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http://bobsknobs.com/
Bob's Knobs sells specialized collimation thumbscrews that let telescope owners align their Cassegrain and Newtonian telescopes without any tools. The product line covers knobs for popular telescope brands including Losmandy, Celestron, and TeleVue mounts, with custom sizing options and downloadable installation guides.
https://qsl.net/wo8hio
The Maumee Valley Contest Club is an amateur radio organization based in the Maumee Valley region, focused on competitive ham radio contesting and DX activities. The site serves as a hub for members and visitors, offering links to major contesting resources, propagation tools, contest calendars, and DX bulletins.
https://www.qsl.net/dl4tt/DawgX-rayClub.html
The Dawg X-ray Club is a satirical guide for amateur radio operators, humorously skewering the ego-driven behaviors of DXers who chase fame and prestige in the ham radio community. Created by Fritz Sommer (DL4TT), the site features chapters translated into multiple languages and links to classic DX operating resources, blending comedy with genuine community commentary.
https://hamqsl.com/
Paul Herrman (N0NBH) built this comprehensive resource for ham radio operators tracking HF propagation conditions, offering free solar-terrestrial data widgets, banners, and tools that can be embedded in any website. Visitors will find online calculators for SFI/SN conversion, K-Index to signal noise, Aurora latitude tools, MUF/LOF prediction maps, and live solar flux and sunspot data updated every few hours.
http://wala.org/
WALA, the Western Amateur Linking Association, is a Southern California ham radio club focused on IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project) networking, connecting operators across multiple repeaters throughout California and beyond. The site hosts news, operating guidelines, node status, and recordings of notable QSOs, including a memorable on-air conversation with Los Angeles radio personality Shotgun Tom Kelly.
https://qsl.net/w6efb
The High Desert DX Association (HIDEXA) is a ham radio club based in the High Mojave Desert of California, dedicated to pursuing worldwide DX contacts and making friends around the globe via amateur radio. The site features DX bulletins, contest links, callsign search tools, and member resources including antenna guides, QSL card galleries, and a ham shack tour from webmaster K7HG.
http://drydredgers.org/
The Cincinnati Dry Dredgers claim the title of the oldest continuously-operating fossil club in North America, bringing together amateur geologists and fossil collectors in the Cincinnati area since their founding. The site features extensive fossil identification guides for trilobites, crinoids, echinoderms, brachiopods, and more, plus field trip photos, member activities, and resources for finding Ordovician-era fossils in the region.
https://wxlog.com/
Stephen's Storm Log is a personal storm chasing diary cataloging hundreds of tornado, supercell, and severe weather chase events dating back to 1997, organized by SPC risk level and year. With decades of documented chases across the American South and Plains, this is a remarkable long-running record of one chaser's adventures tracking some of the most intense storms on record.
https://uvminerals.org/minerals/gallery
The Fluorescent Mineral Society hosts a stunning photo gallery showcasing minerals from around the world photographed under shortwave, midwave, and longwave ultraviolet light, revealing their glowing colors. Specimens from famous localities like the Franklin and Sterling Hill mines in New Jersey, Tsumeb in Namibia, and sites across China, Australia, and Brazil are featured with photographer credits and mineral identification.
https://qsl.net/ke6wuk
A QSL.net-hosted personal page for amateur radio operator KE6WUK, part of the popular free web hosting service dedicated to ham radio enthusiasts. The directory index is essentially empty or inaccessible, offering no visible content beyond a bare file listing.