KE6ALV's Links Page

This page last updated on July 19, 2003. 
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but if there are any dead links, or any that you would like to see added or any that shouldn't be here, please e-mail me.

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HOT LINKS:

Southern California area Wildfire Situation Report
Recent Earthquakes in the Inland Empire = centered on 117 degrees West by 34 degrees North
Southern California Regional Weather Radar (courtesy of IntelliCast)
Inland Empire Weather Observations and Forecasts

My Personal and Favorite Links

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Amateur Radio

• General Interest --- Magazines, News Services, Online Resources, and more!
• Callsign Databases
• Clubs and Organizations and Repeater Systems
• Emergency and Public Service Communications --- ARES, RACES, SKYWARN and others
• Licensing and Testing
• National Organizations
• Personal Web Pages
• Related Sites serving the Inland Empire of Southern California

Computers and Internet
Earthquakes
Emergency Services, Disaster Relief, Disaster/Emergency Response News
Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services
Government
GMRS / REACT / CB
Law Enforcement
Maps and Local Information
News Media
Scanners

• Trunked System Tracking
• Related Sites serving the Inland Empire of Southern California
• Inland Empire Scanning -- Yahoo Club created by the author / webmaster

Transportation
Weather

Links Page Disclaimer:

(these sites are listed as a service to visitors to my site, not necessarily an endorsement of their products or services)

The author / webmaster is not responsible for the content of any site linked to from this page.

 I have checked all of these links, but if there are any dead links, or any that you would like to see added,
or any that shouldn't be here, please e-mail me.

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Amateur Radio - General Interest --- Magazines, News Services, Online Resources

• Welcome to Amateur Radio -- very informative introduction to Ham Radio from the ARRL
• Federal Communications Commission
  • Amateur Radio Service
• APRS
  • Southern California Live APRS Map (this site requires Java)
• IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project) -- linking Amateur Radio together via the Internet
  • IRLP Node Status Page (sorted by state/province)
  • View a map showing locations of IRLP Nodes in North America
  • View a map showing locations of IRLP Nodes in Australia
  • View a map showing locations of IRLP Nodes in the UK
• G3ZHI's Internet Linking Website
• Online Resources
  • Amateur Radio WWW Links --- Massive, Huge, Giant list of Ham Radio and related Links
  • eHam.net - Amateur Radio on the Internet
  • K1DWU.net
    • Links page --- This has got to be the largest collection of Ham Radio and Scanner links around!
  • RFSearch.com --- Amateur, Scanner, Commercial radio search site
  • VHFOnline
  • Western Amateur Linking Association (WALA)
    • Links of Interest --- Tons of cool links to other linked repeater systems, and other cool stuff.
  • WB6UVB Amateur Radio Web Page --- Tons of Cool Links on this page!
  • WM7D.net
  • Webrings --- for webrings that I belong to, see Index Page
    • RingSurf
    • Yahoo WebRing
      • Southern California Scanner and Ham Radio Webring
• Publications / Magazines / News services
  • 73 Magazine
    • Ham-to-Ham Column
  • Amateur Radio NewsLine
  • ARRL Letter
  • CQ Magazine
  • WorldRadio Magazine
  • Sign up for Mailing Lists / E-Mail Reflectors at
    • Yahoo Groups
    • QTH.net
• Events
  • ARRL Southwest Division Convention
    • 2002 - Escondido, CA --- August
  • Baker-to-Vegas Annual Law Enforcement Challenge Cup Relay Race
    • Costa Mesa PD, 1999
• United States Early Radio History --- Very interesting! Broadcast, Amateur, and more are discussed here.
• Southern California
  • site coverage maps of several Southern California repeater sites are available on the KE6TZF site
  • Band Plans and Frequency Coordinators
    • Two-Meter Area Spectrum Management Association
    • 220 Spectrum Management Association
    • Southern California Repeater and Remote Base Association
  • IE-Scanner.org, the Inland Empire's Scanner & Ham Radio Discussion Board
  • Southern California Repeater Lists (sponsored by the JPL Radio Club)
  • Southern California Live APRS Map (this site requires Java)
  • Southern California Ham Radio -- Yahoo Club
• Central and Northern California and other areas
  • Northern California Scanning & Ham Radio -- Excellent scanning tips, and more!

