When Asked What The Time Was; 
Yogi Berra Replied "You Mean Right Now?"

Hams Reply -- You Mean Right Here Or UTC?

PROGRAMS TO SET YOUR COMPUTER TIME

About Time -- Sets your PC Clock or Server

AtomTime -- Sets ur Clock to world standards

SocketWatch -- Keep your PC clock accurate with the ultimate time client for Windows.

Atomic Clock Sync utility -- set your local PC time with the US Atomic Clock 

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WEB PAGES ABOUT OR GIVING TIME 

All About Times -- GMT Zulu, UTC

World Time Zone .com -- Several WOW presentations

The Time Zone page -- Time in 619 Cities, worldwide.

HamClock -- Desk Top program for Time in the All DXCC Prefixes -- A Real Winner and its Free!!

Date and Time Gateway Page -- Time in the Countries of the World

Official US Time -- Precise UTC Time -- On Line - From Department of Commerce and NIST

U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock. -- Precise UTC Time -- On Line

Beacon Wizard -- Track the NCDXF Beacons and Sets your PC Clock to world standards

OSSYSTEMS -- Sets your PC Clock to world standards

NIST Java UTC Clock -- Precise UTC Time -- On Line

Clock, UTC, and World Local Times -- Precise UTC and Local Times -- On Line

World Time Zone Map -- From The U.S. Naval Observatory

UTC/GMT Time Conversions To Local Time

Sunrise/Sunset, Gray line and UTC Time From HAB Software, Hamburg, Germany.

Sunrise/Sunset -- By City -- Moontimes also - From The U.S. Naval Observatory

Sunrise/Sunset -- By Long/Lat -- From The AUSTRALIAN SURVEYING & LAND INFORMATION GROUP

Time And Frequency Stations -- WW Precise UTC Time and Frequencies

Standard ITU Phonetic Alphabet - Sometimes referred to as NATO Phonetics

A Zillion Phonetic Alphabets. -- Alpha, Baker, Cocoa, Dog.

DXers Phonetics --By AC6V - Unofficial Of Course!

Phonetic Alphabets -- Historic, English and others -- via J.W.Alcorn - VK2JWA

Language Translator -- Great DX Tool -- From SYSTRANŽ

Language Translator -- Great DX Tool -- From FreeTranslation.com

Morse Code Pages --Ultimate CW Pages

Morse Code Trainers --Many To Choose From

AC6V's Guide To Q-Signals Commonly Used On HF

AC6V's Guide To Ham Q-Signals Commonly Used On VHF Repeaters

Q-Signals For Hams-- From The Lincoln Amateur Radio Club

More Q-Signals For Hams -- Washington State Net

MEGA Q-Signals -- An Old List Of Q-Signals From The 40's --- VERY LONG NOTE: Most of these are not used by Amateurs. Many for Navigation, Aviation, Marine, etc -- From The Wilderness Emergency Medical Services Institute

Another MEGA Q-Signals List -- Edition 1994, 1998 --- VERY LONG NOTE: Most of these are not used by Amateurs. Many for Navigation, Aviation, Marine, etc -- From Ralf D. Kloth - DL4T

Allied Communications Publications Many military comm manuals. See ACP131 for Official Q-Signals

1909 Q-Signals -- From The Telegraph Office

The Missing Q-Signals -- Just For Fun

QN-Signals. -- For Net Use Only

Official List of "Z" Signals -- From G4RGA

Part 97 -- From Ham Radio On-Line

US Third-Party Traffic Agreements From The ARRL

Pile Up Tapes -- Via Contesting.Com

Gray Line Program -- From PA3CQR

Gray Line Program -- From Alex Shovkoplyas, ex UR5EMI (now in VE3)

Grey Line Map -- Color greyline map that automatically refreshes every five minutes -- from DX.QSL.NET

Grey Line Map -- by John Walker (Fourmilab)

        GRID SQUARES  

Grid Squares - WOW - World Wide - See This one! From VE2PIJ.

Grid Squares - WOW From WA5UUD Via The Six Meter World Wide DX Club

Grid Squares - WOW from ICOM -- Click on AMATEUR, then U.S. Grid Square Map (470 KB PDF)

Grid Squares -- From the ARRL Web -- on-line grid-square calculator. Grid-square calculator program for your computer. By hand, as explained in the QST Lab Notes PDF file

Grid Squares -- World Wide - From Nomrax

Grid Squares -- Find Grid Squares By callsign From BuckMaster

Grid Square Maps -- From JWO Services -- -- All Kinds -- Wall Size, Book Size, CQ Zones, ITU Zones, DXCC Countries, World wide Grid Squares -- more

Grid Squares Map Of The USA

Grid Square Calculator -- Find Grid Squares By Long/Lat or find Long/Lat from Grid Squares --- From AMSAT

Worked All Fields -- From The Field Hunters Home on the 'Net -- Sponsored by TOEC - Maintained by SM3OJR

