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The Adelaide Zoo Giant Pandas

Funi (“Lucky Girl”)

Born: 23/08/06 at Wolong Giant Panda Research Centre, China

Personality: She is very active and playful and often makes excited mewing vocalisations at feeding time. She is also very intelligent, curious and loves to explore.

Funi’s Family Tree

Live Panda Cams

Checkout the latest addition to the Adelaide Zoo. You will need Quicktime to see the live Cams.

Funi

http://pandacam.adam.com.au/pandacam1.sdp

Wang Wang

http://pandacam.adam.com.au/pandacam2.sdp

Download Quicktime here if you need it.

Thanks to Adam Internet for providing the feeds.

Just spending time with Kerry in front of a fire with a good bottle of red (Flying Fish from WA) and eating some great cheese.

Well Kerry and I had been looking forward to going to the ‘Great Shiraz Challenge‘ all year. It’s one of those events that is a must if you like reds and live in Adelaide. You just can’t drive home from it  

It’s also one of those events where you bump into people who you haven’t see since last year. An example of this was catching up with Karel from Lengs and Cooter Wines, although Barb wasn’t around this year Kerry and I both promised that we would catchup with them before next year… mmmh that’s what we said last year.

Kerry and I had a great day (as usual) and enjoyed sooooo many great wines. The main reason we go is to make sure we sample the wines we have never seen or have never tried. This year was no exception.

Our top pic this year was Scarpantoni Block 3 which didn’t make the official list… but we liked it. The Kalleske which won was very good, just didn’t stand out enough for us this year.

It was a draw this year:
2008 Kalleske Eduard Barossa Valley Shiraz and
2006 O’Leary Walker The Claire Clare Valley Shiraz

With the Best wine under $30 being Torbreck’s Woodcutters Shiraz.

The Top 40 Shiraz results were
1 08 Kalleske Eduard Shiraz
1 06 O’Leary Walker The Claire Shiraz
2 08 Torbreck Woodcutter’s Shiraz
3 06 Clarendon Hills Hickinbotham Syrah
4 07 Hentley Farm The Beast Shiraz
5 08 Hart of The Barossa Organic Shiraz
6 07 Torbreck The Factor Shiraz
7 05 DogRidge MVP Shiraz 05
8 08 Pirathon by Kalleske Shiraz
9 08 Whistler Barossa Shiraz
10 08 Langmeil Valley Floor Shiraz
11 08 DogRidge The Pup Shiraz
12 07 Yangarra Ironheart Shiraz
13 08 Heathvale William Heath Shiraz
13 08 Whistler Reserve Shiraz
14 06 Coriole Lloyd Reserve Shiraz
14 08 Dandelion Lionheart of the Barossa Shiraz
15 08 Torbreck The Gask Shiraz
16 05 Trevor Jones Wild Witch Shiraz
17 07 Tomfoolery The Artful Dodger Shiraz
18 08 Arete Greenock Single Vineyard Shiraz
18 07 Eldredge Blue Chip Shiraz
18 05 Majella Sparkling Shiraz
18 07 Mitchell Peppertree Shiraz
19 08 Morgan Simpson Basket Press Shiraz
20 07 Dutschke Gods Hill Road Shiraz
20 05 Lengs & Cooter Old Vine Shiraz
21 07 Hewitson Mad Hatter Shiraz
21 08 The Islander Shiraz
22 08 Tonic Estate Fountain of Youth Shiraz
22 08 Vinteloper Shiraz
23 08 Majella Shiraz
23 09 Teusner Riebke Shiraz
24 08 Bird in Hand Shiraz
24 08 Eagle & The Fool Shiraz
24 09 Mike Press Adelaide Hills Shiraz
25 08 Cardinham Estate Shiraz
26 09 Arete The Chatterbox Barossa Shiraz
26 08 Bleasdale Powder Monkey Shiraz
26 06 Murray Street Vineyards Sophia Shiraz

 

Now all we need to do is detox ready for next year.

Recently I have been tweaking our ADSL 2+ Internet connection (modifying line attenuation, etc.) and have achieved some quicker sync speeds.

To test this I have been trying to workout if there is sufficient speed to sustain IP TV. Although there is a huge reliance on upstream bottlenecks and international link latency, I can only influence what I can manage.

So the below list represents the sites and feeds I have discovered during this testing. I hope the links continue to work for a while so others can enjoy.

Some of the links are RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) which will need a streaming media player.  VLC is a great option but you will need to associate VLC within the browser using soemthing like the reg hacks at the bottom of this post.

Live streams for watching UEFA Champions League :
Channel 1: http://onlinesports24.com/p2p/channel1.htm
Starsports: http://onlinesports24.com/p2p/starsports.htm
History Movies
Thriller TV

TvKnob 5 Comedy
TvKnob 7 Movies
TvKnob 9 Educational
TvKnob 10 Lifestyles
ReelGood TV

Western TV
Worm TV 273K

La Locale 441K
KTTV Fox11? 295K
Just TV (sound?) 141K
Medizin TV Deutsch 491K

Cartoon TV
Crime TV
SKY NEWS LIVE

Fox11 301K
Astro-Line TV
OLELO-53 261K
BFMTV France 348K
MadTV Greece 248K
Enjoy Italy 331K
eTV Italy 273K
Astro-Line TV
OLELO-53 261K
BFMTV France 348K
MadTV Greece 248K
Enjoy Italy 331K
eTV Italy 273K
Digital15 Dom Rep 143K
Cinquestelle Italy 220K
Congo Planet 273K
TV Marti US 273K
AlfaOmegaMovies Romania 192K
Digital15 Dom Rep 143K
Cinquestelle Italy 220K
Congo Planet 273K
TV Marti US 273K
AlfaOmegaMovies Romania 192K
Live1 Russia 232K
Orange Sports 744K
Worm TV 273K
BFM TV 348K
AZTV 247K

TN Todo Noticias
Canal 13
BBC Radio unsure of channel 1
BBC Radio unsure of channel 2
BBC Radio unsure of channel 3
Live Talk Radio (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hanitty, Mark Levin –Check Local Times–)

VIDEO

SKY NEWS LIVE
Euro News French TV ENGLISH
CNN International TV
Live Network Tv Canada French
Italy [3]CHANNEL ONE
Live Network TV NBC
HOCKEY
PRESS TV
Euro News in French
Music Box Video
NRJ TV HITS Video–HI RES–
NRJ Pop Rock Video
NRJ TV Dance Video
UK Music TV

NRK

Thai channels
Thai TV 7 – http://tvonline.thaicool.com/thaitv/asx/7.asx
Thai TV 5 – http://tv.thai4promotion.com/ch/../asxfile/tv5_56k.asx
Thai TV 11 – http://tv.thai4promotion.com/ch/../asxfile/tv11_56k.asx
TITV – http://tv.thai4promotion.com/ch/../asxfile/itv_128k.asx
Thai TV 3 – http://tvonline.thaicool.com/thaitv/asx/3.asx

MTV (“Brand New”)

Thriller TV

http://free-internet-tv.org/

Cartoon Channel

http://62.204.69.103/home_channel?WMcont…ate=350000
mms://62.204.69.103/home_channel?WMcontentbitrate=350000&MSWMExt=.asf

Old Cartoons”>Cartoons Channel (works with one show at the time)

AdventureFree.TV
rtsp://video3.multicasttech.com/AFTVAdventure3GPP296.sdp

CartoonsFree.TV
rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVCartoons3GPP296.sdp

ClassicsFree.TV
rtsp://video3.multicasttech.com/AFTVClassics3GPP296.sdp

ComedyFree.TV
rtsp://video3.multicasttech.com/AFTVComedy3GPP296.sdp

CrimeFree.TV
rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVCrime3GPP296.sdp

HalloweenFree.TV<
rtsp://video3.multicasttech.com/AFTVHalloween3GPP296.sdp

HorrorFree.TV
rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVHorror3GPP296.sdp

IndyMovies.TV
rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVIndyMovies3GPP296.sdp

MysteryFree.TV
rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVMystery3GPP296.sdp

SciFiFree.TV
rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVSciFi3GPP296.sdp

WesternsFree.TV
rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVWesterns3GPP296.sdp

EspanaFree.TV
rtsp://video3.multicasttech.com/EspanaFree3GPP296.sdp

Some other lists:

http://onlinetv.yamour.com/portal.htm

http://wwitv.com/portal.htm

Radio

Fresh 92.7 (Adelaide)	Home Page	Listen!
ABC Classic FM	Home Page	Listen!
ABC DiG Country	Home Page	Listen!
ABC DiG Jazz	Home Page	Listen!
ABC DiG	Home Page	Listen!
ABC Triple J	Home Page	Listen!
Bassdrive	Home Page	Listen!
ChroniX Aggression	Home Page	Listen!
ChroniX Grit	Home Page	Listen!
ChroniX Metal	Home Page	Listen!
Club 977 – The 80′s Channel	Home Page	Listen!
Club 977 – The Hitz Channel	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Ambient	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Breaks	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Chillout	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Chillout Dreams	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Classic Eurodance	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Classic Techno	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Club Sounds	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM DJ Mixes	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Drum & Bass	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Electro	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Euro Dance	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Exposure NYC	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Funky House	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Future Synthpop	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Gabber	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Goapsy	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Hardcore	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Hard Dance	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Hardstyle	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM House	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Lounge	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Minimal	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Progressive	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM PsyChill	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Soulful House	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Space Music	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Tech House	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Techno	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Trance	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Tribal House	Home Page	Listen!
DI.FM Vocal Trance	Home Page	Listen!
EYE97	Home Page	Listen!
EYE97 Dance	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Alt Rock	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Beatles	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Bebop	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Bossa Nova Jazz	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Christian	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Classical	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Classic Rap	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Classic Rock	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Country	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM DaTempo Lounge	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Guitar	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Hit 70s	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Indie Rock	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Jazz	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Love Music	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM New Age	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Oldies	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Piano Jazz	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Roots Reggae	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Salsa	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Smooth Jazz	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Solo Piano	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Soundtracks	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM The 80s	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Top Hits	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Uptempo Smooth Jazz	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM Urban Jamz	Home Page	Listen!
SkyFM World	Home Page	Listen!
SLAY Radio	Home Page	Listen!

ABC iView	http://www.abc.net.au/iview/
KG and the General Live	http://kgandthegeneral.com.au/
Australia Live TV	http://www.australialivetv.com/
TiVo Data	http://tivo.com.au/

—————— VLC_rtsp.reg —————————————

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtsp]
@=”URL:RealTime Streaming Protocol”
“URL Protocol”=”"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtsp\shell\open\command]
@=”\”C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\” \”%1\”"

—————————————————————————-

——————— RTSP_MeditPlayer.reg ————————–

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtsp]
@=”URL:RealTime Streaming Protocol”
“URL Protocol”=”"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rtsp\shell\open\command]
@=”\”C:\\Program Files\\Media Player Classic\\mplayerc.exe\” \”%1\”"

—————————————————————————–

The problem has been discovered in the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) introduced in 1993 to support 16-bit applications (real mode applications for 8086). VDM is based on the Virtual 8086 Mode (VM86) in 80386 processors and, among other things, intercepts hardware routines such as BIOS calls. Google security team member Tavis Ormandy has found several vulnerabilities in this implementation that allow an unprivileged 16-bit program to manipulate the kernel stack of each process via a number of tricks. This potentially enables attackers to execute code at system privilege level.

In addition to the unpatched hole in Internet Explorer, a now published hole in Windows allows users with restricted access to escalate their privileges to system level – and this is believed to be possible on all 32-bit versions of Windows from Windows NT 3.1 up to, and including Windows 7. While the vulnerability is likely to affect home users in only a minor way, the administrators of corporate networks will probably have their hands full this week.

The problem is caused by flaws in the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) introduced in 1993 to support 16-bit applications (real mode applications for 8086). VDM is based on the Virtual 8086 Mode (VM86) in 80386 processors and, among other things, intercepts hardware routines such as BIOS calls. Google security team member Tavis Ormandy has found several vulnerabilities in this implementation that allow an unprivileged 16-bit program to manipulate the kernel stack of each process via a number of tricks. This potentially enables attackers to execute code at system privilege level.

