Canadian International DX Club

CIDX - Links to other radio sites

1.  Table of Contents, links page

1. Table of Contents
2. International Broadcasters
3. Shortwave
4. AM/FM/TV
5. Amateur radio (ham)
6. Scanning
7. Utility
8. Pirate
9. Other

2.    International Broadcasters

Radio Canada International http://www.rcinet.ca

Canada's national broadcaster, presenting Canada to the world. The live audio feed is available via Real Audio, and selected shows are also available for downloading and playing anytime.

British Broadcasting Corporation http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice

Probably the most listened to and respected broadcasting organization in the world.

Radio Netherlands http://www.rnw.nl

The international shortwave broadcaster of the Netherlands, based in Hilversum, Holland.

Voice of Russia http://www.vor.ru

The Voice of Russia keeps you updated on international matters and on the everyday life, history and culture of Russia.

Voice of America http://www.voa.gov

The Voice of America is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 115 million people.

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3.    Shortwave

Annual Winter SWL Festival ("Kulpsville") http://www.swlfest.com

The major SWL event in North America, this annual March gathering in Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, is a "must attend" for die hard fans. The 22nd annual festival will be held 13-14 March 2009.

Glen Hauser's World of Radio http://www.worldofradio.com//

The web page of Glenn Hauser's World of Radio and Continent of Media radio broadcasts and DX Listening Digest newsletters.

Prime Time Shortwave http://www.primetimeshortwave.com

Daniel Sampson created this site in November 1998 to "provide a convenient listing of English shortwave broadcasts to North America. Shortwave radio is a wonderful and powerful tool to learn about other cultures and to learn about the viewpoints of people around the world in this small world of ours."

DXing.com http://www.dxing.com

"The Web Resource for Radio Hobbyists" originally operated and maintained by Harry Helms, now run by Universal Radio Research.

Cumbre DX http://www.cumbredx.org

Cumbre DX is a List-Server resource dedicated to reporting "what's hot" in regional and international shortwave broadcast listening. Cumbre DX is distributed free of charge via electronic mail. We rely heavily on participant input for content. A weekly radio broadcast, "DXing with Cumbre" is also produced.

SPEEDX SW and DXing Home Page http://users.tellurian.com/slapshot/speedx.html

This page provides an extensive listing of links to websites on all aspects of the radio monitoring hobby.

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4.    AM/FM/TV

AM DX NewsFlash http://users.tellurian.com/slapshot/dxnews.html#AMDX

International Radio Club of America's (IRCA) weekly e-mail newsletter on mediumwave DXing.

AM Query http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amq.html

Search the the US's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) database for AM (MW) broadcast stations in the US. You can search by call sign, frequency, location and more.

FM Query http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/fmq.html

Search the the US's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) database for FM broadcast stations in the US. You can search by call sign, frequency, location and more.

TV Query http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/tvq.html

Search the the US's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) database for TV broadcast stations in the US. You can search by call sign, frequency, location and more.

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5.    Amateur radio (ham)

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) http://www.rac.ca

The overall governing organization for English-language amateur radio in Canada. One of the best sites for ham radio in Canada, it has band plans, regulations, ARES information, links to call sign databases, links to the web pages of most amateur radio clubs in Canada, and much more.

Radio amateur du Québec (RAQI) http://www.raqi.ca

The overall governing organization for French-language amateur radio in Canada, and especially Québec. The site is in French.

The Canadian Callsign Database - Callsign.ca/Indicatif.ca http://www.callsign.ca/

The place to look up Canadian Amateur radio operators. Updated directly from Industry Canada's database daily. Includes the ham's qualifications (licence class).

Internet Radio Linking Project http://www.irlp.net

Created by Canadian ham David Cameron VE7LTD, IRLP uses voice-over-IP to link repeaters through the Internet, allowing hams to talk to someone in another city as easily as in your own city. Instead of using radio or satellite links, it uses the ubiquity of the Internet. Over five hundred nodes exist in locations around the world.

Montreal Amateur Radio Club http://www.marc.qc.ca

One of the older amateur clubs in Canada.

American Radio Relay League (ARRL) http://www.arrl.org

The overall governing organization for amateur radio in the United States of America.