HAM MAPS A BUNCH WITH PREFIXES  -FreeBees

FREEBEES

USA District Map -- From The ARRL

USA District Map -- By AC6V - Includes ITU and CQ Zones

USA District Map -- KC0MCZ's Maps

USA District Map -- From AL7FS

USA District Map -- From Jeanne K1MOM

USA WAS Maps and Tracking -- via NB6Z

Maps Of All US States

Ham Map of the World with prefixes -- From Allan, VK2CA

Great Maps -- From Univ Of Texas -- Don't miss this one - covers the World with Long/Lats

Ham Maps -- AT LAST -- On Line -- A great set of Ham maps with prefixes -- see PREFIX ELMER

Ham Maps -- Worked All Continents WAC - From Nomrax

Ham Maps -- CQ Zones From Nomrax

Ham Maps -- ITU Zones From Nomrax

Ham Maps -- ITU Regions From Nomrax

ARM - Amateur Radio Maps v 1.3 -- Must Download but a goodie!!

Ham Maps --From JWO Services -- All Kinds -- Wall Size, Book Size, CQ Zones, ITU Zones, DXCC Countries, World wide Grid Squares -- more

ITU Zone Map --A GIF From NEXUS-IBA

CIA FactBook -- Great Source of DXCC Country Maps & Facts

TopoZone Maps -- Gives long, Lat, Elavation & Detailed Maps

Radio Line of Sight Plot Server

GcmWin - A program to make Great Circle Maps -- Via SM3GS

Online Map Creation using AZ_PROJ v1.1.6 Great Circle Maps

Geodetic II -- Distance/Bearing Finder - From Klaus-Dieter Scholz

Great Circle calculations --  -GCGC by Ron McConnell W2IOL

Great Circle Maps - azprj104.zip program - For any point on the earth.

Formulae For Calculating Great Circle Heading and Distance Information

        BEAM HEADINGS - DISTANCE BEARING      

DXCC Entity List / Beam Headings -- Enter Latitude and Longitude -- get Beam Heading and a DXCC Prefix List -- By Randy, W5UE

Amateur Radio ADF Is Back -- Highly Recommended From Gulf Coastal Software.

Great Prefix Finder -- From K4UTE Via NO4J -- A must see -- has Prefix, Country, Continent, CQ Zone, ITU Zone, Time, Lat/Long, Begin Date, End Date, Deleted information

DXCC Country List / Beam Headings -- From North Jersey DX Association

Distance and Bearing Finder. -- Enter 2 cities. Shows Distance, Beam Headings and maps -- By Bali Online

Beam Headings & Distance Excel Spreadsheet -- In zip form from K7NO

Beam Headings to DXCC Countries From The North Jersey DX Association

KawAZ is a Azimuth Angle Calculation Program for the Radio Amateur

DX View1.1.5 -- FreeWare.  Find heading, country, distance, zone info from callsign prefix --- Includes Maps, Greyline and More. An absolute MUST SEE

QTH Locator -- By Klaus Evers's, DL3BAK -- Find Distance/Bearing and grid squares -- A Must See

Beam Headings By Using W6EL's Propagation Program

Beam Headings For The Mac -- From James Associates 

GcmWin - A program to make Great Circle Maps -- Via SM3GS

Online Map Creation using AZ_PROJ v1.1.6 Great Circle Maps

Geodetic II -- Distance/Bearing Finder - From Klaus-Dieter Scholz

GcmWin - A program to make Great Circle Maps -- Via SM3GS

Online Map Creation using AZ_PROJ v1.1.6 Great Circle Maps

Geodetic II -- Distance/Bearing Finder - From Klaus-Dieter Scholz

Great Circle calculations --  -GCGC by Ron McConnell W2IOL.

Great Circle Maps - azprj104.zip program - For any point on the earth.

Great Circle Distance and Bearing Calculator --On a Lotus spreadsheet -- - By David Stua

Formulae For Calculating Great Circle Heading and Distance Information

Also see DX and Contest Software

Calculating the Distance To The Horizon

A Calculator for Line Of Sight To The Horizon

Magnetic Declination/Variation Map -- From The Compass Store

 

WORLD LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES

Great Prefix Finder -- From K4UTE Via NO4J -- All DXCC entities. A must see -- has LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES, Prefix, Country, Continent, CQ Zone, ITU Zone, Time,  Begin Date, End Date, Deleted information

World Latitudes & Longitudes -- Gives latitude and longitude of major cities around the world

USA: US Geological Survey -- Find Lat/Long -- Enter City - Get Longtitude & Latitude & Maps

USA Latitude/Longitude Position Finder -- Map Based Page to identify the latitude and longitude position of any point within the United States.

National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) -- All Kind Of maps and Geographical Data

Formulae For Calculating Great Circle Heading and Distance Information

All About Compasses -- From The Compass Store

Determining declination from magnetic north -- From The Compass Store

Zip Code Finder -- From The Horse's Mouth

Zip & Area Code Finder -- Click On "New General Combined Lookup" --- Zip/Area to County/City & Vice versa -- From Jay Computer Services

National Address Server -- Enter U.S. postal address -- gives zip code, map, and a Postscript or a GIF file of the address for printing.