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Amateur Radio - Callsign Databases --- these are just a few of the ones I use

• Buckmaster Callsign Server
• QRZ
  • Quick callsign lookup: (courtesy of QRZ.com)
• WM7D.Net

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Amateur Radio - Clubs and Organizations and Repeater Systems

• Inland Empire Council of Amateur Radio Organizations
  • Hemet: Lee DeForest Amateur Radio Club
  • Moreno Valley: Moreno Valley Amateur Radio Association
  • Riverside: Riverside County Amateur Radio Association
• Regional systems
  • KE6TZF Repeater System (Sunset Ridge Repeater Group)
• Regional/Statewide Systems
  • Condor Connection -- Statewide 220 linked repeater system
    • Santiago Peak: 224.820
  • Edison Amateur Radio Network -- Non-Members are welcome
    • Santiago Peak: 224.760

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Amateur Radio - Emergency and Public Service Communications - ARES / RACES & others

• ARES National Web Site
• National RACES Home Page
• California State RACES
  • Riverside County RACES
  • San Bernardino County RACES
  • Los Angeles County Disaster Communications Service
  • Orange County RACES
  • San Diego County RACES
• State of California Auxiliary Communications Service
  • Southern Region
    • Links page --- Great links on this page!
• SkyWarn Weather Spotter Network
  • NWS Spotter Guide
  • NWS San Diego Office SkyWarn (western Riverside and southwestern San Bernardino Counties)

• Private-Sector sites

• American Red Cross
• SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network)
  • SATERN of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties

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Amateur Radio - Licensing, Testing

• ARRL VEC
• Gordon West Radio School
• HamTest.com
• W5YI VEC

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Amateur Radio - National Organizations

• American Radio Relay League
  • ARRL Southwest Division
    • Orange Section, which includes Riverside and San Bernardino counties
• W5YI Group

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Amateur Radio - Personal Web Pages of Friends of KE6ALV

• AC6XK, Lorraine
• K6HEY, Heather
• K6JXY, Paul
• KD6CAE, Monty
• KE6AAP, Lee
• KO6UX, Ken
• KQ6UP, Chris
• KF6YPQ, Aaron
• N6AAB (formerly KG6EPV), Bob
• N7BLM (formerly KD6WKP), Joe
• WA6RQD, Ed
• W6SEV, Scott

Amateur Radio -- Inland Empire Related Sites

• Inland Empire Amateur Radio -- Yahoo! Clubs
• IE-Scanner.org, the Inland Empire's Scanner & Ham Radio Discussion Board
• Open Directory - Recreation Amateur Radio Scanners Regional

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Computers and Internet

• Computers
  • PC
    • The PC Guide!
    • PC Mechanic
    • Windows
      • Microsoft
        • Windows
          • Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Internet
  • Directories / Search Engines
    • @ (At) LA - the guide to Greater Los Angeles and Southern California
    • AltaVista
    • RedESearch -- search multiple search engines at once
    • Switchboard Directory service
    • Yahoo --- My personal favorite.
  • Resources
    • Messaging Services
      • AOL Instant Messenger
      • ICQ --- Messaging, Chat, Communities, and more.
      • MSN Messenger
      • Odigo --- incorporates AIM, ICQ, Yahoo
      • Yahoo Messenger
    • eMail
      • MailWasher
    • Shields UP! -- Internet Connection Security Analysis

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Earthquakes

• Recent Earthquakes
  • in the Inland Empire = centered on 117 degrees West by 34 degrees North
  • in the Greater Los Angeles area
  • in California
• National Earthquake Information Center
• Southern California Earthquake Center
• TriNet --- USGS, CalTech, CA Division of Mines and Geology
• USGS Pasadena
• Special Report
  • Hector Mine Earthquake of October 16, 1999 (Mohave Desert, CA)

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Emergency Services, Disaster Relief, Disaster/Emergency Response News

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Region 9 (includes California)
• State of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
  • Emergency Digital Information System
    • Receive EDIS messages via email (private-sector service)
  • State of California Office of Emergency Services FIRESCOPE program
• Riverside County Fire Department Emergency Services Division
• San Bernardino County Fire Department Office of Emergency Services

