This area is going to grow substantially over the next few weeks, but here a few tidbits below to get you started.
DXing and propagation
For operators chasing new countries, band slots and distant stations.
- Live DX spots and cluster networks
- DXWatch – a web site intended for amateur radio DX enthusiasts. Their mission is to publish a website which can work as a real DX tool. They try to offer the most advanced webcluster and some dx tools.
- POTACAT – POTACAT is free ham radio software. It puts every POTA, SOTA and DX spot on one screen, tunes your rig with a click, and puts your whole station on your phone.
- Short-path and long-path propagation predictions
- VOACAP: A gold-standard, point-to-point and area-coverage tool based on Voice of America ionospheric models.
- HF DXView: A real-time global map tracking amateur bands from 160m to 6m using live data from WSPR, the Reverse Beacon Network, and DX clusters.
- NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center: Provides live dashboards for solar flux, K-indices, solar wind, and HF radio communications alerts.
Portable and special-interest operating
For members who enjoy getting out of the shack or into space.
- Amateur satellites and amateur radio direction finding
- Orbital Radar -Orbital Radar is a live orbital intelligence platform for exploring the increasingly complex environment around Earth. It tracks active satellites, constellations and space debris across every orbital regime.