Area Code Look-Up

Search for information for local areas by place names, zip codes, etc.

Geography links
Many Thanks to W2IOL Ron McConnell For The Geography Links.
28 mar 2003

GCGC great circle (ellipsoid), lat/long/grid, MUF, miles/Watt, DX database DOS Command line calculator.  (eventually Linux)    http://home.earthlink.net/~rcmcc

Great Circle Bearing and Distance Calculator (Web's Best)  http://www.indo.com/distance

Geographic Place Names to Lat/Long:
World: US DoD NIMA (ex-DMA) http://www.nima.mil/gns/html/index.html  WORLD!! With small towns!
http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html
http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/cntry_files.html

World & USA: Mapblast (lat/long now hidden in URL)  http://www.mapblast.com

World & USA: Maporama, Address to Lat/Long & Map  http://www.maporama.com/share/

Worldwide Directory of Cities and Towns: Global Gazetteer  http://www.calle.com/world/index.html

Worldwide Country City/Town Database (USGS + NIMA +...) http://www.heavens-above.com/countries.asp

USA Geographical Locator: Montana State Univ. (Many maps...) http://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/

USA Latitude/Longitude Position Finder Map, 9-Step Zoom (Juggling Information Service web site?)  http://www.juggling.org/bin/un.cgi/map-find
 
Canada: Natural Resources Canada  http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index.html

Australia: Place Names (gazeteer)  http://www.auslig.gov.au/mapping/names/natgaz.htm

Magnetic Declination/Variation vs. lat/lon, altitude, date http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/seg/gmag/fldsnth1.pl

Magnetic Declination/Variation on World Map: MAGVAR, under "Free Stuff" http://www.pangolin.co.nz

Magnetic Declination/Variation World Map (PDF) http://www.thecompassstore.com/decvar.html

Royal Observatory at Greenwich: the beginning of the world Good information
   http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk

Bowditch American Practical Navigator web site  http://www.irbs.com/bowditch

Ed Williams's Spherical Navigation Formulas with examples http://williams.best.vwh.net/avform.html

Ed Williams's Spheroidal Navigation Tutorial http://williams.best.vwh.net/ellipsoid/ellipsoid.html

US NGS Ellipsoidal Earth Models, Vincenty Inverse & Forward http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/

Ellipsoidal Model Data: http://164.214.2.59/GandG/sathtml/gpsdoc2002.01.txt

Australian Mapping Agency: Geodosy reference, formulas, ... http://www.auslig.gov.au/geodesy

Australian surveying and mapping: Vincenty & Redfern ellipsoidal models, online & spreadsheets  http://www.auslig.gov.au/geodesy/datums/calcs.htm

Omar Reis's Tecepe site with Celestial Navigation Tutorial & Navigator Light 3.0
http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav

Worldwide Amateur Radio Call Prefix to Lat/Long/etc "Most Complete"
 http://no4j.com/nfdxa/dxcc/dxcc.asp

Free Software: Forward/Inverse, Datum conversion, etc. http://www.mentorsoftwareinc.com/FREEBIE/freebies.htm

Marine Navigation Calculators: several http://164.214.12.145/calc/calc_options.html

GIS Data and Software, Free (Geocomm) http://www.geocomm.com

Astronomical and Numerical Software Codes: http://www.moshier.net
 
Historic Map Collection Online, David Rumsey "...6000 pieces, or about 150,000 individual cartographic items..."  http://www.davidrumsey.com/

Historic & Current Maps, Collection Online: Univ. Texas  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps

Mercator's World Magazine: cartography  http://www.mercatormag.com

World Time Zone Map, CIA/PC  http://geography.about.com/cs/timetimezones/index_2.htm

World Time Zones/Maps/Clocks  http://www.worldtimezone.net

World Time Server:  http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

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USA Street addresses to Lat/Long & Misc.
Latitude/Longitude Position Finder (9 zoom steps) [Juggling Info?]

  http://www.juggling.org/bin/un.cgi/map-find

  http://www.mapsonus.com

  http://www.mapquest.com   or   http://maps.yahoo.com

  http://www.BCCA.org/misc/qiblih/latlong.html

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United Kingdom (UK) Street Maps, Lat/Long, Postal Codes, Tel Codes, etc.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk

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IP address to Lat/Long

  http://cello.cs.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/slamm/ip2ll

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Azimuthal-Equidistant Projection Maps: (Great Circle Maps) GCMWIN Az-Eq maps, SM3GSJ   http://hem.passagen.se/sm3gsj/
 
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  World Imagery Database (Photos from space)  http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com

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  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
 http://www.census.gov/geo/www/faq-index.html

Many Thanks to W2IOL Ron McConnell For The Geography Links.
28 mar 2003

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