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https://www.qsl.net/k9ona
The Six Meter Club of Chicago (SMCC) is a Chicago-area amateur radio club promoting activity across HF, VHF, and UHF bands, with a focus on six-meter operations, emergency communications, and community radio services. The site lists 2020 meeting dates, net schedules including a Tuesday ragchew net on 50.130 MHz USB, a Two Meter FM Info Net, and a Thursday Digital SSTV net using EasyPal software.
http://bsa13.com/jota
BSA13's Jamboree on the Air page documents Pack, Troop, and Crew 13's participation in JOTA, the annual worldwide event where Scouts communicate with each other via ham radio. Operating under callsign KE9JQ on 20 meters, BSA13 has contacted Scouts in over 25 countries using both voice and Morse code over 28 years of participation.
https://www.qsl.net/redoakarc
The Red Oak Victory Amateur Radio Club (ROVARC) is an ARRL-affiliated ham radio club based aboard the SS Red Oak Victory, a WWII Victory Ship docked in Richmond, California. Club members have restored the ship's original radio room to operating condition and operate on the ham bands under callsigns K6YVM and NY6CI, blending maritime history with amateur radio.
https://mnhamradio.com/
The Bloomington Amateur Radio Association (BARA) is a club for amateur radio operators based in Bloomington, Minnesota, affiliated with the ARRL since 1979. The site covers club membership, repeater frequencies, officer listings, and resources for those looking to get their ham radio license.
https://a.atmos.washington.edu/data/weather.html
Hosted by the University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences department, this data-rich portal aggregates real-time and archived weather observations for the Pacific Northwest, including surface obs, time series plots, pressure readings, and climatological normals. Researchers, forecasters, and weather enthusiasts will find an extensive collection of links to regional stations, webcams, El Nino data, and major climate data servers like NOAA and the Western Regional Climate Center.
http://server1.wikisky.org/?locale=EN
WikiSky.org is an interactive online sky map that lets users explore stars, galaxies, nebulae, and constellations through a browser-based virtual telescope interface. The site supports over 15 languages and includes community features like astro photography, forums, blogs, and user-contributed star annotations.
http://nefariousplots.com/figures/4
An interactive data visualization called 'The Population of Space' charts every human spaceflight from Yuri Gagarin in 1961 through 2014, grouping missions by launch vehicle and coloring them by historical era. Created in honor of the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11, it offers a fascinating way to explore how long humans have spent in space, which nations sent them, and how the shift from Soviet stations to the International Space Station shaped our continuous presence off-world.
https://stormeffects.com/
Brian Morganti's StormEffects is a personal site dedicated to storm chasing, featuring an extensive collection of storm and landscape photos, chase videos, and chase summaries from real weather events. The site also touches on astrophotography, making it a rich visual record of one enthusiast's pursuit of dramatic natural phenomena.
https://rep.pt/
The Rede dos Emissores Portugueses (REP) is Portugal's national amateur radio association, founded in 1926 and a member of the IARU since 1933, representing ham radio operators across Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira. The site offers a repeater network directory covering VHF/UHF FM, DMR, D-Star, Echolink, and more, alongside news, contests, licensing information, and regulatory resources from ANACOM.
https://cosmotography.com/images/rc.html
R. Jay GaBany's Blackbird Observatory page details the technical setup behind his acclaimed astrophotography work, including a half-meter Ritchey-Chretien telescope, professional CCD cameras, and two remote observatory locations in New Mexico and the California Sierra Nevada. The site is a fascinating window into serious amateur deep-sky imaging, covering instrumentation, elevation advantages, and the evolution of the observatory from 2005 through 2014.