Ormandy has also published a suitable exploit which functions under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Windows Vista and Windows 7. When tested by the The H’s associates at heise Security, the exploit opened a command prompt in the system context, which has the highest privilege level, under Windows XP and Windows 7. No patch has become available, although Ormandy reports that Microsoft was already informed of the hole in mid 2009. The developer decided to publish the information regardless because, in his opinion, there is a simple workaround: to disable the MS-DOS subsystem.

The workaround requires users to start the group policy editor and enable the “Prevent access to 16-bit applications” option in the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application Compatibility section. When tested with these settings by the heise Security team, the exploit no longer functioned. The settings reportedly don’t cause any major compatibility problems for most users while no 16-bit applications are being used.

Update – The above option is only available through the group policy editor on Windows 2003 systems. Some versions of Windows do not include a group policy editor. As an alternative, users can also create a registry key under \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppCompat with a D-Word value of VDMDissallowed = 1. Under Windows XP, to prevent the system from being vulnerable to the exploit, users can place the following text:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppCompat]

“VDMDisallowed”=dword:00000001

into a file called vdmdisallow.reg and double click the file. Windows will then automatically import the key (admin rights are required to perform this action).

Update 2 - Microsoft has now confirmed the privilege escalation hole in Windows. The company says that it wants to complete its investigation of the vulnerability and will then decide whether, how and when to close it.

See Also:

• Microsoft Windows NT #GP Trap Handler Allows Users to Switch Kernel Stack, security advisory from Travis Ormandy.

REDMOND — When it rains, it pours. Especially in the Seattle area. Tavis Ormandy has published full details on a privilege escalation hack of all versions of Windows including Windows 7.

The exploit takes advantage of a bug in the Windows implementation of the ‘virtual DOS machine’ used to run legacy 16-bit programs. The exploit can be avoided by turning the VDM ‘feature’ off but the danger of course is that enough Windows lusers won’t know about the bug and/or bother turning the ‘feature’ off.

16-bit applications need BIOS support; the Windows kernel supports virtual BIOS interrupts in its ‘Virtual-8086′ mode monitor code. The code is implemented in two stages. The #GP trap handler transitions to the second stage when CS:EIP faults with specific ‘magic’ values.

The transition requires (subsequent to authentication) restoring the context and the call stack from the faulting trap frame. But the authentication process is flawed, relying as it does on three incorrect assumptions.

• Setting up a VDM context requires SeTcbPrivilege.The barrier to getting a VDM context can be subverted by requesting the NT VDM subsystem and then using CreateRemoteThread() to run code in the context of the VDM subsystem. The VDM subsystem already has the necessary flag set.
• Ring 3 (unprivileged) code cannot install arbitrary code segment selectors.Using the two least significant bits of CS/SS to calculate the privilege of a task doesn’t work when it comes to Virtual-8086 mode. The 20-bit addressing (by adding CS << 4 to the 16-bit IP) is also used to map onto the protected linear Virtual-8086 address space. If CS can be set to an arbitrary value, then the privilege calculation can be circumvented.
• Ring 3 (unprivileged) code cannot forge a trap frame.Returns to user mode are through IRET. An invalid context can cause IRET to fail pre-commit, which in turn forges a trap frame. And even with address randomisation it’s trivial to use NtQuerySystemInformation() to obtain the address of the second stage BIOS handler.

Affected Systems

This bug dates back 17 years and affects all systems released since 27 July 1993 – Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. See the links below for further details.

See Also
MITRE: CVE-2010-0232
Windows plagued by 17-year-old privilege escalation bug
NEOPHASIS: Trap Handler Allows Users to Switch Kernel Stack

Recently I have been been sorting through some of my old electronic engineering books and found myself randomly flicking through circuit design principals and practical electronics/radio theory application of calculus.

I remember the amount of hours I spent trying to get the different laws (Faraday, Coulomb, Kirchhoff, Lenz, Ohm, etc.) stuck in my head ready for the gruelling exams at the end of each term. I quickly realised that as I have moved from radio/electronics to the computer industry that most of my applied detailed knowledge has been lost.

I think the old adage that you loose it if you don’t use it, definitely applies here.

This got me thinking about the evolution of computing and the Internet and how there are many parallels to the introduction of electricity to the modern world and how we consider/use the Internet today.

Examples that came to mind are:

• Electricity was originally only available to business and the very wealthy
• Electricity was originally only available in isolated segments of heavily populated areas
• Electricity grids, once created, provided many more distribution opportunities, introduced redundancy and increased the customer reach which in-turn provided economies of scale to drive down costs
• Modern society can not function without electricity
• Electricity production methods and the resulting pollution has had a profound effect on our planet, where the production of consumer electronics and infrastructure supporting the never ending thirst of modern society for faster, more feature rich, communication methods. This is still spiralling out of control through the production of extraordinary high levels of non-recyclable waist, heavy metals and other planet destroying bi-products
• Electricity has been essential to survive in modern day society for some time.

The internet is quickly becoming (some would argue has become) essential to survival in our modern society and required to be available to all socio-economic groups and developing countries to allow them to participate in the global economy.

But at what cost?

Recently I have been looking into the vulnerabilities in the TLS negotiation process discovered late last year.

There are a range of experts debating the exploit methods, tools and how it may be fixed (server or client site or both). From what I have seen so far this may prompt a change to the TLS standard to introduce an extension to the protocol to validate sessions (session hand off and certificate validity).

www.ietf.org

isc.sans.org

• The original description (site is suffering from a slashdot effect as I write this)
• The summary by the IETF TLS workgroup, and promises for an amended protocol
• Marsh Ray’s paper
• March Ray’s protocol diagrams

www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/

www.sslshopper.com/article-ssl-and-tls-renegotiation-vulnerability-discovered.html

I’m also trying to find some tools which may assist in testing for this. It looks like the exploit relies on an ARP poison or similar and then inserting plain text into the negotiation process.

Could be something that can be fixed over time as servers and clients are patched.

I have a Iphone and have been loading Ham applications onto it… Below is a list of some of them.

• Amateur Radio Exam Prep for iPhone – Amateur Radio License exams are composed of questions from a pool. Use this application to practice all possible questions prior to taking your exam
• CallBook for iPhone- CallBook is an Amateur Radio application that allows you to look up call signs via the free WM7D server, the QRZ Online subscription service or the HamCall subscription server and track active APRS stations on www.aprs.fi. Lookup results can be emailed and the QTH can be instantly viewed in the Maps application
• Elmer for iPhone – iPhone Software to practice taking your Ham Radio Exam
• Freq Finder: iPhone Repeater Directory – Freq Finder is an iPhone based Ham Radio Repeater Directory that locates repeaters based on the user location.
• FreqLoader: iPhone companion for the mobile ham- FreqLoader is the perfect iPhone/iPod Touch companion for amateur radio operators, monitoring enthusiasts, shortwave listeners and anyone with an interest in the air waves. Whether you’re an active licensed ham or an avid scanner listener, FreqLoader will allow you to find what you’re looking for, keep track of your stations, maintain complete logs and share your finds with friends, groups and the world.
• hamDXcluster for iPhone – DX Cluster for iPhone application
• iLocator for iPhone – A small application for Apple iPhone that calculate grid locator from gps, wifi or gsm cells by IW2BSQ
• iPhone Ham Radio Callsign Lookup- This webapp provides an iPhone-compatible lookup of Amateur Radio Callsigns. It provides the name, address, and license class (from the FCC’s public records) of any US-Licensed Amateur Radio Operator.
• Morse Key for iPhone – A free simple touchscreen-based CW Morse Code straight key. Practice sending Morse Code on your iPhone.
• IBCNU APRS on the Iphone - The Live IBCNU feed can be found here.
• APRS – how to configure the application can be found at http://www.aprs-is.net/Connecting.aspx. Find Maps  at http://www.openaprs.net/iphone/

UPDATE

EchoLink is finally available for the iPhone and iPod touch. It even allows me to use my Bluetooth car kit to have a QSO.

HAM’s who use EchoLink on the PC and Mac will appreciate the value of this on the iPhone.

This is something which could be useful going into fire season here in South Australia. It is a feed from the SA government trunk radio network.

I will see if there are more feeds like this that also include the regional and remote area trunks. This sounds like the Adelaide CBD feed.

http://audio4.radioreference.com:80/890591256

Hear the GRN live here:

The links came from http://www.sascan.net.au/?page=onlineScanners

The SA Government Radio Network also has a paging service.

http://www.sascan.net.au/?page=grnPaging

Find the full list of live audio here.

Some related interesting links from the SA SCAN site.

South Australian Emergency Services
South Australian Police (SAPOL)
South Australian Ambulance Service (SAAS)
South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS)
South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS)
South Australian State Emergency Service (SES)

Scanning Resources
Aurfscan.com – Australian scanning forum
Sasruf.net – South Australian scanning forum
Ausfreq.com – Wireless communications monitoring enthusiasts group
VicScan.org
Lake Macquarie (NSW) Scanning
ACMA Online Frequency Search Australia
Sydney Scan
Radioreference.com
The Strong Signals Homepage
Digital Modes Audio Samples
Butel Scanning Software

Citizen Band (CB) Radio
Australian Citizen Radio Monitors (ACRM)
Australian Association of Citizen Band Radio Operators
UHF World – Repeater List
CBDomain.com – Australia’s #1 Radio Hobby Website

Radio Equipment
AJK Communications

Please support SA Scan by making a donation on their PayPal link

Other South Australian Online scanners

Adelaide Scan – Online scanner covering emergency services in the Adelaide metro area – may need Winamp to run

Scan Adelaide – Online scanner covering emergency services and Transport S.A. in the Adelaide metro area.

Barossa Scan – Online scanner covering emergency services in the Barossa Valley

SAGRN  Scan – Online scanner covering emergency services in the Adelaide area and northern suburbs

SAGRN Paging Feed 1 – Online SAGRN paging feed

Adelaide Airport – Online feed covering all the airband frequencies used at Adelaide Airport (YPAD)

Other Australian Online scanners

Dubbo Scan – Online scanner with display covering emergency services in the Dubbo area

Sydney Scan – Online scanner covering the Campbelltown / Sydney area

Scan Northern NSW – Online scanner with display covering emergency services in the Tweed Heads area

Scan South Coast NSW – Online scanner  covering emergency services in the Bega area

NSW Online Scanner – Unsure where this one is located, monitors emergency services in rural NSW

Scan ACT – Online scanner with display covering emergency services in the Canberra area

Melbourne Online Scanner – Online scanner with display covering emergency services in the Melbourne area

Victoria CFA Online Scanners – Multiple online scanners covering various parts of Victoria

Bendigo Online Scanner – Online scanner covering emergency services in the Bendigo area

Brisbane Scanner – Online scanner monitoring the Police in the Brisbane and Gold Coast areas

Mareeba Scanner – Online scanner covering emergency services in the Mareeba area (near Cairns), may not be online 24/7

Cairns Online Scanner – Online scanner covering emergency services in the Cairns area, may not be online 24/7

Amateur Packet Radio Australian

Aussiewide Packet Radio Network http://www.ampr.org.au/

AAPRA http://members.optusnet.com.au/aapra

Australian Amateur Packet radio directory http://www.wia.org.au/links/Packet Radio Directory 050703.PDF

Data Group Sub Committee WICEN Vic http://datagrp.vic.wicen.org.au/

Queensland APRS Users Group http://www.tech-software.net/

VK2KFJ’s Packet Radio Links page http://www.qsl.net/vk2kfj/pacradio.html

VK3JED http://quest.apana.org.au/~tl/vk3jed/

VK4TTT XROUTER http://xrouter.ampr.org.au/

VK4ZU http://www.users.on.net/~trevorb/

VK5 AX25 Packet Network Map (VK5AH) http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/wavetel/vk5pack.htm

