BILL’S TEMPORARY JUMP-OFF TO RADIO TOPIC PAGES
Back to Main opening page: www.marscan.com
This page is part of the rebuilding of the site, and will gradually be replaced by individual topic jumpoff pages as time goes on. Note that from the outset, Aero and Marine are linked separately
Check for conditions favouring distant reception and is an all round
fascinating site:
Hepburn's DX Information Centre
My own list of continuously transmitting stations on VHF-HI in the Maritimes and northern New England. This list, along with a list of FM broadcasters can provide some clues regarding the current DX conditions.
HAM radio pages
eHAM.net (Amateur Radio on the Net)
Radio Amateurs of Canada - RAC
RAILWAY
Open Railway Map, showing current and abandoned railways around the world
Canada's VHF Band Plan
About Call Letters
Codes used
in radio: ten, Q, CW etc
(Have you heard, 10 codes may be dying out)
About GMRS, FRS
and MURS
The old Mobile
Telephone Service and
the introduction of the cell phone
Using GMRS radios in an institutional setting
My
historical page on the no-longer-existing
THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OVERLAP WITH THE ABOVE AND ARE GENERALLY OBSOLETE. AS OF LATE 2019 I AM COMBINING THE UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS. TO BE COMPLETED EARLY IN 2020.
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VHF AMATEUR RADIO PAGE |
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MY BROADCAST LISTENING PAGES TV, FM, AM
WTFDA
Worldwide
TV-FM DX Association NRC
National
Radio Club (AM Radio)
TV Fool. Check what TV stations are in range at your
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NOVA SCOTIA FIRE
(revised Dec 29/14) The overall list of NS fire departments is off-line for reconstruction and will return by the end of November 2015. |
Bill’s Miscellaneous Radio Pages: Canada's VHF Band Plan
About Call
Letters
About GMRS,
FRS and MURS
Using GMRS radios in an institutional setting
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Miscellaneous External Links: eHAM.net (Amateur Radio on the Net) Webcam view at Qualicum Beach, BC (my hometown)
Guides to Maine’s New Statewide System (MSCommNet)
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 VHF and/or UHF scanners and monitors I have owned (not including transceivers):
GE Searcher, Lafayette P-100, Tompkins TunaVerter,
Radio Shack/Realistic PRO-30, PRO-43, PRO-92, PRO-95, PRO-96, PRO-97, PRO-99, PRO-106, PRO-2009, PRO-2026, PRO-2067, PRO-2096.
Uniden/Bearcat BC 235XLT, 590, 780XLT, 285D, 796D, 396XT, 996XT. BCT15. GRE PSR-400. Sporty’s Aviation Interrupt.
Might be others I have forgotten altogether, or at least the model number is forgotten!
Current base antennas, etc: Antennacraft HBU33 (RS 15-289) UHF & High VHF TV antenna on edge, RS Scanner/Ham Discone (RS 20-043), RS Rotator (RS 15-1245), Channel Master CM-7777 amp.