• Private-Sector sites

• American Red Cross
• Disaster Center
  • California Disaster Center
• Disaster Message Service --- Disaster and Disaster-Relief Message Boards
• DisasterRelief.org
  • Links page -- excellent collection of disaster and disaster relief links
• Emergency.com --- Disaster and Crisis News, Resources, and Analysis
• Relief Web
  • Emergency Telecommunications
• Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit

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Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services

• National Fire Protection Association
• United States Fire Administration
• National Interagency Fire Center (BIA, BLM, FWS, NPS, NWS, USFS)
  • National Fire News
  • National Incident Management Status Report (PDF file) --- Great information on brush fires
  • Southern California Region
    • Southern California area Situation Report
• US Forest Service Fire and Aviation
  • Riverside Fire Laboratory
• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
  • CDF Major Incidents
  • Riverside Ranger Unit (Riverside County Fire Department)
  • San Bernardino Ranger Unit --- currently does not have their own web site
• State of California Office of Emergency Services FIRESCOPE program
• Riverside County Fire Department --- Great site! One of my favorites!
• San Bernardino County Fire Department
• Special Report
  • Willow Fire (August 1999) --- largest brush fire in the Inland Empire since 1920

• Private-Sector sites

• 911 Magazine
• FireHouse Magazine ---Excellent site! Latest worldwide fire info and stories, live scanners. Great links!
• FireWise.org --- Information and Resources on protecting your home from wildfire.
• IncidentPage Network --- Get notified by pager or e-mail when events break!
• WildFire News.com ---Great site! Excellent Links!

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Government

• FirstGov.com --- Links to Federal Agencies
• Federal Government
  • March Air Reserve Base
    • 163rd Air Refueling Wing
    • 452nd Air Mobility Wing
    • March Field Museum
  • US Forest Service
    • Cleveland National Forest
    • San Bernardino National Forest
  • U.S. Coast Guard Eleventh District
• California, State of
• Southern California Associated Governments (SCAG)
• Riverside, County of
  • Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG)
• San Bernardino, County of
  • San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG)

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Law Enforcement

• California Highway Patrol
  • Traffic Information System ---View CHP Dispatch information in real-time!
    • Inland Empire area and San Berdo. Mtns.= Click on "San Bernardino" dispatch
    • Beaumont and Hemet areas, San Jacinto Mtns. = Click on "Indio" dispatch
    • Lake Elsinore, Temecula areas = Click on "San Diego" dispatch
  • Inland Empire CHP/CALTRANS Road Information
• Riverside County Sheriff
• San Bernardino County Sheriff

• Private-Sector sites

• 911 Magazine
• CrimeReports.com
• Dumb Criminal Stories -- there are a lot of them out there! :)
  • Official Darwin Awards
• IncidentPage Network --- Get notified by pager or e-mail when events break!
• LAPD Communications Division History page
  • includes a very chilling recording of the 1997 North Hollywood Bank Shootout
• 1997 North Hollywood Bank Shootout story from 911 Magazine
• PursuitWatch -- Pursuit News and Pager notification of Pursuits in progress.

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Maps and Local Information and News Media

• Local Resources
  • Explore and learn about the Inland Empire
  • Inland Empire Online
  • Local City Guide - Los Angeles (by MapQuest / Digital Cities)
  • Yahoo! LA Metro
• Maps
  • Eagle Geocoder - Address Lookup
  • How far is it - Calculate Distance or location
  • MapQuest
  • Thomas Bros. Maps
  • TopoZone - The Web's Topographic Map
• Newspapers
  • Desert Sun (Palm Springs & the Coachella Valley)
  • Inland Empire Business Journal
  • Riverside Press-Enterprise
  • San Bernardino County Sun
• Television Stations in Southern California (not all stations listed)
  • Channel 2 - KCBS (CBS)
  • Channel 3 - KESQ - Palm Springs (ABC)
  • Channel 4 - KNBC (NBC)
  • Channel 5 - KTLA (WB)
  • Channel 6 - KMIR - Palm Springs (NBC)
  • Channel 7 - KABC (ABC)
  • Channel 8 - KFMB - San Diego (CBS)
  • Channel 9 - KCAL (Independent)
  • Channel 10 - KGTV - San Diego (ABC)
  • Channel 11 - KTTV (FOX)
  • Channel 12
  • Channel 13 - KCOP (UPN)
  • Channel 24 - KVCR - San Bernardino (PBS)
  • Channel 28 - KCET (PBS)
  • Channel 39 - KNSD - San Diego (NBC)