Winlink

Winpack

10GHz data Link http://www.cck.net.au/areg/inside/projects/10ghz/10ghz.htm

International

About Digital Ham Radio http://home.teleport.com/~nb6z/about.htm

Amateur Packet Radio Gateways http://www.ampr-gates.net/frame_e.htm

Amateur Packet Radio, net 44, and AMPR.ORG `http://www.ampr.org/

American Febo Enterprises http://www.febo.com/index.html

ARRL HSMM Links http://www.arrl.org/hsmm/links.html

Athenian TCP/IP http://www.athnet.ampr.org/freeserv.htm

BayCom http://www.baycom.org/

BBS Hierarchical Addressing Protocol http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/Fbbssig.html

Colin’s packet info http://website.lineone.net/~colin_mccord/Radio/packet_radio.htm

CHIFLEY A R CLUB http://hamgate.rpi.net.au/netstat.html

CHIFLEY A R CLUB http://hamgate.rpi.net.au/chifley/packet.html

CX2SA http://cx2sa.net/

digitalhamradio http://www.digitalham.net/

DRSTM (Data Radio Standard Test Methods) http://www.rocler.qc.ca/burt/drstm.html

Flexnet http://dl0td.afthd.tu-darmstadt.de/~flexnet/

FUNET http://www.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/

FUNET ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/

F4DAY http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jf.fourcadier/index_e.htm

F6FBB http://www.f6fbb.org/

GB7DIP TNOS/PBBS http://www.qsl.net/gb7dip/access.html

GB7IMK http://www.gb7imk.co.uk/

G4JKQ http://www.btinternet.com/~g4jkq/

G4JKQ TCP/IP Telnet listing http://www.qsl.net/g4jkq/tcp.htm

G7JJF TNC Driver Support (WINTNC) http://www.g7jjf.demon.co.uk/

High speed (2 Mbit/s) data signaling project http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jf.fourcadier/haut_debit/projet/projet_e.htm

High speed packet http://hydra.carleton.ca/articles/hispeed.html

High Speed Packet radio http://www.lmrgroup.com/ke3ht/hspr.html

High-speed Packet Radio http://cacofonix.nt.tuwien.ac.at/~oe1kib/Radio/

KE5FX http://www.qsl.net/ke5fx/

K4ABT (home page) http://www.packetradio.com/

K4ABT (packet radio primer) http://www.packetradio.com/primer.htm

Linux® / Amateur Radio Information http://delbert.matlock.com/linux-radio.htm

Linux projects http://cacofonix.nt.tuwien.ac.at/~oe1kib/Linux/

Linux AX25-HOWTO http://tldp.org/HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO/

MPRG http://www.mprg.ampr.org/index.html

NNA http://www.btinternet.com/~nna/

Netterm http://www.cs.unca.edu/~edmiston/handouts/netterm.html

PA3CGO http://www.qsl.net/pa3gco/

Packet Cluster information http://cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/Misc/pctut.html

Packet  Info and Downloads http://www.packetradio.com/

Packet Links http://www.stack.serpukhov.su/~victor/hamradio/packet/packet.html

Packet Net (VK5 packet map) http://www.packetnet.org/

Packet Net (FBB software) http://www.packetnet.org/fbb.htm

PAcket Digital Amateur Network (PADAN) http://www.weaksignals.com/

PZT Software by G8PZT (Xrouter, PZT BBS) http://www.g8pzt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/software/software.htm

Radio-TNC Wiring Diagrams http://users3.ev1.net/~medcalf/ztx/wire/

RST http://www.qsl.net/on1blu/

Russian Packet http://www.stack.serpukhov.su/~victor/hamradio/packet/packet.html

Slovenian ATV/Packet http://lea.hamradio.si/~s51kq/

Sound Card Packet http://www.qsl.net/soundcardpacket/index.html

TAPR http://www.tapr.org/

TCP/IP Telnet listing http://www.btinternet.com/~g4jkq/tcp.htm

TNC-X http://www.tnc-x.com/

TPK http://www.f6fbb.org/f1ebn/index.htm

TNOS Central http://www.lantz.com/tnos/

TVIPUG http://www.tvipug.org

United Kingdom Internet Protocol http://www.gb7imk.co.uk/ukip/

VHF/UHF/Microwave Radio Propagation: A Primer for Digital Experimenter http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/ve3jf.dcc97/ve3jf.dcc97.html

WA4DSY 56k RF Modem http://www.wa4dsy.net/

Yet Another 9k6 Modem http://www.microlet.com/yam/

1.2 GHz TRX http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/physio/f6bvp/txenglish.html

9600 BAUD – A SHOPPERS GUIDE: http://www.g1gyc.demon.co.uk/martin/9600.htm

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Sound Card Packet

ILINKBOARDS.com http://www.ilinkboards.com/

Sound Card Buddy http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Hardware/SoundBuddy.htm

Soundcard Interfacing http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/interface.html

Sound Card Packet AGWPE (KC2RLM) http://www.patmedia.net/ralphmilnes/soundcardpacket/SV2AGW http://www.elcom.gr/sv2agw/ Sound Card Interface with Tone Keyer (WA8LMF) http://members.aol.com/wa8lmf/ham/tonekeyer.htm

QDG sound card interface

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Winlink

Winlink! 2000 http://winlink.org/

Aussie Winlink http://www.aussiewinlink.org

Pactor Communications Australia http://www.pca.cc/

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Winpack

Winpack home page http://www.peaksys.co.uk/

Winpack info http://www.g4fip.cwc.net/winpack.htm

Winpack info http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/peteglo/winpack.htm

Winpack info http://www.btinternet.com/~gb7omn/winpack.htm

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TNC  information

General

Data Group Sub Committee WICEN Vic http://datagrp.vic.wicen.org.au/

Setting Your TNC’s Audio Drive Level http://www.febo.com/packet/layer-one/transmit.html

TNC and Radio mods http://www.johnmather.free-online.co.uk/tnc.htm

TNC 2 – MFJ 1270 – Tone Calibration Procedure http://datagrp.vic.wicen.org.au/mfjtones.htm

TNC Mods by Warren Stirling VK3XSW http://203.36.211.21/xswmods/

MFJ

Alignment of MFJ-1270B http://www.packetradio.com/1270algn.htm

MFJ-1270 Tone Calibration http://gyld.online.se/mods/misc/MFJ1270

MFJ-1270B mods http://www.mods.dk/mods.php3?radio=tnc&model=mfj-1270&selectid=1073#1073

MFJ 1270B Modifications http://203.36.211.21/xswmods/mfj1270b.htm

MFJ-1270B Electromagnetic Interference http://datagrp.vic.wicen.org.au/mfj_emi.htm

MFJ-1278B Care and maintenance http://www.qsl.net/ke4mob/

AEA

PK-88 Mods http://www.mods.dk/mods.php3?model=pk-88&radio=tnc

PK-88 birdie fix http://732.com/ham/mods/aea/pk88fix.htm

AEA radio and TNC mods http://www.k7on.com/mods/aea/mods/aeamod.txt

Other suppliers

BYONICS http://byonics.com/

Fox Delta http://www.foxdelta.com/

Hal Communications http://www.halcomm.com/AmateurProducts.htm

Kantronics http://www.kantronics.com/

PacComm http://www.paccomm.com/

PKTerm for Windows http://www.cssincorp.com/pkterm/

Small Wonder Labs http://www.smallwonderlabs.com/

The DXZone Digital and Packet Radio http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Manufacturers/Digital_and_Packet_Radio/

Tigertronics http://www.tigertronics.com/

Timewave http://www.timewave.com/amprods.html

TNC-X – The Expandable TNC http://www.tnc-x.com/

YAM Modem http://www.nordlink.org/yam/

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Gateways

Amateur Packet Radio Gateways http://www.ampr-gates.net

G4JKQ http://www.g4jkq.co.uk/

Packet gateways http://www.packetnet.org/packet_gateways.htm

Radio Gateway Project http://www.cisi.unito.it/radiogw/index.html

The Gateways Home Page http://www.ampr-gateways.org/

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High-Speed Digital Networks and Multimedia (Amateur)

N5OOM’s HSMM Projects http://www.n5oom.org/hsmm/

ARRL High-Speed Digital Networks and Multimedia http://www.arrl.org/hsmm/

North Texas High Speed MultiMedia group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ntms-hsmm/

San Antonio 802.11 http://home.satx.rr.com/wdubose/

Also take a look at the wireless LAN pages

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APRS

Aus APRS http://www.radio-active.net.au/vk2_aprs.html

APRS http://www.radio-active.net.au/web/gpsaprs/aprsrept.html

APRS http://aprs.rutgers.edu/

APRS http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html

APRS http://www.cave.org/aprs/

APRS http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs.html

APRS in Adelaide http://vk5.aprs.net.au/

APRS+SA Home Page http://www.tapr.org/~kh2z/aprsplus/

APRS maps & stuff http://www.users.cloud9.net/~alan/ham/aprs/

APRS Maps for G4IDEs UI-VIEW http://www.gb7iph.demon.co.uk/APRS_Maps___Links/aprs_maps___links.html

AVR-Microcontroller http://www.qsl.net/dk5jg/aprs_karten/index.html

APRS in the UK http://www.aprsuk.net/

aprsworld http://www.aprsworld.net

APRS.DE http://www.aprs.de/

APRS-Berlin http://www.aprs-berlin.de/

APRS-Frankfurt http://www.aprs-frankfurt.de/

BYONICS (Electronics Projects for Amateur Radio) http://www.byonics.com/

CanAPRS http://www.canaprs.net/

Dansk APRS Gruppe http://www.aprs.dk/

findU.com http://www.findu.com/

France APRS http://www.franceaprs.net/

Kansas City APRS Working Group http://www.kcaprs.org/

KD4RDB http://wes.johnston.net/aprs/

Le Club ARPS France http://aprs.free.fr/

Live Australian APRS data maps http://www.aprs.net.au/japrs_live.html

NIAN http://nian.aprs.org/

N2YGK http://www.users.cloud9.net/~alan/ham/aprs/Ohio APRS NET http://www.ohioaprs.net/

Queensland APRS Users Group http://www.tech-software.net/

Tri-State APRS Working Group http://www.tawg.org/

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Other Digital Modes

General HF-FAX http://www.hffax.de/index.html The Digital Ham Radio Revolution! http://home.teleport.com/~nb6z/about.htm NB6Z http://home.teleport.com/~nb6z/ ZL1BPU http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/

Morse Code

CW FACTS AND OPERATING TIPS http://www.magiclink.com/web/shurst/Page2.html

CW Operators’ QRP Club Inc. http://www.users.on.net/~zietz/qrp/club.htm

Fists Down Under http://fistsdownunder.morsekeys.com

FISTS DOWNUNDER http://www.fistsdownunder.org

LEARN MORSE CODE in one minute ! http://www.learnmorsecode.com/

MRX morse code http://www.mrx.com.au/

NZART CW program http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/Exam/morse.html

Not Morse Code, Slow Scan , Packet or APRS

HamDream by HB9TLK (digital radio) http://www.qslnet.de/member/hb9tlk/

JE3HHT, Makoto (Mako) Mori http://www.qsl.net/mmhamsoft/

PSK31 and other PC Magic http://www.psk31.com/

SIMPLE32 http://www.simple32.com/

WSJT ACTIVITY IN AU (follow link) http://www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/vk7wia/

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Amateur Digital Radio

AR Digital Voice Communications http://www.hamradio-dv.org/

ARRL digital voice http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/digivoice.html

ARRL Digital Voice the next new mode? http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/0201028.pdf

Australian National D-Star http://www.dstar.org.au/

G4GUO (HF digital modems) http://www.chbrain.dircon.co.uk/index.html

Ham Radio digital info http://www.hamradio.com/pdf/dstar.pdf

ICOM America digital http://www.icomamerica.com/amateur/dstar/

TAPR digital http://www.tapr.org/tapr/dv/

Temple University Digital Voice Project http://www.temple.edu/k3tu/digital_voice.htm

Temple University Vocoder Redux http://www.temple.edu/k3tu/VocoderRedux.pdf

WinDRM – HF Digital Radio Mondiale http://n1su.com/windrm/

W2BRI’s Digital Voice Site http://www.standpipe.com/w2bri/fastmodem/fastmodem.htm

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D-Star

Australian D-Star information http://www.dstar.org.au/

D-Star users http://www.d-starusers.org/

D-Star wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-STAR

ICOM America D-Star Forums http://www.icomamerica.com/en/support/forums/tt.asp?forumid=2

