Navigation Vessel Tracking Radio Links Weather Ham Gear
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NAVIGATION AND BOATING LINKS
7th DISTRICT COAST GUARD LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS - In Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY ASSOCIATION - Group to encourage the continuation and further development of waterborne commerce and recreation on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
BAHAMAS INFORMATION - from Noonsite.com and is frequently updated by C6AGG.
BASRA - Bahamas Air Sea Rescue Association
BEST BOATING RESOURCES ON THE WEB - Good site with extensive list of boating links.
BRIDGE REGULATIONS ON ICW - Check for bridge schedules, etc.
CRUISER'S NET - General interest articles concerning the I.C.W., Bahamas and the Gulf of Mexico areas.
GEORGE TOWN CRUISING REGATTA - All there is to know about the George Town Cruising Regatta including pictures.
I.C.W. CHANNEL CONDITION SURVEY REPORTS - from the USACE.
NAUTICAL CHARTS - View any NOAA chart. All should be up-to-date! Free!
NOONSITE.COM - Customs, immigration and general information on International cruising destinations.
S.E.A.R.C.H. - Search and Rescue Charitable Foundation. Search and rescue organization for the SW North Atlantic and Caribbean.
SEVEN SEAS CRUISING ASSN - Home page of the SSCA.
USCG HOME PAGE - Home page of the USCG's main website.
USCG MARINE SAFETY SITE - Documentation, Licensing, Navigation rules, Marine safety, Environmental protection and more at this USCG site.
USCG NAVIGATION CENTER - GPS, DGPS, Loran C, Light lists, Nav pubs and documents.
USCG MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS - Navigation Center's Maritime Telecommunications site.
WATERWAY GUIDE - Good Source for waterway navigation updates.
WINLINK 2000 - Amateur radio E-mail, position reporting, and weather system.
VESSEL TRACKING
SHIPTRAK - Find any vessel using APRS or YOTREPS system (with history).
SAILWX - Excellent site for locating vessels, along with weather, tides, wave heights, etc.
RADIO LINKS
AIRMAIL - Web site of and download location for Airmail software. - also see WINLINK
AMSAT MAIL FORWARDING INFO - Information on AMSAT's e-mail forwarding service.
AMSAT ADDRESS CHANGE / SIGNUP / DELETE - Site allows maintenance of e-mail forwarding on AMSAT.
ANTENNEX ONLINE - Popular online magazine with many technical articles.
ARRL - Home page of the American Radio Relay League.
ARRL CALL SIGN / NAME CROSS REFERENCE
ARRL MAIL FORWARDING INFO - Another membership benefit of ARRL.
ARRL INTERNATIONAL OPERATING - Reference source for reciprocal licensing information.
ARRL LICENSING - The last and latest word on licensing for hams and prospective hams.
AUTOMATIC POSITION REPORTING SYSTEM (APRS) - Software downloads and information on APRS operation - a VHF or HF packet system for automatically reporting geographic positions - also see APRS NET
CARIBBEAN MARITIME MOBILE NET - Communications for cruising yachts all over the Caribbean, SW North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico on 7.241 MHz at 1100 to 1200 Zulu.
FCC - AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE - The FCC Amateur home page.
FCC UNIVERSAL LICENSING SYSTEM (ULS) - The ULS home page.
GREAT LAKES AMATEUR RADIO - An amateur radio / boating site dedicated to promoting amateur radio on the Great Lakes - site is slow to load.
MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE NET - Web site of our friends at 14.300 MHz with net check-in procedures and Net protocol information.
STORMY WEATHER SOFTWARE - Access to ham radio pages and download full working version software for Tides, Astro Nav, Almanac, Yacht race management, Morse code and more.
WINLINK- Amateur radio E-mail, position reporting, and weather system.
WEATHER LINKS
ATLANTIC STORM TRACK - Good downloadable storm track from U of Hawaii.
BAHAMAS WEATHER FORECAST - Just click on chart for local forecasts.
BAROMETER BOB'S - Great site for Bahamas (esp. Abacos) and South Florida weather.
BEARPAWS - Best site I've found for tropical storm info. Compiles info from most other sites.
GULF STREAM IMAGE - Temperature based satellite images from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and RUTGERS UNIVERSITY.
NWS MARINE FORECAST CONTACTS - Phone numbers, addresses, emails, etc.
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER / TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER - NOAA / NWS hurricane center home page - also available in a TEXT ONLY VERSION.
NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER (NDBC) - Home page of the NOAA / NWS Buoy center.
NDBC SOUTHEAST BUOY SITE MAP - Data buoy sites - Florida and Bahamas.
NOAA / NWS HOME PAGE - National Weather Service home page.
NOAA / NWS MARINE & COASTAL WEATHER SERVICES - Links to all NWS Marine forcasts and weather broadcast information.
NOAA / NWS WEATHER INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY - NWS Tallahassee weather links.
PASSAGE WEATHER - Wind, wave and weather forecasts.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - Naval Oceanographic Office charts covering North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - Naval Oceanographic Office charts covering Florida, Bahamas .
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT - Naval Oceanographic Office charts covering Caribbean.
STORM PULSE - Excellent Storm Tracking Page with Graphics, Interactive.
WORLD WIDE HF FAX AND WEATHER FREQUENCIES - Frequencies and schedules plus information on Wefax, Wxsat, SSTV, etc. contributed by W4AKE.
HAM GEAR LINKS
AMATEUR ELECTRONIC SUPPLY - AES - Nationwide ham radio stores.
BLUEWATER BOOKS & CHARTS - Fort Lauderdale Nautical Book and Chart store.
CRUISING COMPANION PUBLICATIONS - Good material on HF and HF Mail by one of our own, Marti Brown KF4TRG.
CRUISING SERVICES & SUPPLIES - Pactor email installation & training in the Chesapeake Bay areas.
DockSide Radio - Punta Gorda, Florida supplier of PTC Modems - Good source for cruising net schedules.
FARALLON ELECTRONICS - Sausalito, CA supplier of ham gear and North American distributor of PTC modems (site lists all NA dealers).
HAM RADIO OUTLET - Nationwide ham radio stores.
HF RADIO ON BOARD - California supplier of radio gear and PTC modems.
ICOM - Icom America home page.
INTERNATIONAL MARINE PUBLISHING - McGraw-Hill's boating book and video division.
KENWOOD - Amateur Radio pages of Kenwood American division.
MJF ENTERPRISES - Radio and ham gear manufacturer and supplier.
SCS - Home page of SCS, the PTC modem manufacturers and Pactor software developers.