K9GIA Favorite Resources
Study Materials
Hamstudy.org and app. I used this site and their mobile app to study for the exams.
Technician License Class Study Materials : Humboldt Amateur Radio Club
AA9PW Morse Code Trainer using Koch Method
License Testing
Find a Testing Session : Hamstudy.org
Find an Amateur Radio License Exam in Your Area : ARRL
Activities
WVARA : West Valley Amateur Radio Association. These folks have been very encouraging to me.
SC4ARC on the Santa Cruz county coast. I took the license tests with them.
Pacificon: ARRL Pacific Division Annual Conference
Quartzfest: RV/Ham fest in the Arizona desert.
Seapac: The northwest's largest Ham convention.
Convention and Festival Calendar
Equipment
Ham Radio Outlet. I bought a Yeasu radio, power supply, and antenna from these folks at Pacificon.
Gigaparts. I bought the HT radio from these folks through the Jumpstart program (see below).
QRZ Jumpstart Kit (Gigaparts)
QRZ Jumpstart Kit (QRZ.com)
ARRL End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna Kit
Dipole Antenna Length Calculator
Other links
ARRL and magazines. I signed up to receive On The Air, which is for beginners. I can also read QST online in a digital format.
FCC License Counts by State. You can see which states will be hardest to contact for WAS.