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A Wikipedia for ham radio?

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 08:55 AM PST https://www.kb6nu.com/a-wikipedia-for-ham-radio/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email


I and co-author David Sawicki, WA3DS, just finished the Ham Radio
Reference. The book contains an extensive glossary of amateur radio terms,
as well as some operating aids, Part 97 rules, and technical information.
The book is available in both PDF and Kindle versions.

Yesterday, I sent copies to my colleagues at Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC). Rosy, KJ7RYV, our executive director, wrote back:

Dan, this is great! Thank you.

I wonderwhat if we made a page on our website that was just a set of links
to references like this. It could be helpful, especially for beginners.
What do you think?

We had just created a list of other amateur radio resources for internal
use, and had a similar thought about putting that list online. I replied:

I had a similar thought about creating an online resource after we created
the list of amateur radio resources. Then, it occurred to me that
someone had done this before: AC6V.Com. Unfortunately, as is noted on the website, NOTE: AC6V.com is an archive of Rod/AC6Vs webpages, and is no
longer being updated.” Rod became an SK 5 or 6 years ago, and there are
lots of dead links and outdated information on the site, and there are a
lot of new resources—like this book—that are missing.

Having said that, we could try to set up a “Wikipedia for ham radio.” It would be a lot of work, but if we could recruit a community of editors,
then it might be doable.

So, Im throwing this out there. Do you think its worth creating an
up-to-date AC6V.Com? Would you be willing to help? Should it be a wiki or perhaps some other kind of website? Let me know here in the comments or
email me directly.

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