disclaimer: Any
information or software - tested or untested - is used by
you at your own risk and I cannot be held responsible
for any damage or loss caused by the use of the
material on this page or web site. Enjoy!
Last updated: 9/27/2022 Questions, requests, outdated
info, any broken/bad links? Email me
Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) the largest
membership association of amateur radio enthusiasts in
the USA
Beacons
10 Meter Beacon List
ID-O-Matic by HamGagets Great for making your
own beacons or repeater ID.
C4FM Fusion - Yaesu
FTM-400DR
Quick Guide
Manual
Wires-X via
DG-ID
Wires-X Node Manual
CW/Morse Code
Super Morse DOS Freeware Program to learn Morse
Code. Shareware. Untested. Use Notepad or
Wordpad to read the .HLP files.
DMR (Digital Mobile Radio)
DMARC
BrandMeister Network: Dashboard
Meteor Scatter
Meteor scatter communications has been used by
ham radio VHF enthusiasts for many years. Using
meteor scatter propagation enables radio
communications contacts to be made over
distances up to about 2000 km on the VHF bands.
MSK144 seems to be choice mode.
Motorola
Batlabs - Comprehensive web site of programming,
modification and schematic data on most models.
No software!
MTR200 Repeater
Specifications
Field Service
Bulletin
Product Planner
National Traffic System (NTS)
Information on the NTS
Packet Basics: NTS
NTS Manual
Radiogram Form 2011
Packet
(All packet radio files have been moved here.)
Paging
While commercial paging has virtually disappeared,
the amateur radio community has embraced this
technology.
Technical Data/Theory of Operation
Digital Amateur POCSAG Paging
Ham Radio Paging: Putting "POCSAG" on
Packet W0XI
POCSAG Paging Protocol - Raveon
Hardware
Alphapoc German manufacturer of pagers that
cover the amateur frequencies.
Kantronics has the 9612+ (out of production)
and the newer 9612XE can encode/decode
POCSAG.
Wireless Devices Inc (Taiwan) These guys
have tons of fun POSCAG toys! Their hardware
including their pagers cover 2 meter and 440
amateur radio frequencies!
NP-14 Series fully-programmable, single-
board, POCSAG encoder with Hi power
synthesized transmitter for the on-site paging
system applications.
POCSAG Encoder/Transmitter Module for
IoT Application. Great item that will intercept
your page and send it to your phone!
Salcom 12-62-0000 POCSAG Paging
Transmitter
STI Engineering in Australia. WOW! Full VHF
Band POCSAG Paging Trasmitters with and
without Built-in Encoder that covers the 2
meter amateur radio band. The shame of it is
they are grossly overpriced!!
Software
PE
PE v3.10a by Clive Cooper, G8UKN and
Pete Baston, GW0PJA is a DOS paging
encoder for the PC. This is the software. I
have the article on the interface by Robert
B. Whitaker, but alas, I don’t have the
schematics anymore. Check back often.
This is on my list. In the mean time check
out PDW below.
PE-300
PDW
Since 2003, Peter Hunt has made PDW
the main (free!) Program to receive
POCSAG and FLEX. PDW has users
worldwide, from radio hobbyists to
professional users. Peter has stopped
developing the program after 10 years: he
thinks it is 'finished'. Peter, thank you for
all your efforts! PDW is now Open Source.
The official site is HERE. These files are
achieved locally and act as a mirror if/when
the site goes down.
PDW and RS-232 Port.doc
PDW FSK to RS232
Schematics
PDW2.14-full
PDW2.2-full
PDW3.10-full
PDW3.12-full
PDW3.2b01
RFShark
Openspot
Manual
One of the reasons I enjoy the original version is
that you can attach an external antenna, effectively
increasing you hot spot coverage.
Openspot 1 Manual
Openspot 2
Manual
Openspot 3 Manual
RTTY
Great articles I found on RTTY:
Getting Started on RTTY
Radio Teletype
or RTTY by the Wireless Institute of Australia
RTTY over Internet: test your sound card by
receiving RTTY over the internet!
Satellites
AMSAT - The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
Heavens Above - This web site has some great
satellite and astronomy info and more.
Satview - Find out when/where the next space junk
will reenter the earth’s atmosphere.
Telemetry - Decoding with a Sound Card
Tracking
AGSatTrack Simple satellite tracking program.
A great way to break into satellites before you
upgrade to the fancy paid software on the
AMSAT web site. It’s nice. Compatible with
Windows 10. Make sure your update the
Keplarian elements.
SCRAP - Satellite Contact Report Analysis &
Prediction. This is a tracking, report, analysis,
prediction and 3-D real time display program.
WW2BSA