Links to websites dealing with amateur radio (“ham radio”) and related topics
NZ 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
Morse equipment suppliers
2B Radio Parts (unfortunately ships to USA only, and announced in May 2019 that would be closing)
W0EB dot stabiliser for Vibroplex and other semi-automatic keys
Morse telegraphy key collections & information
telegraphkeys.com (pictorial catalogue of all sorts of keys)
Magazines and newsletters about Morse Code
Society of Wireless Pioneers: Sparks Journal (quarterly issues, 1977-1986)
Morsum Magnificat (quarterly issues, 1986-2004)
NZ Net News, fortnightly newsletter of the New Zealand Net
QNI, newsletter of Radio Relay International
Morse history & general
Morse Mad (lots of Morse info and links)
Telegraph Lore (landline telegraphy)
Examples of Morse Code in movies, television shows, etc.
Morse operating aids
Radiogram message forms (You can download and print these on A4 or Letter-size paper.)
Video: Adjusting a Vibroplex Bug
Morse organisations
CW Operators Club (including the Solid Copy newsletter)
First Class CW Operators Club (FOC)
Society of Wireless Pioneers (SOWP)
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!)
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)