K5TIT http://www.k5tit.org/

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Software Defined Radio

FlexRadio Systems Software Defined Radios http://www.flex-radio.com/

Rocky software for SoftRock-40 hardware http://www.dxatlas.com/rocky/

SDRadio – a Software Defined Radio http://digilander.libero.it/i2phd/sdradio/

SoftRock-40 Software Defined Radio http://www.amqrp.org/kits/softrock40/index.html

The Weaksignals pages og Alberto I2PHD (software) http://www.weaksignals.com/

Winrad software defined radio http://www.winrad.org/winrad/index.html

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Digital Radio

BBC digital Radio http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/

DABdigital http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/home/default.asp

Digital Audio Broadcasting http://www.digitalradio.ca/

Digital Radio Broadcasting http://happy.emu.id.au/lab/info/digradio/index.html

Digital Radio is the sound of the future http://www.radio.cbc.ca/radio/digital-radio/drri.html

Digital Radio http://www.magi.com/~moted/dr/

Digital radio mondiale http://www.drm.org/indexdeuz.htm

DRDB http://www.drdb.org/

DRM – Digitaler Rundfunk unter 30 MHz http://www.b-kainka.de/drm.htm#dritte

SimplyRadios.com http://www.simplyradios.com/dab/dabhome.htm

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Amateur Radio Direction Finding

Amateur Radio Direction Finding – ARDF http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/ar_info/ardf.html

Amateur Radio Direction Finding and Orienteering http://vkradio.com/ardf.html

Amateur Radio Direction Finding Webring http://www.qsl.net/vk3zpf/webring1.htm

Homing In http://members.aol.com/homingin/

RON GRAHAM ELECTRONICS (ARDF and more) http://users.mackay.net.au/~ron/

Victorian ARDF Group Inc. http://www.ardf.org.au/

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Repeater Linking

There are currently There are 5 internet linking projects that I know of :-

IRLP,  iPHONE, iLINK, eCHOLINK and WIN SYSTEM (May 2005)

EchoLink http://www.echolink.org/

Hamlink (K1RFD) http://www.hamlink.net/

KWARC (live audio) http://www.kwarc.org/listen/

Internet Linking http://www.qsl.net/g3zhi/index2.html

IRLP http://www.irlp.net/

IRLP status http://status.irlp.net

IRLP VK2RBM http://www.bmarc.oz-hams.org/irlp.html

IRLP VK4MTV http://www.throbware.com.au/irlp/

WIN SYSTEM http://www.winsystem.org/

Wires http://www.vxstd.com/en/wiresinfo-en/

iLINK

G4CDY-L Internet Gateway http://www.g4cdy.co.uk/

G7WFM Repeater Linking http://www.g7wfm.co.uk/

iLink http://www.aacnet.net./

VA3TO iLINK INTERFACE http://www.ilinkca.com/

VK2JTP iLINK gateway http://www.qsl.net/vk2jtp/

WB2REM & G4CDY’S  iLINK boards http://www.ilinkboards.com/

WB4FAY http://www.wb4fay.com/ilink_FAQ.html

INTERFACES

ILINKBOARDS.com http://www.ilinkboards.com/

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laser diodes

A Lightwave Communication http://www.n1bug.net/tech/laser/alc_wa6ejo.html

A R Laser Communications http://www.qsl.net/wb9ajz/laser/laser.htm

Australian Optical DX Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Optical_DX/

Driver Enhancements http://www.misty.com/people/don/laserdps.htm#dpsdepm

European Laser Communications http://www.emn.org.uk/laser.htm

Laser Communications http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/laser.html

Laser Communications http://www.gbonline.com/~multiplx/wireless/laser/

Mike’s Electric Stuff http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/electric.html

Ronja http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/ronja/

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Amateur Radio Licence

Amateur Regulations Examination Guide http://www.wiavic.org.au/edu/regs.html

Australian  info http://www.wia.org.au/info/gettingstarted.html

radiofun http://www.alphalink.com.au/~parkerp/gateway.htm

Radio and electronics School http://www.radioelectronicschool.com/about_course.html

Worldwide Information on Licensing for Radio Amateurs by OH2MCN http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/license.htm

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Amateur Radio Clubs and Organisations

Also see ATV link page

and VHF link page

Australian

Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society http://www.qsl.net/vk5bar/

Amateur Radio Victoria http://www.amateurradio.com.au/

APC news http://vk3apc.mdrc.org.au/apcnews/

Barossa Amateur Radio Club VK5BRC http://www.qsl.net/vk5brc/

Bayside and District A R Society http://www.freewebs.com/vk4bar/

Brisbane Amateur Radio Club http://www.qsl.net/vk4ba/index.html

Brisbane VHF Group

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club http://www.ccarc.org.au/

Central Goldfields A R Club http://www.cgfar.com/

CHIFLEY A R CLUB http://chifley.radiocorner.net/

Coffs Harbour & District Amateur Radio Club http://www.qsl.net/vk2ep/index.html

CW Operators’ QRP Club Inc. http://www.users.on.net/~zietz/qrp/club.htm

Darling Downs Radio Club http://www.qslnet.de/member/ddrc/

Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club http://www.emdrc.com.au

Gippsland Gate Radio and Electronics Club http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ggrec/

Gold Coast AR Society http://www.gcars.com.au/

Healesville Amateur Radio Group http://www.harg.org.au/

Historical Wireless Society of South East Queensland http://www.hws.org.au/

Ipswich Metro Radio Group http://imrg.ips-mesh.net/

Ipswich Radio Club http://www.vkradio.org.au/

Lockyer Valley Radio and Electronic Club Inc http://www.qsl.net/vk4wil/

Locan West http://www.loganwest.cableable.com

Manly-Warringah Radio Society http://www.qsl.net/vk2mb/

Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group http://www.mncarg.org

NWTARIG http://vk7ax.tassie.net.au/nwtarig/

QRP Amateur Radio Club International http://www.qrparci.org/

Queensland APRS Users Group http://www.tech-software.net/

RADAR Club Inc http://radarclub.tripod.com

Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club Australia Inc http://www.raotc.org.au/

Radio Sport http://www.uq.net.au/radiosport/

Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania http://reast.asn.au/

Redcliffe & Districts Radio Club Inc. http://vk4rc.we.net.au/

Riverland Amateur Radio Club http://www.rrc.org.au/

South Australian Packet User Group Inc. (SAPUG) http://www.sapug.ampr.org/

SERG http://serg.mountgambier.org

South Coast AMATEUR RADIO Club http://www.scarc.org.au/

SOUTHSIDE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY http://www.qsl.net/vk4wss/

Summerland Amateur Radio Club Inc http://www.nor.com.au/community/sarc/

Sunshine Coast Amateur Radio Club http://vk4wis.org/Tablelands Radio and Electronics http://www.trec.aussiewide.com Townsville Amateur Radio Club http://vk4zz.no-ip.org/tarc/

Twin Cities Radio & Electronics Club http://members.iinet.net.au/~sargeant644/tcrec/index.html

VK Young Amateur Radio Operator’s Net http://www.geocities.com/vk_ya/

VK3APC http://www.mdrc.org.au/

VK3BEZ (WIA Eastern Zone Amateur Radio Club) http://www.qsl.net/vk3bez/

VK4WIL http://www.qsl.net/vk4wil/

West Australia Repeater Group http://www.warg.org.au

WESTLAKES AR Club http://www.westlakesarc.org.au/

WIA VK4 Qld http://www.wiaq.com/

WIA VK4 QNEWS NEWSROOM http://www.wiaq.com/qnews/upload/qnews.htm

WIA VK3 http://www.wiavic.org.au

WIA http://www.wia.org.au/ WICEN Australia http://www.wicen.org.au/ WIA WICEN Queensland page http://www.wiaq.com/wiaq/wicen.htm

WICEN Brisbane Qld

New Zealand

NZART http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/

NZART Branches http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/Branches/

Papakura Radio Club http://www.qsl.net/zl1vk/

Tauranga AR Club http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/chrisle/index.htm

Wanganui Amateur Radio Society Inc. http://www.zl2ja.org.nz/

Wellington VHF Group http://www.vhf.org.nz/

International

American QRP Club http://www.amqrp.org/index.html

ARAC Online http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mikeadams/index.htm

ARRL http://www.arrl.org/

Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club http://www.clarc.org/

FRARS http://www.frars.org.uk/

HKAR http://www.hkra.org/

HRDXA http://www.qsl.net/vr2dxa/

ISSARO http://www.issaro.net

KIDSHAMRADIO http://www.kidshamradio.com/

K2MFF Amateur Radio club http://www-ec.njit.edu/~k2mff/

K9IU Indiana University AR Club http://www.indiana.edu/~k9iu/

North TeXas Repeater Association http://www.ntxra.com/main_page.htm

N0WGE http://www.sckans.edu/~sireland/radio/

Peterlee Radio Club G0KVJ http://www.g0fbw.demon.co.uk/

The Repeater Builders Technical Information Page http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/index.html#main-index

Richardson Wireless Klub http://www.k5rwk.org/

RADARS http://www.mbc.co.uk/RADARS/

RSGB http://www.rsgb.org/

SARL http://www.sarl.org.za/

Submarine Veterans Amateur Radio http://w0oog.50megs.com/

Southgate AR club http://www.southgatearc.org/index.htm

TEARA http://www.teara.org/

The 500 KC Experimental Group for Amateur Radio http://www.500kc.com/

Tucson Amateur Packet Radio http://www.tapr.org/

Winona Amateur Radio Club http://www.jarviscomputer.com/warc/

W6DEK 435 Los Angeles http://www.w6dek.com/

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Amateur Radio

Australian

Amateur  Radio  Australia http://www.amateurradio.org.au/index4alt.htm

Amateur and other Links http://members.ozemail.com.au/~vk2wi/links.html

Australian AR Repeater Map http://vkham.com/australimaps.html

AMATEUR RADIO WIKI http://www.amateur-radio-wiki.net

HAM FAQ http://members.ozemail.com.au/~andrewd/hamradio/hamfaq.html

HAM SHACK COMPUTERS http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/vk6pg/

Ham Radio in Australia with VK1DA http://members.ozemail.com.au/~andrewd/hamradio/

HF Radio Antenna Tuners http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/eagle33/elect/ant_tuner.htm

Queensland AR Repeater listings http://vkham.com/Repeater/vk4map.html

Radioactive Networks: Ham http://www.radio-active.net.au/web/ham/

Tony Hunt VK5AH (Home of Adelaides 10m Repeater) http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/wavetel/default.htm

VK Amateur Radio Page http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bpittman/

VK1DA’s Amateur Radio Web Directory http://members.ozemail.com.au/~andrewd/hamradio/radlink.html

VK1KEP http://www.pcug.org.au/~prellis/amateur/

VK1OD http://www.vk1od.net/

VK2AFL http://www.qsl.net/vk2afl/

VK2BA (AM radio) http://www.macnaughtonart.com/default.htm

VK3PA http://www.vk3pa.com/home.asp

VK3UKF http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/vk3ukf/index.html

VK3XPD http://www.users.bigpond.com/alandevlin/index.html

VK3YE’s Gateway to AR http://www.alphalink.com.au/~parkerp/gateway.htm

VK3ZQB http://members.datafast.net.au/vk3zqb/

VK4CEJ http://www.hfradio.org/vk4cej/hamlinks.html

VK4TEC http://www.tech-software.net/

VK4TUB http://www.vk4tub.org/

VK4ZGB http://members.optusnet.com.au/jamieb/index.html

VK4ZQ http://users.bigpond.net.au/vk4zq/

VK4ZU http://www.users.on.net/~trevorb/

VK5ARD http://www.vk5ard.com/

VK5BR http://users.tpg.com.au/users/ldbutler/

VK5KK http://www.ozemail.com.au/~tecknolt/index.html

VK7AX http://www.vk7ax.tassie.net.au/

VK8JJ http://www.qsl.net/vk8jj/

New Zealand

Micro Controller Projects for Radio Amateurs and Hobbyists http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/micro/index.htm