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REACT / CB / GMRS

• CB / REACT
  • REACT International --- Provides Emergency and Traveler's Assistance through monitoring of CB Channel 9 and GMRS
  • www.r-e-a-c-t.org 
  • Southern California REACT Council
  • Other areas:
    • Montgomery County, Maryland REACT team
• GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service
  • Southern California GMRS Repeater Users Group
  • www.g-m-r-s.org 
  • Related:
    • L.A. Traffic Watch

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Scanners

• Link Resources / Webrings
  • K1DWU.net Links --- This has got to be the largest collection of Ham Radio and Scanner links around!
  • KB4UCE Eddie's Frequency Page --- Huge list of Scanner site links!
  • RFSearch.com --- Amateur, Scanner, and Commercial radio search site
  • Webrings --- for webrings that I belong to, see Index Page
    • RingSurf
    • Southern California Scanner and Ham Radio Webring
• Live Streaming Audio
  • Inland Empire fire agencies
    (Riverside County Fire, BLM, San Bernardino Natl. Forest, Cleveland Natl. Forest, others)
• Publications / Magazines
  • Artsci Publications
  • Monitoring Times Magazine
  • Police Call Frequency Guides --- Excellent Books available from dealers
  • Popular Communications Magazine
  • US Scanner Magazine
  • Sign up for Mailing Lists / E-Mail Reflectors at
    • Yahoo Groups
    • QTH.net
• Resources
  • 911Scanner Frequency Guide
  • AirNav --- Airport Information and Frequencies --- Really Cool!
  • CityFreq --- Frequency listing (by frequency) of all areas on the US! Awesome site!
    • California listings
  • Freq of Nature --- excellent site with lots of great links.
  • IncidentPage Network --- Get notified by pager or e-mail when events break!
    • CALifornia Chapter
  • National Incident Notification Network --- Get notified by pager or e-mail when events break!
  • North American Monitoring Association
    • California Chapter
  • Open Directory - Recreation Amateur Radio Scanners Regional
  • PoliceScanner.com --- Listen Live to several agencies, including LAPD, NYPD, Dallas PD, and more!
  • Police and Scanning Info --- Great site with frequencies for all 50 sates, and audio, search engine, more
  • PursuitWatch -- Pursuit News and Pager notification of Pursuits in progress.
  • Railroad Radio --- Railroad Frequencies.
  • Scanner Emporium
  • Scanner Master
  • ScannerNet --- Scanner Frequencies and more.
  • Scanner Ware --- Scanner Frequencies and more, great selection of links!
  • ScannerWay --- Scanner Frequencies and more.
  • Strong Signals --- Excellent site featuring Scanner information and links; Message Boards
  • Stupid Scanner Tricks - The Radio Portal --- Scanner Frequencies and more.
  • Trunked System Tracking --- Trunked system talkgroups and frequencies
    • Bearcat Fleetcall - California listings
    • Trunked Radio.net -- excellent Trunking site
      • California data
    • TrunkTracker.com
      • TrunkTracker.com system data for California
  • United States Early Radio History --- Very interesting! Broadcast, Amateur, and more are discussed here.
  • Zerg's Public Safety site -- Great site! All kinds of great stuff!
    • CA Public Safety
• Southern California
  • CA Public Safety --- Great page!!! All kinds of great stuff!
  • IE-Scanner.org, the Inland Empire's Scanner & Ham Radio Discussion Board
  • Southern California Monitoring Association
  • SoCal Scanner Guide -- Yet another great SoCal scanning site!
  • LAPD Communications Division History page
    • includes a very chilling recording of the 1997 North Hollywood Bank Shootout
• Central and Northern California and other areas
  • California Scanning Message Board
  • California listings from CityFreq
  • CA Public Safety --- Great site! All kinds of great stuff! Check out other areas, too!
  • Central and Northern California Scanner Frequencies -- includes excellent statewide freqs., too
  • CenCalScan
  • Northern California Scanning & Ham Radio -- Excellent scanning tips, and more!

