Links to websites dealing with amateur radio (“ham radio”)
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
Morse Code Radio Telegraphy
Morse – History & General
Morse Mad (lots of Morse info and links)
Telegraph Lore (landline telegraphy)
Morsum Magnificat (Morse magazine 1986 – 2004)
Morse Operating Aids
Morse Abbreviations and Q Signals
Morse Code Operating Aids (from AC6V)
Morse Organisations
FISTS Down Under (International Morse Preservation Society)
VKCW.net – an excellent Australia-based resource for Morse (CW) operators: calling frequencies, nets, on-air events and much more
Learning Morse Code
Morse Code Practice (W1AW – American Radio Relay League)
Morse Code Translator (Type in your text and hear it in Morse!)
Morse Telegraphy Key Collections & Information
telegraphkeys.com (pictorial catalogue of all sorts of keys)
Video: Adjusting a Vibroplex Bug
Vibroplex Collectors Association
Morse Equipment Suppliers
2B Radio Parts (unfortunately ships to USA only)
Maritime 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)