Technical And Operating Resources
The links below go to technical articles, radio operating articles, websites, and other resources of interest to our club members. These are focused on topics that our members are likely to be interested in, high-quality tutorial web pages, and Colorado (and local) information.
Learn Morse Code
Parks On The Air (POTA)
Summits On The Air (SOTA)
Digital VHF/UHF
- Colorado Digital
- Rocky Mountain Ham DMR Network
- Brandmeister Network (DMR)
- Brandmeister Talk Groups
- RadioID.net (database of radio IDs for DMR and other uses)
Resources
W0TLM Member Ham Radio Websites
- HamRadioSchool.com (Stu/W0STU)
- K0NR Radio Site (Bob/K0NR)
- To The Woods (Jeff/K0DZU)
Programming Files for Radios (Codeplugs)
The standard W0TLM frequency list includes many of the common 2m / 70cm simplex and repeater frequencies for our area.
Chirp radio programming software is available at: https://chirp.danplanet.com
If you encounter problems with Windows drivers, there is helpful info here.
New Rev 13 (18 May 2023)
Changed K0NR repeater to W0TLM repeater, added two memories for the W0TLM portable repeater, simplified the pdf file for easier reading, and reduced the number of simplex channels.
Note that the manufacturers often change their radio firmware (especially Baofeng) so the file above may not match the revision of firmware in your radio. If so, a good approach is to use Chirp to download the existing radio programming, open the new programming file and do a copy-and-paste of the information into the existing radio file. This usually solves the firmware incompatibility issues.
Previous Revision
Here's the previous version of the files (Rev 12), in case we encounter any issues with the new files.