  Scanners - Inland Empire Related Sites

• Inland Empire Scanning -- Yahoo Club created by the author / webmaster
• Inland Empire Radio Systems --- Great information on trunked systems, and more!
• Open Directory - Recreation Amateur Radio Scanners Regional

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Shortwave

• SWL.net --- Various web sites and resources are located on this site.
• Utility World --- Tons of links and resources on Shortwave Utility Monitoring.

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Transportation

• California Department of Transportation (CalTrans)
  • District 8 --- Riverside and San Bernardino counties
  • Inland Empire CHP/CALTRANS Road Information
• U.S. Coast Guard Eleventh District
• Riverside County
  • Riverside County Transportation Commission
  • Riverside Transit Agency
• San Bernardino County
  • OmniTrans
• Southern California
  • L.A. Traffic Watch
  • Metrolink
  • Transit Route Planner

• Private-Sector sites

• AirNav --- Airport Information and Frequencies --- Really Cool!
• Railroad Radio --- Railroad Frequencies
• RailFan --- Railroad Information
• The TrainBrain --- Cool graphical display of Metrolink, Amtrak, and more! (this site requires Java)
• Trip.com --- Includes Real-Time Commercial Flight Tracking

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Weather

• National Weather Service
  • National Interactive Weather Information Network
    • California Watches and Warnings
  • Western Region Interactive Forecast Map (this page requires Java --- Non-Java version available)
  • San Diego Forecast Office (this page requires Java--- Non-Java version available)
    this office serves western Riverside, southwestern San Bernardino, and all of Orange and San Diego counties
    • Inland Empire Weather Observations and Forecasts
    • Inland Empire Hourly Precipitation Summary
    • Southern California Regional Weather Radar (courtesy of IntelliCast)
    • Southern California Regional Weather Storm Watch (courtesy of IntelliCast)
    • Southern California Regional Weather Watches and Warnings (courtesy of IntelliCast)
    • NWS San Diego Office SkyWarn

• Private-Sector sites

• AccuWeather
• IntelliCast --- Doppler Radar Images and more
  • see above category
• WeatherBase --- Weather Data and Records
• Weather Channel
• Weather Underground
• Wild Weather
• Yahoo Weather
  • --- the Yahoo Weather Storm Center is an excellent source on severe weather worldwide.

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Links Page Disclaimer:

(these sites are listed as a service to visitors to my site, not necessarily an endorsement of their products or services)

The author / webmaster is not responsible for the content of any site linked to from this page.

 I have personally checked all of these links, but if there are any dead links, or any that you would like to see added,
or any that shouldn't be here, please e-mail me.

Amateur Radio

• General Interest --- Magazines, News Services, Online Resources, and more!
• Callsign Databases
• Clubs and Organizations and Repeater Systems
• Emergency and Public Service Communications --- ARES, RACES, SKYWARN and others
• Licensing and Testing
• National Organizations
• Personal Web Pages
• Related Sites serving the Inland Empire of Southern California

Computers and Internet
Earthquakes
Emergency Services, Disaster Relief, Disaster/Emergency Response News
Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services
Government
GMRS / REACT / CB
Law Enforcement
Maps and Local Information
News Media
Scanners

• Trunked System Tracking
• Related Sites serving the Inland Empire of Southern California
• Inland Empire Scanning -- Yahoo Club created by the author / webmaster

Transportation
Weather

Disclaimer:
(by visiting any of the pages on my site, you are acknowledging that you have read and will abide by the following:)

The author assumes no responsibility in regards to the frequencies or other information published on this site. Use of this information is at the reader's own risk. Illegal use of this information is prohibited. Please don't give anyone the excuse to look unfavorably upon scanner users or Amateur Radio operators by using these frequencies for any other purpose than your own personal enjoyment. The information presented on this site has been gathered by the author and is correct to the author's best knowledge. Data presented on these pages may differ from official records and information.

If any official representative of any organization whose frequencies and data are listed on this site feels that such information should not be featured on this site is asked to contact the author immediately for the information to be removed. The same statement applies to the owner of any graphic, image, or link that is featured on this site.

The author is not responsible for the content of any external link that is linked to from this site.

All pages and the data contained herein are copyright 1999-2003 by Michael J. Levy, KE6ALV.

For more information, or suggestions on how to improve this site,
or to submit additional frequencies or information, please e-mail the webmaster.