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📖 Field Guide · AA4TE

The AA4TE Field Guide

Practical, tested-at-the-bench guides for amateur radio operators — radio setup, antenna measurement, emergency digital messaging, and resources for clubs. Some guides live here on QSL.net; others live on routersandrepeaters.net. This page is the one place that lists them all.

Start here What Can You Do With Amateur Radio? A wide-ranging list of the many ways to enjoy the hobby. New license, or looking for your next project? Start here. Explore the hobby →

Prepare Before the Storm

Practical household preparedness
AA4TE Prepare Before the Storm A practical preparedness guide for water, food, lighting, information, communications, backup power, important documents, and knowing what to do before an emergency. Open the preparedness guide →

Radios & Gear

Setup, settings, measurement
Routers & Repeaters TD-H9 Field Guide Setting-by-setting walkthrough of the TidRadio TD-H9 handheld — what each menu item does and how to set it for real-world use. Open the TD-H9 guide → AA4TE IC-7300 Radio Settings AA4TE's working settings for the Icom IC-7300. Open IC-7300 settings → AA4TE NanoVNA Using the NanoVNA to measure and understand your antennas and feedlines. Open the NanoVNA guide →

Digital & Emergency Comms

Winlink, PAT, readiness
Routers & Repeaters Winlink & PAT — Emergency Digital Messaging From zero to your first check-in with Winlink Express or PAT, then a directory of regional and national nets and annual exercises to build real readiness. Open the Winlink guide → AA4TE IC-7300 + PAT Running PAT Winlink with the IC-7300. Open IC-7300 + PAT →

Clubs & Visiting Hams

For clubs, and hams passing through
Routers & Repeaters HTTPS Help for Ham Clubs Help for club webmasters moving a club website to secure HTTPS. Open club HTTPS help → AA4TE · Archive KC4RC Links — Wayback Links preserved from the former KC4RC club links page. Open the archive → Routers & Repeaters For Visiting Hams Example page for Helps-for-Ham-Clubs. Would a new visitor find needed info?→