Precision Frequency Transmission and Reception http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/micro/Precision/index.htm

ZL2TZE http://zl2tze.ath.cx

ZL3TMB http://www.hamradio.co.nz/

International

AC6V’s AR & DX Reference http://www.ac6v.com/

A DTMF Beacon controller http://ns1.mesh.net/~g4fre/dtmf.htm

Amateur radio with Knoppix http://www.afu-knoppix.de/

Amateur Radio Resources http://hamster.ivey.uwo.ca/~amsoft/amsoft0.htm

Amateur Radio Soundblaster Software Collection http://www.muenster.de/~welp/sb.htm

AM fone.net http://www.amfone.net

AMRAD Low Frequency Web Page http://www.amrad.org/projects/lf/index.html

Colin’s site http://website.lineone.net/~colin_mccord/Radio/index.htm

CX2SA http://cx2sa.net/

DL4YHF http://www.qsl.net/dl4yhf/

Direction finding http://members.aol.com/homingin/

DSP Links http://users.iafrica.com/k/ku/kurient/dsp/links.html

Electric-web.org www.electric-web.org

EI4HQ http://www.4c.ucc.ie/~cjgebruers/index.htm

EI8IC http://www.qsl.net/ei8ic/

EHAM http://www.eham.net/

eQSL (electronic QSL) http://www.eqsl.cc/qslcard/

HamInfoBar http://www.haminfobar.co.uk/

Felix Meyer http://home.datacomm.ch/hb9abx/

ftp list http://ftp.pspt.fi/pub/ham/ftp.ucsd.edu/

FUNET http://www.funet.fi/pub/ham/

F4DAY http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jf.fourcadier/index_e.htm

Gateway to Amateur Radio http://www.alphalink.net.au/~parkerp/gabra.htm

Grid Square Locator http://www.arrl.org/locate/grid.html

G3PTO http://www.qsl.net/g3pto/

G4FGQ’s Software http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp/

G4KLX (The [ON/]G4KLX Page) http://www.qslnet.de/member/g4klx/

HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT & ACCESSORIES http://www.area-ham.org/library/equip/equip.htm

Ham-Links http://www.k1dwu.net/ham-links/

HAMUNIVERSE.COM http://www.hamuniverse.com/

Hamview DSP software http://www.qsl.net/k3pgp/Hamview/hamview.htm

Harry’s PDF Library http://hem.passagen.se/sm0vpo/

HA8ET http://www.pollak.sulinet.hu/www/radio.html

Homebrew RF Test Equipment And Software http://www.qsl.net/n9zia/wireless/appendixF.html#10

KA7NOC http://www.magiclink.com/web/shurst/

KB4VOL   link site http://pages.prodigy.com/kb4vol/

KE5FX http://www.qsl.net/ke5fx/

KF6VTA & KG4TBJ http://www.geocities.com/silensiosham/index.html

KU4AY ham radio directory http://www.ku4ay.net/

KU5F Ham tools and links http://www.wtrt.net/~ku5s/

KU9Z AR links http://my.ais.net/~n9bkm/page1.htm

K1DWU http://www.k1dwu.net/

K1TTT http://www.k1ttt.net/

K1TTT Technical Reference http://www.k1ttt.net/technote/techref.html

K3PGP http://www.k3pgp.org/

K3TZ Ham Radio Experimentation http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/

K6XC (links) http://home.earthlink.net/~rluttringer/

Lighthouses (International Lighthouse/ Lightship Weekend) http://illw.net

Links2go http://www.links2go.net/more/www.ampr.org/

Links http://imc23.univ.trieste.it/links.html

Mels AMATEUR RADIO LINK’S http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/melspage/amlinks.htm

Michael Todd Computers & Communications http://www.arcompanion.com/

MoDTS http://www.m0dts.co.uk/

n e o a m a t e u r . o r g http://neoamateur.org/

NT8N http://www.qsl.net/nt8n

NW7US   (Amateur and Shortwave Radio) http://hfradio.org/

N3EYR’s Radio Links http://www.isrv.com/~joel/radio.html

PD0RKC http://www.qsl.net/pd0rkc/

PI6ATV (ATV, Antenna, software, info) http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/PI6ATV/software.htm

QRP and SWL HomeBuilder http://www.qrp.pops.net/

Radio Links http://www.angelfire.com/ri/theboss1/

Radio Corner (forum) http://www.radiocorner.net

Ray Vaughan http://rayvaughan.com/

Reference http://www.panix.com/~clay/ham/

Simplex radio software http://perso.clubinternet.fr/f1orl/simplexg.htm

S-Meter http://www.smeter.net/

streaming radio programs http://live365.com/home/index.live

The DX Zone http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Reference/Radio_Spectrum/

The Elmer HAMlet (information) http://www.qth.com/antenna/index.htm

VE1XYL and VE1ALQ http://www.qsl.net/ve1alq/downloads/tetrode-ps/pwrsup.htm

WB6VUB (links) http://www.mpicomputers.com/ham/

WL7LP http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/3782/wl7lp.html

WA6TWJ http://www.jps.net/nwr/wa6twj.htm

W2XO http://www.w2xo.pgh.pa.us/

XE1BEF  (DX, mods, links and more) http://www.geocities.com/xe1bef/

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Communications Equipment

Australian

Andrews Communication Systems http://www.andrewscom.com.au/

AUSTRALIAN ENTERPRISE INDUSTRIAL http://www.spin.net.au/~aeitower/

BENELEC www.benelec.com.au

Bushcomm www.bushcomm.com.au

connektron www.connektron.com.au

G. & C. COMMUNICATIONS www.gccomm.com.au

Hamak (RM Products Italy) http://www.hamak.com.au/

Hamshack http://www.hamshack.com.au

Jenlex http://home.vicnet.net.au/~jenlex/

KENWOOD Australia http://www.kenwood.com.au/

Kyle Communications http://www.kyle.com.au/

ICOM Australia http://www.icom.net.au

Mini-kits http://www.minikits.com.au/

One Man Towers http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~aeitower/

OZGEAR http://www.ozgear.com.au/

Radio-Data (links) http://www.radio-data.net/

Radio Specialists (equipment connectors and antenna) http://www.radiospecialists.com.au

STRICTLY HAM http://www.strictlyham.com.au/

TET-EMTRON www.tet-emtron.com

Tower communications www.towercom.com.au

Townsville CB& Communications http://www.vk4tub.org/tcb/tcb.html

TTS Systems http://www.ttssystems.com.au/

VK4-ICE Communications http://www.vk4ice.com

WiNRADiO (PC based receivers) http://www.winradio.com.au

International

MFJ http://www.mfjenterprises.com/index.php

Vertex Standard http://www.vxstd.com/en/index.html

W7FG VINTAGE MANUALS CATALOGUE http://www.w7fg.com/index.html

Z Communications Company (repair of old radio equipment) http://home.comcast.net/~zcomco/

See also Kits and components

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Radio mods, cables, connection info

batlabs (Motorola radio connection, cable info) http://www.batlabs.com/

Philips FM900 information http://members.fortunecity.com/romeo_fox_53/

Hall Electronics http://www.hallelectronics.com/getech/proglink.htm

Radio Mods http://www.mods.dk/

WWW.ham.dmz.ro (mods info and more) http://www.ham.dmz.ro/

W4RP IC-2720H Page http://www.w4rp.com/ic2720/

XE1BEF  (DX, mods, links and more) http://www.geocities.com/xe1bef/

Please also look at manufacture’s sites

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Lightning Protection

ARRL Lightning Protection http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/lightning.html

www.DaStrike.com (video and links) http://www.dastrike.com/

Grounding and Lightning Protection http://www.packetradio.com/grounds.htm

K9WK Amateur Radio http://www.k9wk.com/litenin.html

Lightning Protection Institute http://www.lightning.org/

Marine Grounding Systems http://www.sailmail.com/grounds.htm

Moonraker boat lightning information http://www.moonraker.com.au/techni/lightning-marine.htm

NLSI http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_lhm/effect.html

PolyPhaser http://www.polyphaser.com/

RFI Lightning protection http://www.rfindustries.com.au/rfiproducts/lightning/lightning.htm

WIND&SUN http://www.windsun.com/Lightning_Protection.htm

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Amateur Spread Spectrum

Spread Spectrum Scene http://www.sss-mag.com/map.html

Spread spectrum http://www.amrad.org/projects/ss/

Spread Spectrum (TAPR) http://www.tapr.org/ss/

SS Info http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~radionet/1997_workshop/wireless/notes/index.htm

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Call-sign finders

The DX Notebook http://www.dxer.org/callbook.html

QRZ http://www.qrz.com/

QSL.NET http://www.qsl.net/

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LIPD Information

AREG http://www.cck.net.au/areg/radio/lipd/lipd.html

VK3YNG http://users.bigpond.net.au/vk3yng/lipd/

Barry’s LIPD information http://members.optusnet.com.au/~barryog/freqs/mlipd.html

ACA class licensing http://www.austel.gov.au/publications/info/lipd.htm

Equipment suppliers and manufacturers

Easy-radio (your DNS server may have problems finding this site) http://www.easy-radio.co.uk/

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Kits and Components

Australian and selected international suppliers

ACRES ELECTRONICS http://www.acreselectronics.co.nz/product.htm

Allthings http://www.allthings.com.au/

Altronics http://www.altronics.com.au/

Antique Electronic Supply http://www.tubesandmore.com/

Antenna Systems and Supplies Inc. (sm) http://www.antennasystems.com/

Av-COMM http://www.avcomm.com.au/

BYONICS http://www.byonics.com/

Chassis Kits & Custom Enclosures http://home.flash.net/~k3iwk/

Clarke & Severn Electronics http://www.clarke.com.au

Cliff Electronics (Aus) Pty. Ltd http://www.cliff.com.au/

Computronics http://www.computronics.com.au/tools/

David Hall Electronics http://www.dhe.com.au

Dick Smith Electronics http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront

Digi-Key http://www.digikey.com/

Dominion Electronics http://www.dominion.net.au/

DOWN EAST MICROWAVE www.downeastmicrowave.com

Electronics http://www.michelletroutman.com/index.htm

Elliott Sound Products http://sound.westhost.com/index2.html

Farnell http://www.farnell.com/

Fox Delta http://www.foxdelta.com/

G1MFG.com (ATV and more) http://www.g1mfg.com/index.html

Hammond Mfg http://www.hammondmfg.com/

Hy-Q International http://www.hy-q.com.au

IRH Components http://www.irh.com.au/index.htm

Jackson Brothers http://www.jacksonbrothers.com.au

Jaycar http://www.jaycar.com.au/

Kuhne electronic GmbH http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/english/frameset.htm

Microwave Dynamics http://www.microwave-dynamics.com/

MicroZed Computers http://www.microzed.com.au/

Mini-Circuits http://www.minicircuits.com/

Mini-kits http://www.minikits.com.au/

Mouser Electronics http://www.mouser.com/

NEWTEK ELECTRONICS http://www.newtek.com.au/

Oatley electronics http://www.oatleyelectronics.com/

Ocean State Electronics http://www.oselectronics.com/

Ozitronics http://www.ozitronics.com/

pacific DATACOM http://www.pacificdatacom.com.au

Phil Rice’s Home Page (frequency meter and other projects) http://ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~rice/

Picaxe http://www.Picaxe.com.au

Prime Electronics http://www.prime-electronics.com.au/

Radio Parts http://www.radioparts.com.au/

Raedale Pty Ltd http://www.raedale.com.au/products.htm

R.C.S. Radio (circuit boards) http://www.rcsradio.com.au/

RF Modules Australia (ZigBee) http:\\www.rfmodules.com.au

RFShop (Brisbane) http://www.rfshop.com.au/

Rockby Electronics and Computers http://www.rockby.com.au/

Rojone (antenna, cables and connectors) http://www.rojone.com.au/index.html

RS Components http://www.rsaustralia.com/

Semtronics http://www.semtronics.com.au/

Sicom http://www.sircom.co.nz

Silvertone Electronics http://www.silvertone.com.au/

South Island Component Centre (New Zealand) http://www.sicom.co.nz/

Surplus Sales of Nebraska http://www.surplussales.com/

Surplustronics (New Zealand) http://www.surplustronics.co.nz/

Tandy (Australia) http://www.tandy.com.au/

Teckics http://www.techniks.com/

TTS Systems http://www.ttssystems.com.au/

VK2XGL (Microwave and RF Modules) http://www.users.bigpond.com/graham.lewis/Module Man.htm

