Links to websites dealing with amateur radio (“ham radio”) from ZL1NZ in Auckland, New Zealand.
New Zealand Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing
NZ Amateur Radio Regulations (Ministry of Economic Development)
NZ Amateur Radio online study guides
New Zealand amateur radio band plans
National Organisations
New Zealand: NZ Association of Radio Transmitters – NZART
Australia: Wireless Institute of Australia – WIA
USA: American Radio Relay League – ARRL
General Amateur Radio Sites
Amateur Radio Callsign Directory (QRZ.com)
Origins of Hamspeak (from AC6V)
Collins Collectors Association
Videos about Amateur Radio, organised by topic [opens in a new window]
Morse Code Radio Telegraphy
Beginner’s Guide to Making CW Contacts
FISTS Down Under (International Morse Preservation Society)
Morse Abbreviations and Q Signals
Morse Code Operating Aids (from AC6V)
Morse Code Practice (W1AW – American Radio Relay League)
Morse Code Translator (Type in your text and hear it in Morse!)
Morse Mad (lots of Morse info and links)
Video: Adjusting a Vibroplex Bug
Vibroplex Collectors Association
Marine Radio
Musick Point Radio Group – an amateur radio club in Auckland, dedicated to preserving the former home of coast station Auckland Radio ZLD
maritimeradio.org – historical information about New Zealand coast radio stations
Radio NZ programme on the 100th anniversary of Wellington Coast Radio station ZLW (July 17 2011) – unfortunately the very first sentence in the report is wrong – the morse being sent is not the ZLW callsign, but rather “CQ”, the general call to all stations
Maritime Radio Historical Society (US)
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