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Quick Links

Informational Cross-band repeaters Setting up a non-profit club Weather Prep Morse code / CW History Outdated educational In the news Other (trivia)

Informational

Ham trivia (by Noji)
Why Baofeng-haters dislike Baofeng HTs on YouTube™ (11:12)

Cross-band repeaters

About cross-band repeaters (by Noji)
How to set up Baofengs as a cross-band repeater (by Miklor)
Utah cross-band repeater policy (by the Utah VHF Society)

Setting up a non-profit (amateur radio) club

Creating an amateur radio club (must submit a 605-C form)
Creating a Utah nonprofit corporation
Utah Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation (fillable PDF and instructions)
Apply for an EIN
Applying for 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status (main IRS website starting point)
UVARC used IRS form 1023-EZ and declared itself as an NTEE N50 (scientific and educational) organization to apply
501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status Responsibilities (PDF: classifications, documents, filing, etc., must read)
How to receipt a cash or in-kind donation
Sample cash donation receipt
Sample in-kind donation receipt

Charitable solicitations

Rules for becoming a Utah charity (must register if you want to ask people for money)
Utah Charitable Organization Registration (application or renewal)
Colorado Charitable Organization Permit (renewal due May 15 annually)

When filing the taxes

Fill out a Utah Statement of Functional Expenses
Note: the State of Utah does not require annual filings by non-profit corporations


If your income was less than $50,000

Fill out a Form 990-N and Requirements for using Form 990-N

If your income was $50,000 or more

Fill out a Form 990-EZ [PDF] and Instructions for Form 990-EZ [PDF]
Download the blank form, then fill it out locally
Fill out a Schedule A for Form 990-EZ [PDF] and Instructions for Schedule A [PDF]
Download the blank form, then fill it out locally (Parts I and III)
Your org is a 509(a)(2) if the IRS states it on your acceptance letter
Fill out a Schedule O for Form 990-EZ [PDF] (instructions on the last page)

Weather

Utah VORTEX / Doppler
Utah weather alerts
Lightning Maps
Real-time conditions on Lake Mountain by mesh

Prep

EMP
World Gone Silent

Morse code

No longer required for amateur radio exams, but good to know, and necessary for CW transmissions Learn Morse Code Online (LCWO) Morse Code IO (fun way to learn code)
CW for the beginning ham (YouTube™ 10:22) Old military training video (YouTube™ 18:34) Your Novice Accent - And What To Do About It (with footnotes by Gordon Smith, K7HFV) See the original text (by Keith Williams, W6DTY, SK, in QST, Nov 1956) Good CW practice (Calling CQ by John Shannon, K3WWP) 20 WPM common words (YouTube™ 6:52)

History

History of ham radio (Wiki) History of ham radio (ARRL)

Ham radio in the news

Ham Radio Operators Help Out in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria (CNN, 09-27-2017)

Outdated but educational

Vacuum tubes

How vacuum tubes work (by Noji) About vacuum tubes (vacuum tubes 101) More about vacuum tubes (1998 article) The Edison Effect (fundamental principle behind the vacuum tube)

Smith chart

The Smith Chart explained (YouTube™ 11:29) Calculating the load impedance (YouTube™ 5:00) Calculating the SWR (YouTube™ 3:21) Smith Chart Basics series Part 1 : Plotting the impedance (YouTube™ 7:35) Part 2 : Finding the SWR (YouTube™ 6:41)

Other

Radio

Ham Trivia DXZone DX News (which DXpedition will be active where, etc.) Ham Universe eHam.net (many reviews are posted here) IRLP Nodes EchoLink Nodes APRS (Utah County) W1AW Operating Schedule Ham Radio Nation A copy of Noji's member certificate Morse Code Abbreviations (and on Wiki) HFLink.com and HFLink.net (HF EmComm / ALE) TechWholesale Guide to Ham Radio TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) DMR Utah

Personal pages

AC6V Website (called the Mother of all Ham Radio Links) K3LP Website (another Mother of all Ham Radio Links, especially for DXpeditions) AE7Q Website (query tools) K0BG Website (another site with a wealth of info) K7UA Website (DXing and contesting) W3BE BE Informed Website (another site with a wealth of info) Dave Casler (another site with a wealth of info for the new ham) Jay's Ham Radio Links Clint's Pages (KA7OEI) John Jacobs, W7DBO Jeff's Repeater Maps (Utah Ham Radio Repeaters by N1SC) Jake Estepp, KD7VEA Ham Radio Maps, EI8IC (collection of maps for CQ zones, ITU Zones, ITU Regions, ARRL Sections, etc.) Rick Westerman, NJØIP / DJØIP OH8STN