VK3TFH Designs http://www.users.bigpond.com/vk3tfh/

WB9ANQ’s Surplus Store http://www.qsl.net/wb9anq/

Wiltronics http://www.wiltronics.com.au/

Worldwide Electronic Components http:/www.iinet.net.au/~worcom

13cm.co.uk http://www.13cm.co.uk/

Also look at the ATV links

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PCB layout and schematic programs baas electronics LAYo1 PCB http://www.baas.nl/layo1pcb/uk/index.html circuitsonline http://www.circuitsonline.net/ Easytrax http://www.cia.com.au/rcsradio/

Electronics WORKBENCH http://www.ewbeurope.com/Franklin Industries http://www.franklin-industries.com/Eagle/starteagle.html McCAD http://www.mccad.com/ OrCAD http://www.orcad.com/downloads.aspx TARGET 3001! http://www.ibfriedrich.com/english/engl_vordownload.htm Tech5 http://www.tech5.nl/eda/pcblayout TinyCAD http://tinycad.sourceforge.net/ VEGO ABACOM http://www.vego.nl/abacom/download/download.htm

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Amateur Satellites and space

AMSAT http://www.amsat.org/

AMSAT Australia http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~ptitze/amsatvk/index2.html

AMSAT-DL http://www.amsat-dl.org/

AMSAT-ZL (kiwisat) http://www.amsat-zl.org.nz/

Australian Space Research Institute http://www.asri.org.au/ASRI/index.xml

bluesat project http://www.bluesat.unsw.edu.au/

CSXT Civilian Space eXploration Team http://www.civilianspace.com/

electric-web.org http://www.electric-web.org

esa http://www.esa.int/esaCP

Heavens-above http://www.heavens-above.com/

International Space Station (ARISS) http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/

JAESAT http://www.asri.org.au/ASRI/research/satellite/JAESAT/index.xml

liftoff http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov:80/RealTime/JTrack/Spacecraft.html

ISS fan club http://www.issfanclub.com

PCsat http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat.html

PCSAT2 Operations http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pec/pc2ops.html

Sarex http://sarex.gsfc.nasa.gov/

SATSCAPE   (free satellite tracking program) http://www.satscape.co.uk/

Satellite tracking software http://perso.club-internet.fr/f1orl/index.html

Satsignal http://www.satsignal.net/

Space.com http://www.space.com/

UHF-Satcom.com http://www.uhf-satcom.com

Viktor Kudielka http://cacofonix.nt.tuwien.ac.at/~oe1vkw/

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Propagation

NOAA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/

IPS Radio and Space Services http://www.ips.gov.au/

IPS prediction services http://www.ips.gov.au/asfc/current/predsvs.html

ITS http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/

Near-Real-Time MUF Map http://www.spacew.com/www/realtime.php

Radio Mobile (path prediction) http://www.cplus.org/rmw/english1.html

Tropospheric Ducting Forecast http://iprimus.ca/~hepburnw/tropo_aus.html

VK2KRR sporadic E study http://www.users.bigpond.com/vk2krr/sporadic_e_study.htm

VK4ZU (Propagation) http://www.users.on.net/~trevorb/

W1AW propagation bulletins http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/

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Satellite TV

AV-COMM http://www.avcomm.com.au/

Dalsat http://www.dalsat.com.au/

John’s Electronics http://www.johnselectronics.com.au/index.html

KANSAT http://www.kansat.com.au/

KRISTAL electronics http://www.kristal.com.au/index.html

Lyngsat http://lyngsat.com/

Nationwide Antenna Systems http://www.uq.net.au/~zznation/index.html

Satcomm20 http://www.satcomm20.co.uk/

Satcure http://www.satcure.com/

SatcoDX1 http://www.satcodx1.com/

SAT TV http://www.sattv.com.au/

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Radio Education

Radio and Electronics School http://www.radioelectronicschool.com/

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Radio and Scanning

Australian

Australian Airport Frequencies http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~wombatt/

Australian Scanning Encyclopaedia http://www.scanaustralia.bigpondhosting.com/

Brisbane Radio Scanner http://www.angelfire.com/id/samjohnson/

Extreme Worldwide Scanner Radio http://members.optushome.com.au/extremescan/scanning.html

FM broadcast maps http://welcome.to/pacificfm

Gold Coast Radio Scanner Frequencies http://users.ion.com.au/~young/index.html

Kev’s Scanner Page http://members.dodo.com.au/~kevcat/kevs_scan_page.htm

Newcastle Area Radio Frequency Guide http://scanhunter.tripod.com/index.html

RADIO FREQUENCIES AND INFORMATION http://www.qsl.net/vk1zmc/information.html

Scanner Fanatics http://www.scannerfanatics.au.tt/

Scanner Monitoring in South Australia http://users.chariot.net.au/~mattb/scan/scanner.htm

Scan Victoria http://www.scanvictoria.com/

New Zealand

Kiwi Radio http://kiwiradio.blakjak.net/

NZscanners http://www.nzscanners.org.nz/

Wellington Scanner Frequencies http://wsf2003.tripod.com/

ZLScanner http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/lovegrov/

ZL3TMB (Christchurch NZ) http://www.hamradio.co.nz/

International

Frequency guide http://www.panix.com/~clay/scanning/

Incident Broadcast Network (including Australian feeds) http://www.incidentbroadcast.com

Radio H.F.  (some ham stuff) http://www3.sympatico.ca/radiohf/

RadioReference.com http://www.radioreference.com/index.php

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Amateur Radio DX and Contest

DX Cluster

AA1V’s DX Info-Page http://www.goldtel.net/aa1v/

AC6V’s AR & DX Reference http://www.ac6v.com/

Announced DX Operations http://cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/Misc/adxo.html

ARRL DXCC Countries List http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/listmain.html

ARRL DXCC rules http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html#si

Australian contesting http://www.vkham.com/index.html

Buckmaster callsign database http://www.buck.com/cgi-bin/do_hamcall

DX CENTRAL http://www.dx-central.com/

DX Greyline http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p

DX Summit http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/

DX 425 News http://www.425dxn.org/

EHAM http://www.eham.net/

EI8IC Global Overlay Mapper http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/

eQSL (electronic QSL) http://www.eqsl.cc/qslcard/

German DX Foundation-GDXF http://www.gdxf.de/

GlobalTuners (provides access to remotely controlled radio receivers all over the world) http://www.globaltuners.com/

Ham Atlas by SP6NVK http://www.hamatlas.eu/

Ham FTP email database http://members.eunet.at/hagenbu/ftp.htm

Kiwi DX List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kiwidxlist/

Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Incorporated http://odxg.org/

Oceania DX Contest http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/

QRZ.COM http://www.qrz.com/site.html

The AM Window http://www.amwindow.org/index.htm

The Daily DX http://www.dailydx.com

The DX Zone http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Reference/Radio_Spectrum/

IARU QSL Bureaus http://www.iaru.org/iaruqsl.html

International DX Association http://www.indexa.org/

Internet Ham Atlas http://www.hamatlas.eu/

IOTA http://www.425dxn.org/iota/

IOTA groups and Reference http://www.logiciel.co.uk/iota/shtlist.html

IOTA RSGB http://rsgbiota.org

IOTA 425 http://www.425dxn.org/iota

Island Radio Expedition Fondation http://www.islandradio.org/

Islands on the air Japan http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/

LA9HW HF Contest page http://home.online.no/~janalme/hammain.html

NG3K Contest/DX Page http://www.cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/

Northern California DX Foundation http://www.ncdxf.org

Simple phrases in European Languages http://web.onetel.com/~stephenseabrook/

SUMMITS on the AIR http://www.sota.org.uk/

Telnet Access to DX Packet Clusters http://cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/Misc/cluster.html

The DX Notebook http://www.dxer.org/

VE6OA’s DX Links http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/agirard/dxlinks.htmVK Contest Club http://www.vkcc.com

World of DK4KQ http://www.dl4kq.de/

XE1BEF  DX and links http://www.geocities.com/xe1bef/

Logging Software

RD logging program http://vk5dj.mountgambier.org/Amateur_radio.html VK Contest Log (VKCL) http://web.aanet.com.au/mnds/ VK/ZL Logger http://www.vklogger.com

WinRD+ logging program http://www.rjmb.net/rd/index.htm

Cluster

AR-Technology AB5K.net http://www.ab5k.net/Home.aspx

Clusse http://he.fi/clusse/

Clusse download page http://www.euronet.nl/~icu13524/download/clusse.html

CLX Home page http://clx.muc.de/

DX CLUSTER programs http://pages.cthome.net/n1mm/html/English/DXClusters.htm

DXCluster http://www.dxcluster.org/

DXCluster.Info http://www.dxcluster.info/

DxNet http://www.dxnet.free.fr/

DX PacketCluster Sites on the Internet http://www.n4gn.com/cluster.html

DXSpider – DX cluster system is written in perl http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/dxspider.html

Packet Cluster user manual http://www.yccc.org/Resources/ysa/manual/

The DXSpider User Manual http://www.dxcluster.org/main/usermanual_en.html

VE7CC-1 Dx Spider Cluster http://www.ve7cc.net/

WinCluster http://kh2d.net/software/wc/index.cfm

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Short Wave DX

Australian Broadcasting http://www.aba.gov.au/broadcasters/

AUSTRALIAN RADIO DX CLUB http://www.ardxc.info/

Australian MW Group http://members.optushome.com.au/onleydw/mwoz/

Electronic DX Press (HF, MW and VHF) http://members.tripod.com/~bpadula/edxp.html

Contesting.com http://www.contesting.com/

CQ World Wide DX Contest http://www.cqww.com/

Glenn Hauser’s DX Listening Digest http://www.dxing.com/dxr/dxld2196.htm

K3SA http://www.affcom.com/cqcontest/

K6XX http://www.k6xx.com/

Longwave Club of America (also Ham) http://www.lwca.org

NIST time stations http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwvb.htm

OK1RR DX & Contesting Page http://www.qsl.net/ok1rr/

Prime Time Shortwave http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/

Radio Interval Signals http://www.intervalsignals.org/

shortWWWave http://swww.dwerryhouse.com.au/

SM3CER Contest Service http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/index.htm

The British DX Club http://www.bdxc.org.uk/

The DX Zone http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Reference/Radio_Spectrum/

The OZ Radio DX Club www.ardxc.fl.net.au

Yankee Clipper Contest Club http://www.yccc.org/

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Radio Scouting

Jota /JOTI   Queensland http://jota.scouting.net.au/

Scouts Australia JOTA/JOTI http://www.international.scouts.com.au/main.asp?iMenuID=9071085

The history of the Jamboree On The Air http://home.tiscali.nl/worldscout/Jota/jota history.htm

World Organization of the Scout Movement http://www.scout.org/jota/

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Australian Regulator

ACMA http://www.acma.gov.au/

International Regulator

ITU http://www.itu.int/home/index.html

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Electronic Information and technical reference

AC6V’s Technical Reference http://www.ac6v.com/techref.htm

Bowden’s Hobby Circuits http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bill_Bowden/homepage.htm#menu

Chip directory http://www.embeddedlinks.com/chipdir/abc/s.htm#simm

Circuit Sage http://www.circuitsage.com/

COAX calculator http://www.ocarc.ca/coax.htm

CommLinx Solutions Pty Ltd http://www.commlinx.com.au/default.htm

Computer Power Supply Mods http://www.qsl.net/vk4ba/projects/index.html

Data Sheets http://www.techstuff.co.uk/electronics/datasheets.htm

Dictionary of Electronic Components http://www.jfk.herts.sch.uk/class/technology/ks4/electronics/glossary/electro.htm