International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) http://www.iaru.org

The international representive for Amateur Radio.

Dayton Hamvention http://www.hamvention.org

The major ham convention in North America, this annual gathering is held in Dayton, Ohio, every May. The next one will be 16-18 May 2008

Radio Society of Great Britain http://www.rsgb.org

The RSGB is the UK's internationally recognised national society for all radio amateurs, and one of the granddaddies of amateur clubs.

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6.    Scanning

Strong Signals http://www.strongsignals.net

"Radio monitoring at its finest." A site on scanning from Rich Wells, who was the editor of the CIDX Messenger scanning column.

Scanner Way http://www.scannerway.8m.com

A general, all purpose site dedicated to the hobby of scanning.

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7.    Utility

World Utility News http://www.chace-ortiz.org/umc

This is the World Wide Web's premier information source for listeners of nonbroadcast "utility" radio communications using digital transmission systems rather than voice to send messages. The Information section features stations operated by the world's military, diplomatic, commercial, government, humanitarian, intelligence and other organizations, monitored from the UK and USA between the frequencies of 10kHz and 1GHz.

Klingenfuss Radio Monitoring http://www.klingenfuss.org

The home of the major publisher of books and CD-ROMs on radio and radio monitoring.

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8.    Pirate

FRN - Free Radio Network http://www.frn.net

Featuring news, technical information and loggings for pirate and experimental radio enthusiasts.

Pirate Radio Central, http://www.blackcatsystems.com&/radio/pirate.html

Spread the word about this site to other Free Radio enthusiasts!

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9.    Other

Association of North American Radio Clubs (ANARC), http://www.anarc.org

ANARC is the umbrella organization that promotes radio listening and monitoring of all sorts. From their site are links to the websites of member clubs, including CIDX.

The AMANDX Pages (ANARC), http://www.angelfire.com/mb/amandx/

Webmaster Shawn Axelrod operates this web page for the Association of Manitoba DXers, with over 60 pages of information, particularly for the Canadian radio hobbyist. There are links, suppliers, AM/FM/TV lists, a Canadian message board, a special page on the new X-band stations, and lots more.

Transmitter Documentation Project http://www.tdp.info/

The source for information on shortwave transmitters. From who makes or made what, to who is using what where. The brainchild of Ludo Maes of Belgium.

Radio H.F. Catalogue & Internet Newsletter http://www.cidx.ca/radiohf/

This is the site of the official archive of a free monthly e-mail newsletter from Sheldon Harvey, CIDX President and proprieter of Radio H.F., a radio retailer in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The newsletter covers interesting websites as well as information on products (both radios and books) available from Radio H.F. via mailorder The site also has the complete catalogue of Radio H.F.'s books and publications.

F.R.S. Communications Center http://www.f-r-s.org/homepage.htm

The Family Radio Service (FRS) radio equipment has quite an impact on handheld, wireless communications around the world. These tiny two-way radios have been used for all sorts of applications, from kids play things to vital communications network systems. This group, and its website, have developed a program for using FRS equipment for volunteer-supported neighbourhood communications. Looks like a creative and important use for these units.

Grove Enterprises http://www.grove-ent.com/

Grove is a major mail order vendor of shortwave and scanner radios and accessories in the United States. They are also the publisher of Monitoring Times magazine, one of the few magazines that deals with the radio monitoring hobby.

Shortwave Listeners QSL Card Museum, http://www.antique-corner.com/SWLQSL/

This new site, put on-line on January 26, 1999, is based in Richardson, Texas. It is dedicated to the collecting of radio station QSL (verification) cards. Presently the site showcases shortwave broadcast station QSLs. They have plans to add pirate cards in the future. There has also been some talk of a section dedicated to utility stations. Simply click on the country whose cards you would like to see and there they are. The webmaster is also welcoming input from other QSL collectors.

Radio Homepage of Martin Schöch, http://www.schoechi.de

Another QSL site, this one by Martin Schöch of Germany. This one has lots of details of various QSL reports, but no pictures. It has a links page to dozens of sites with picture QSLs.

Radio Modification Page, http://www.mods.dk

Instructions on how to modify about 1200 radios, including ham, scanners, and shortwave radios.

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