Introduction

Computers have been a part of the ham shack for many years now for logging, cw, packet, and other digital modes, so it was inevitable that amateur radio and the Internet should meet. In 1996, the article, "A New 'Band' For Your Radio" was published in QST that sparked the interest in ham radio communication via the Internet.

A small group of pioneers have combined amateur radio and cyberspace in a very direct way, creating new global gateways. DX contacts are possible through a local repeater and conversely a distant repeater is available through your computer.

There are more articles with additional information below. See the list of articles on Internet Ham Radio.

Articles

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• A New "Band" for Your Radio
  QST December 1996, pp. 37-40
  Amateur Radio and the Web combine to deliver another way of having fun!
  
• The Internet -- Repeater connection (69,692 bytes, PDF file)
  QST December 1997, p.90
  
• So You Want to Talk on the Internet.... (85,453 bytes, PDF file)
  QST March 1998, p. 94
  
• WinLink 2000: A Worldwide HF BBS (98,566 bytes, PDF file)
  QST March 2000, p. 90
  Software allows messages to pass between an amateur radio station and the Internet.
  
• WinLink 2000-Internet E-mail from Anywhere!
  QST January 2001, p. 51
  Sidebar to The HF Digital "Tower of Babel"
  WinLink and APRS Mated
  Update: From Digital Dimension, QST March, 2001, p.106,
  
• Remote-Controlled HF Operation over the Internet (113,719 bytes, PDF file)
  If you can’t get on the air from home, the Internet may be the answer.
  
• International Boat Watch Net Locates Pleasure Vessels at Sea
  ARRL News
  Yachtsmen who cruise the world's oceans for pleasure communicate primarily by HF radio.
  
• The HF Digital "Tower of Babel" (143,706 bytes, PDF file)
  QST January 2001, pp. 50-53
  A thumbnail of ten digital modes
  
• A Conversation With...Mike Cook, AF9Y (254,949 bytes, PDF file)
  QST May 1998, pp. 50-51
  Talks about WinLink QST November 2001, pp. 47-48
  
• I-Link, the .WAV of the Future (360,796 bytes, PDF file)
  QST March 2002, pp. 38-42
  Hardware and software solutions to working world-wide DX on VHF/UHF
  
• VoIP and Amateur Radio (612,669 bytes, PDF file
  Discover what the Voice Over Internet Protocol buzz is all about!
  QST February 2003, pp. 44-47

Note:

Contact information for suppliers mentioned in the above articles should first be confirmed using TIS Address Database Search.

Bibliography (Members Only)

ARRL Periodicals Index Search - This database contains the QST index from 1915 to the present and the QEX index from 1981 to the present. For QST issues from 1970 to the present, and some selected articles back to 1922 (when construction articles featuring tubes began in earnest), identifying keywords have been added to the technical articles. By entering keywords (ANTENNA) or combinations of keywords (CONSTRUCTION ANTENNA VERTICAL HF) into the Title words: field, you may create dynamic bibliographies.
Technical article KEYWORD list. Hints for more successful searching

Suggested keywords for more articles like the ones on this page are: INTERNET REPEATER

Web Links:

• Winlink 2000 -- Enhanced Digital Messaging for Amateur Radio.
  
• N2JEU's Web Controlled Shortwave Receivers
  
• An Experimental Microwave Data Link for 10-Megabit Ethernet
  
• WinLink 2000 - Enhanced Messaging For Amateur Radio
  To Provide a full-featured digital E-mail transfer, position reporting and weather service to the Global Amateur Radio community where internet access is not available.
  
• The Internet Radio Linking Project
  
• Surfin': Look, Ma, No Radios!
  By way of the Internet, you can make Amateur Radio contacts without a radio.
  
• W7DXX Internet Remote Base
  
• EchoLink Link Status
  The EchoLink node lookup page. Lookup your nearest Echolink node provided that you know your grid square
  

Additional resources

The ARRL Handbook for Radio Amateurs 
QST Magazine

The ARRL has an extensive catalog of books and materials related to Amateur Radio.

Article reprints:

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