Discover Circuits http://www.discovercircuits.com/

Electronic Information http://www.beyondlogic.org/

Electronics Links and Resources http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~pleelave/electronics1.html

electronic calculators http://www.radioelectronicschool.com/elecal.html

Epanorama (lots of links) http://www.epanorama.net/

Electronics Tutorials http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/

Electronic Theory http://www.electronicstheory.com/

Fox Delta http://www.foxdelta.com/

GREG’S DOWNLOAD PAGE http://www.rfcascade.com/index.html

GridSquare Conversion http://www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/gridconv

Hobby Projects (electronic resource) http://www.hobbyprojects.com/tutorial.html

Hittite http://www.hittite.com

Information site http://www.epanorama.net/

ISO Date / Time http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/iso.htm

Latitude/Longitude Conversion utility – 3 formats http://www.directionsmag.com/latlong.php

latrobe Electronic Engineering Links http://www.ee.latrobe.edu.au/internal/links.html

Mark Gentiles http://www.ee.latrobe.edu.au/~mg/

Mike’s Electric Stuff http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/electric.html

New Wave Instruments (check out SS Resources) http://www.newwaveinstruments.com/index.htm

Paul Falstad (how electronic circuits work) http://www.falstad.com/circuit/

PINOUTS.RU (Handbook of hardware pinouts) http://pinouts.ru/

PUFF http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~mmic/puffindex/puffE/puffE.htm

RadioReference http://www.radioreference.com/

RF Cafe http://www.rfcafe.com/

RF Circuits http://www.mitedu.freeserve.co.uk/Circuits/RF/rf.html

RF Globalnet http://www.rfglobalnet.com

RHR Laboratories http://www.rhrlaboratories.com/#Software

rfshop http://www.rfshop.com.au/page7.htm

RS232 Connections, and wiring up serial devices http://www.airborn.com.au/rs232.html

RF Power Table

SCHEMATICS http://www.mitedu.freeserve.co.uk/schematics.htm

Science Lobby (electronic links) http://www.sciencelobby.com/

Tech FAQ http://www.tech-faq.com/

The Electronics Calculator Website http://www.cvs1.uklinux.net/calculators/

the12volt.com (technical information for mobile electronics installers) http://www.the12volt.com/

101science.com http://www.101science.com/

Electronic service

Repair of TV Sets http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/tvfaq.htm

Sci.Electrinic.Repair FAQ http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/tvfaq.htm

Service engineers Forum http://www.e-repair.co.uk/index.htm

Television Repair Answered http://www.mgh.jeeran.com/televisionrepair1.htm

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Cable Data

Andrews http://www.andrew.com/default.aspx

Belden http://www.belden.com/

CDi2 http://www.cdi2.com/build_it/coaxloss.htm

CO-AX CABLE DATA http://www.electric-web.org/coax.htm

Coaxial cable data http://www.qsl.net/kc6uut/coax.html

Coaxial Cable Page http://www.cdi2.com/build_it/coaxloss.htm

HB9ABX http://home.datacomm.ch/hb9abx/coaxdat.htm

HB9HD http://www.hb9hd.ch/PDF/coaxcable.pdf

KC6UUT http://www.qsl.net/kc6uut/coax.html

NESS Engineering http://www.nessengr.com/techdata/coaxdata.html

RF Industries cables http://www.rfindustries.com.au/rfiproducts/cablesConnectors/coaxialCables.htm

Selected Coaxial Cable Data http://www.vhfdx.oz-hams.org/CoaxCable.html

THERFC http://www.therfc.com/coax.htm

Times Microwave http://www.timesmicrowave.com/

VK3KHB http://www.gak.net.au/vk3khb/atv/coaxchrt.html

W4ZT http://w4zt.com/coax.html

X.net Antenna cable chart http://www.x.net.au/antenna_cable.html

50 W Coaxial Cable Information http://www.dma.org/~millersg/coax50.html

75 W Coaxial Cable Information http://www.dma.org/~millersg/coax75.html

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Antique Radio

Antique Electronic Supply http://www.tubesandmore.com/

Alan Lord http://www.dundeecoll.ac.uk/sections/cs/staff/al_radio/

Antique Radio http://antiqueradios.com/

Apex Jr http://www.apexjr.com/

Archives of Boatanchors http://www.tempe.gov/archives/boatanchors.html

Australian Vintage Radio MK II http://www.southcom.com.au/~pauledgr/

Australian Wireless (OZ-Wireless) Email List http://www.clarion.org.au/wireless/

AWA and Fisk Radiola http://203.44.53.131/Radiola/AWA1b.htm

Crystal Radio http://www.crystalradio.net/

Glowbugs http://www.mines.uidaho.edu/~glowbugs/

Hammond Museum of Radio http://www.hammondmuseumofradio.org/

Historical Radio Society of Australia Inc. http://www.hrsa.asn.au/

JMH’s Virtual Valve Museum http://www.tubecollector.org/numbers.htm

John Rose’s Vintage Radio Home http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/jrose/radios/radiomain.htm

Klausmobile Russian Tube Directory http://klausmobile.narod.ru/td/indexe.htm

KK7TV http://www.kk7tv.com/kk7tv.html

Kurrajong Radio Museum http://www.vk2bv.org/museum/

Links to Vintage Radios (Amateur) http://www.qsl.net/ka4pnv/vrlinks.htm

Mike’s Electric Stuff http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/electric.html

Nostalgiar Air http://www.nostalgiaair.org/

Phil’s Old Radios http://antiqueradio.org/

Radio A’s Vintage Radio Page http://www.mnsi.net/~radioa/radioa.htm

Radio Era http://www.radioera.com/

Rap ‘n Tap http://www.midnightscience.com/rapntap/

Replacing Capacitors http://antiqueradio.org/recap.htm

Savoy Hill Publications http://www.valvesunlimited.demon.co.uk/Noframes/savoy_hill_publications.htm

South East Qld Group of the HRSA http://seqg.tripod.com

SEQG of the HRSA Crystal comp http://www.clarion.org.au/crystalset/

SEQG One Tube Radio comp http://seqg.tripod.com/onetube/onetube.html

TEARA’S VINTAGE RADIO LINK PAGE http://www.ipass.net/~teara/vin.html

The Vintage Radio Emporium http://www.vintageradio.info/

The Wireless Works http://www.wirelessworks.co.uk/

Triode Tube Data http://www.triodeel.com/tubedata.htm Tubesworld  (Valve Audio and Valve data) http://www.tubesworld.com/

Vintage Radio http://www.vintage-radio.com/index.shtml

Vintage Radio Times http://www.vintageradiotimes.com/Page_1x.html

Vintage Radios and programs http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/agirard/VINTAGE.HTM

Vintage Radios UK http://www.valve.demon.co.uk/

Vintage Radio and Test Equipment Site http://www.geocities.com/eb5agv/

Vintage Radio World http://www.burdaleclose.freeserve.co.uk/

Vintage Radio and Audio Pages http://www.mcallister.simplenet.com/

VMARS http://www.vmars.org.uk/

W7FG VINTAGE MANUALS CATALOGUE http://www.w7fg.com/index.html

Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio http://ei5em.110mb.com/museum.html

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Valve Audio and Valve data Ake’e Tube Data http://w1.871.telia.com/~u87127076/index.htm CVC http://www.chelmervalve.com/index.html

Data Sheet Locator http://www.duncanamps.co.uk/cgi-bin/tdsl3.exe/

Eimac http://www.cpii.com/eimac/index.html

Frank’s Electron tube Pages http://home.wxs.nl/~frank.philipse/frank/frank.html

Hammond  Manufacturing http://www.hammondmfg.com/

House of Tubes http://www.house-of-tubes.com/home/Library.asp

High Voltage Tube Archive http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/electrical/tesla/tubes/

Kiewavly http://home.mira.net/~kiewavly/audio1.html

Industrial Valve Data http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/data.html

Machmat http://www.machmat.com/

NJ7P Tube Data Search http://hereford.ampr.org/cgi-bin/tube?index=1

RCA-R10 Data http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~reese/RC10/

SAS Audio Labs http://www.sasaudiolabs.com/

Sowter Audio Transformers http://www.sowter.co.uk/

Spice Valves http://www.duncanamps.com/spicevalves.html

Tubetec http://www.tubetec.freeserve.co.uk/

TUBEWORLD INC. http://www.tubeworld.com/

Tube datasheets http://www.wps.com/archives/tube-datasheets/index.html

Vacuum Tube Links http://www.michelletroutman.com/tubes.htm

Valves and Tubes http://www.euramcom.freeserve.co.uk/tubes.html

Valve Data Links http://www.thevalvepage.com/links/valvdata.htm

Valve Data http://www.arrakis.es/~igapop/referenc.htm

Valves Unlimited http://www.valvesunlimited.demon.co.uk/Noframes/links.htm

Valve and Tube Supplies http://www.valves.uk.com/

Valveamps.com http://www.valveamps.com/

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Audio

Audio Calculators and Links http://www.audioscientific.com/Audio Calculators & References Links.htm

BKC GROUP http://www.bkcgroup.fsnet.co.uk/

Car Audio Australia http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/

DIY Audio http://www.diyaudio.com/

Duncan’s Amp Pages http://www.duncanamps.com/

Elliott Sound Products http://sound.westhost.com/audiolink.htm

GM ARTS http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/

Norman Koren http://www.normankoren.com/Audio/

Rane http://www.rane.com/

The Self Site http://www.dself.demon.co.uk/

The Class-A Amplifier Site http://www.gmweb.btinternet.co.uk/

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Magazines

DUBUS (VHF magazine) http://www.dubus.org/

Elektor Electronics http://www.elektor-electronics.co.uk/

Harlan Technologies (Amateur Television Quarterly) http://www.hampubs.com/

Radio & Communications Monitoring Monthly http://www.monitoringmonthly.co.uk/

SILICON CHIP http://www.siliconchip.com.au/

VHF Communications Mag http://www.vhfcomm.co.uk/

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SETI

SETI http://www.setileague.org/homepg.htm

SETI Australia http://www.seti.org.au/

This is a presentation I gave on SCADA security some time ago. It was originally set for about 2 hrs, although I broke it into 2 halves so if time permitted (or the partisipants wanted more inforamation), the backend of the presentation has many more areas and guidence relaing to SCADA, devices, environment security, etc.

I defined the following outcomes for the presentation:

• Broaden the awareness and necessity of security within the SCADA environment.
• Understanding of business role in the governance/risk identification process.
• Heighten the understanding of technology risks.

I hope people find the material interesting and useful.

SCADA Security Presentation Derek Grocke

I have been working in the SCADA engineering, network design, project governance and security area for lots of years.

As a result I have many documents and techniques I will be sharing here. This is the first of many documents which I hope others will find informative and help others to understand and shape their approach to these environments.

Local file

SCADA Presentation

A cool document I thought I would share. It shows some good understanding and presents some good ideas.

General Questions

• How can users gain access to the SCADA application?
• Objective to consolidate access to all information sources – i.e. to make access available to all users via a single interface
• Are any RAS modems utilised within the SCADA environment?
• Is the RAS call back feature utilised?
• Is the mandatory RAS encryption feature used?
• Are users allowed multiple attempts at authentication on the RAS?
• Has the RAS auditing feature been enabled?
• How is access between the business / corporate network and SCADA network controlled?
• How is the administrator password controlled?
• How is vendor access to the SCADA network controlled – i.e. password changes after contract has been completed?
• Are SLA’s for outsourced support agreements reviewed on a periodic basis?
• Are critical components of the SCADA Network supported by a UPS and are these batteries tested on a regular basis to ensure that they are reliable?
• What capacity management and monitoring of critical SCADA network systems is performed (i.e. CPU utilisation and hard disk drive space)?
• Are legal captions utilised during the login process to the SCADA application and associated infrastructure / devices?
• Has an intrusion detection system (IDS) been deployed within the SCADA environment?
• Has security been a focus within the development and deployment of the SCADA network?
• Is there additional staff screenings performed when staff are hired to work within the SCADA environment (inclusive of vendors etc)?

Policies & Procedures

• Is there a defined security strategy for the SCADA environment?
• Who is responsible / accountable for security management within SCADA environment? Has the ownership of this responsibility been clearly defined and/or stated in any documentation?
• Are there any periodic security reviews of the SCADA network performed?
• What procedures are in place to handle the disposal of SCADA network media and devices? Additionally, is there a process in place for the disposal of confidential information / documentation?
• Are there any policies or procedures covering the introduction of new devices to the SCADA environment?
• What formal change control procedures exist for the SCADA environment?
• Does a formal disaster recovery plan exist for the SCADA environment?
• Does a formal business continuity plan exist for the SCADA environment?
• Do physical and logical security standards differ significantly between SCADA sites?
• Has a standard operating environment (SOE) minimum baseline standard been developed for systems being introduced into the SCADA environment?
• What security logs are maintained for critical computer equipment and how often are the logs reviewed?
• Who is responsible for the reviewing of security logs?
• Has access to event logs been restricted?
• Upon commencement of employment, are users provided with IT security information as part of the induction process? Additionally, are users provided with further information on security issues on a periodic basis?
• What procedures exist to monitor dial-in access?
• Is there a formally defined backup and recovery procedure?
• Are encryption techniques and/or passwords applied to backup tapes?

Physical Access

• How is physical access to SCADA terminals controlled?
• Are SCADA control rooms segregated from other rooms?
• What building security exists at remote sites to prevent unauthorised access?
• What authentication methods are used at remote sites to allow access – i.e. swipe cards?
• Are external windows at remotes sites barred?
• What alarm systems have been employed at remote sites?

Network Security

• Have all deployed routers been configured to ensure the filtering of communications that are unauthorised or not required?
• What traffic control and monitoring capabilities have been deployed – i.e. all communication travels to a central point before traversing further on the network.
• How are dial-in facilities to the SCADA environment secured?
• How is suspicious or unusual activity on the SCADA WAN detected?
• What firewall configurations have been set up to segregate the SCADA WAN from the United Water corporate network?
• Are all key filtering devices on the network (such as routers and firewalls) configured to log all attempts to access the network? If so are they reviewed on a regular basis?
• Have the auditing features of all routers and firewalls been enabled?
• Has access to event logs been restricted?
• How is the management of patches / hot fixes controlled in regards to firewalls and routers?
• What backup and recovery measures are in place for network resources – firewalls and routers?
• Has SNMP been implemented on core infrastructure?
• Has any wireless equipment been deployed within the SCADA environment – has this been configured to a secure state?
• Are all default passwords removed from SCADA devices after implementation?
• Does a development environment exist to test changes prior to deployment into the SCADA network production environment?

Workstation Security

• What operating systems (version) are installed on SCADA terminals?
• Have operating system level passwords been activated on all SCADA terminals?
• Do passwords have an indefinite expiry date?
• What file and directory permission controls have been implemented on SCADA terminals to restrict unauthorised access by general users?
• What logs are generated at the operating system level?
• Has access to event logs been restricted?
• What tools and services at the operating system level have been restricted for general users?
• Who is responsible for patch management of SCADA terminals?
• Has an audit feature been enabled for all SCADA terminals?
• Are default services available with the operating system restricted?
• Is virus protection implemented? Is this software manually or automatically updated?
• Are shares enabled on SCADA terminals / workstations?
• Are SCADA terminals backed up on a regular basis?
• Is registry auditing of SCADA terminals performed?
• Are user reviews and associated access rights performed on a regular basis?

SCADA Application Security

• What are the username and password requirements of SCADA application?
• Are session time out features activated?
• Are complex passwords enforced to access the SCADA application?
• Are user reviews and associated access rights performed on a regular basis?

System Penetration Testing

• Internal penetration testing
• External penetration testing
• Password strength tests

Changes to the SCADA network

• Please provide / list all potential changes being considered to the SCADA network.

Procedures

• Corporate Information Protection
• Security Management
• Information Classification
• Physical (and Environmental) Security
• Personnel Security
• Security Awareness Training
• Security Incident Response
• Security Monitoring
• Network Security
• PC/Workstation Security
• Support and Operational Security Related
• Encryption and Information Confidentiality
• Authorization Controls
• Identification and Authentication Mechanisms
• Systems Life Cycle Security
• Business Continuity Planning
• Media Security
• Third Party Services

Typical concerns and points discussion:

• Inbound and out Bound FTP
• Suggest use of DMZ
• Suggest use of Secure FTP
• Suggest use of restricted secure IP addresses / tunnelling
• Suggest use of private feeds

Modem issues used with dial in services

• No dial back
• No Authentication
• No Secure ID
• Possibly automated scripts used, so hard coded usernames and passwords used.
• Internet sharing may be turned on, allowing routing via workstations.

Increased data security and integrity considerations

• Data backups
• System redundancy
• Site and content filtering
• Virus protection
• Standard system procurement (discounts and spares)
• Network and services redundancy
• Network monitoring
• Service availability monitoring
• Internal controls
• Vendor / external service supplier
• Capacity management
• Change management system
• Asset management system
• Telecommunication and telephony bulk cost discounting
• Etc.

Use and support for corporate application considerations

• Email
• Intranet
• Internet
• Corporate virus protection
• Asset management
• Change management
• Project management
• Performance / capacity management
• Reduction of Cost
• Use of corporate applications
• Reduction of manual processes

Other things to keep in mind:

• SCADA monitoring system must be isolated from network errors and systems events. This will prevent SCADA operational systems being effected by network or corporate system issues / outages.
• Review Network topology to ensure internal and external vulnerabilities are not currently being and cannot be abused.
• Review of router configurations
• Use of change management system
• Review remote dial in systems
• Firewall SCADA systems off from corporate applications
• Uncontrolled networks and systems within the SCADA environment will compromise the corporate environments integrity and security.
• Determine if systems used within SCADA are built to a standard operating environment.

I thought this was cool. It may come in handy for Ham Radio.

Some pictures from the city to bay walk/run.

I did the 12 km walk. It was a great day for it.

I recently downloaded the IC2820 V19a channel mapping for the ICOM 2820 from IC2820_VK5RWN_C_V19a.icf.

After uploading the file to the radio I discovered that many of the simplex channels I previously used on my IC2820 were now gone (not surprising). Lucky I copied the original radio config to a new .icf file before I uploaded the new one.

One frustrating thing I did discovered with the 2820 cloning software is that the EXPORT function appears to only export the stations heard by the radio to CSV and no the full radio configuration. A full copy of the config can only be stored in the native .icf file format, which is full of numbers (looks like memory contents). So manually editing the config file was out of the question.

eg.

00001008C2169C000927C0564B32524453414C
001010564B3552574E2043564B3552574E2047
0020107220208101090000564B325244532041
00301008C2169C000927C0564B32524453434C

For those who have played with the software (CS-2820), you may have noticed that you can only spawn one instance. So copying the frequencies from my old config to the new config (the above link plus my original mapping) was not going to be as easy as I thought i.e export both and combine in notepad or excel.

I discovered that it is possible to highlight and copy multiple lines in the channel map (only in the application copy buffer, not in the windows clipboard – can’t copy it to excel or notepad). Once you have copied the lines you want from the original config select ‘File – Open’ from the menu and open the new config (in my case the above file – renamed). If the application has not been closed it is possible to place the cursor where you want to add the channels from the old config and select paste (control v) and the copied rows will then be placed into the new config.

I originally based my simplex frequencies (2m and 70cm) on the AREG frequencies in the modified ham Motorola Syntrx radios located on the AREG website.

	VK5 – 2M Syntrx Frequency Plan – Issued 22/11/2005
	VK5 – 70cm Syntrx Frequency Plan – Issued 22/11/2005

The new updated file containing the new D-Star mapping, supplemented by my slightly modified AREG simplex channels can be located here.

IC2820_VK5TCP_C_V1

Here is a screen print.

This is the .icf file converted to a .xls (csv to xls – from excel). The conversion can be done with CHIRP.

The Freq and channel file: 2820h

I hope this information helps someone.

This is Kerry’s group birthday painting

Some Nmap examples I thought I would post.

Scanning past Watchguard Firewalls: nmap -sS -iL targetlist.txt -P0 -sV -T4

Verbose Scan: nmap -v <target IP>

This option scans all reserved TCP ports on the target machine. The -v option enables verbose mode.

nmap -sS -O <target IP>/24

Launches a stealth SYN scan against each machine that is up out of the 256 IPs on “class C” sized network where Scanme resides. It also tries to determine what operating system is running on each host that is up and running. This requires root privileges because of the SYN scan and OS detection.

nmap -sV -p 22,53,110,143,4564 198.116.0-255.1-127

Launches host enumeration and a TCP scan at the first half of each of the 255 possible eight-bit subnets in the 198.116 class B address space. This tests whether the systems run SSH, DNS, POP3, or IMAP on their standard ports, or anything on port 4564. For any of these ports found open, version detection is used to determine what application is running.

nmap -v -iR 100000 -PN -p 80

Asks Nmap to choose 100,000 hosts at random and scan them for web servers (port 80). Host enumeration is disabled with -PN since first sending a couple probes to determine whether a host is up is wasteful when you are only probing one port on each target host anyway.

nmap -PN -p80 -oX logs/pb-port80scan.xml -oG logs/pb-port80scan.gnmap 216.163.128.20/20

This scans 4096 IPs for any web servers (without pinging them) and saves the output in grepable and XML formats.

Instead of limiting ourselves to scanning just one target., let’s broaden our horizon’s to bigger and better things. In example 2 we used our IP address to base a scan against. Using that address again we can get a look at numerous targets in our “community”. At the command line type the following (substituting a valid address of your choice of course):

nmap -sT -O 206.212.15.0-50

What this does is instruct nmap to scan every host between the IP addresses of 206.212.15.0 and 206.212.15.50. If you happen to find many interesting feedback results from this or a larger scale scan then you can always pipe the output into your choice of a human readable file or a machine parsable file for future reference by issuing the following option:

To create a human readable output file issue the -oN<textfile name> command into your nmap string so that it would look similar to this:

nmap -sT -O -oN sample.txt 206.212.15.0-50

Rather have a machine parsable file? Enter the -oM <textfile name> to pipe the output into a machine parsable file:

nmap -sT -O -oM sample.txt 206.212.15.0-50

*Back when I was becoming aquatinted with all the nmap options, I ran my first large scale scan against 250 consecutive machines using an arbitrary number (nmap -sX -O -oN sample.txt XXX.XXX.XXX.0-250).To my great surprise I was confronted with 250 up and running virgin Linux machines. Another reason why Linux enthusiasts should NEVER become bored.

-I This is a handy little call that activates nmap’s TCP reverse ident scanning option. This divulges information that gives the username that owns available processes. Let’s take a look (Note that the host has to be running ident). At the command line issue this command against your target, in this case our default Eve running Linux:

-iR Use this command to instruct nmap to scan random hosts for you.

-p Port range option allows you to pick what port or ports you wish nmap to scan against.

-v Use verbosity to display more output data. Use twice (-v -v) for maximum verbosity.

-h Displays a quick reference of nmap’s calls

Now that we have looked at nmap’s three basic usage types and some of it’s other options, let’s mix and match them.

nmap -v -v -sS -O 209.212.53.50-100

This instructs nmap to use a maximum amount of verbosity to run a stealth scan and OS detection against all machines between IP addresses 209.212.53.50 and 209.212.53.100. This command will also require root privileges due to both the -sS and -O calls. Of course this will display a very overwhelming amount of data so let’s log our results into a human readable file for future reference:

nmap -v -v -sS -O -oN sample.txt 209.212.53.50-100

Now let’s make nmap run a stealth scan and instruct it to look only for machines offering http and ftp services between the addresses of 209.212.53.50 and 209.212.53.100. Once again we will log the output (I’m a log junkie) for future reference into a human readable file called ftphttpscan.txt:

nmap -sS -p 23,80 -oN ftphttpscan.txt 209.212.53.50-100

Remember the -iR option mentioned previously? Let’s use it to take a random sampling of Internet web servers using the verbatim example from nmap’s man page:

nmap -sS -iR -p 80

Last but certainly not least, while gleaning information, don’t forget to nmap yourself. Just type at the command line: nmap 127.0.0.1 This is especially useful and recommended if you’re a newcomer to Linux and connected to the Internet via DSL or cable modem.