Somehow, always found myself here and there on different Ham Radio BBSs, where interesting Ham Radio stuff abounded. The whole Ham Radio thing passed me completely, so I don't really have any insightful information on this community, other than that Ham Radio BBSes were everywhere, and that most of the files in this directory are either Frequency Lists or instructions on how to modify every radio under the sun to pick up cellular phone frequencies.
A quick note on that, which I do know. The government decided to outlaw the ability of ham radios to listen to the 800-900Mhz radio band, because this was allocated to Cell Phones. This angered the Ham Radio community so much (after all, the broadcasting was going on all over ANYWAY) that mod files, clipping this wire or taking out this or that chip to fix this "limitation" were ubiquitous. Freedom uber alles.
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200xltrev.ham | 15687 | Uniden/Bearcat 200xlt Scanner Review, by Bob Parnass, AJ9S (July 21, 1988)
| 3rdpartynts.ham | 1491 | Countries with which the United States Shares Third-Party Traffic Agreements (July 1987)
| 42290rtc.ham | 11392 | Chat Regarding improving Scanner Listening (April 22, 1990)
| 800trunk.txt | 14369 | Public Safety Trunking Systems: An Overview by John W. Reed (May 30, 1990)
| adv-pool.ham | 164787 | ASCII Text Version of the Amateur Advanced Class Question Pool
| afonenew.ham | 3137 | Monitoring Air Force One Communications: The End of an Era (August 31, 1990)
| allband.txt | 10594 | Converting to an All-Band Transmit Facility in Emergencies
| alpine.txt | 11302 | Hacking the Alpine 1310 CD Shuttle Control, by Ole Buzzard (November 15, 1993)
| amp_5.txt | 5848 | Schematics for a 25-200MHz / 8-45W Amplifier
| amtrakdoc.ham | 2048 | Amtrak police Codes
| anarc.ham | 3967 | Association of North American Radio Clubs (ANARC) List (July 5, 1989)
| anarc10.ham | 3203 | The Lists of Broadcasts of the Voice of the Flemish Community in Belgium
| anarc11.ham | 1658 | Addresses of FCC-Licensed International Broadcasting Stations (December 4, 198)
| anarc12.ham | 17242 | What is Shortwave Radio?
| anarc13.ham | 18357 | Information About the Association of Clandestine Enthusiasts
| anarc3.ham | 11017 | Christian Science Monitor Schedule (September 24, 1990)
| anarc5.ham | 13953 | Voice of American Transmission Schedule, September 30, 1990-March 30, 1991
| anarc6.ham | 1700 | Radio Canada International English Language Schedule (March 25-September 29, 199)
| anarc7.ham | 24149 | BBC World Service Schedule
| anarc8.ham | 6677 | Radio Sweden Listing for September 30, 1990 to March 30, 1991
| antenna1scn.ham | 3584 | Setting Up a Scanner's Radio
| antennas.9x | 8390 | 9X: The Pirate Radio Survival Guide by Nemesis and Captain Eddy
| aor3000.ham | 7441 | First Impressions on the Lastest Scanner by Authority on Radio: The AOR AR 3000 (July 24, 1990)
| aortest.ham | 23060 | The Authority on Radio AOR3000 Scanner by Nigel ballard (September 10, 1990)
| aosc_fbi.ham | 32267 | System Profile of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
| aosc_fbi.txt | 32267 | A Profile on the Federal Bureau of Investigation by the All Ohio Scanner Club
| ar.ham | 7408 | The AR-1000 Reset Prcedure
| ar1000rvw.ham | 7186 | Review of the AOR AR1000
| arizon.txt | 7387 | Information on owning a Low power Micro Radio Station by KAPW
| arrlvett.ham | 7763 | Amateur Radio Examination Opportunities (August 9, 1991)
| avoiding.9x | 8756 | 9X: Avoiding Responsibility for Pirate Radio, by Nemesis and Captain Eddy
| awacs.ham | 617 | Information on AWACS Aircraft
| band.lst | 7084 | High Frequency Band List
| band.txt | 7084 | A High Frequency Guide: The Complete HF Band
| bartg015.txt | 4977 | The British Amateur Radio Teledata Group News Broadcast Service Bulletin #15 (March, 1994)
| bbslist.txt | 64224 | The History of the SetHack BBS by Dave (December 13, 1996)
| bfd.ham | 5114 | Boston Fire Department Incident Type Codes (Basic 901 Coes)
| bfd10.ham | 2046 | Boston Fire Department Special Signals
| bfdunits.ham | 8746 | City of Boston Fire Department Radio System Mobile Unit Call Signs
| biddoc.ham | 4757 | Bulletin Identifiers: A List and Explanation
| blackboo.txt | 91326 | A Pirate and Clandestine Radio Listeners Little Black Book by No One (December 27, 1984)
| brevity.ham | 3425 | Official Brevity Codes Used in the U.K. by Nigel Ballard
| brinks.txt | 1060 | Looking for Rent-A-Cop Frequencies
| bugdetec.txt | 2961 | Bug Detection on Home Phones
| bugging.fre | 3456 | The Bugging Frequencies Used in Las Vegas
| bugging.txt | 7805 | Bugs on a Budget: Inexpensive Surveillance by Data Line (August, 1985)
| bugs.txt | 2461 | Bugs And How to Tap Someone's Room by Fireball
| caducus.txt | 7272 | Plans and Documentation for Crating an omnidirectional Scalar Wave Reciever and Transmitter (April 1, 1987)
| canada.txt | 2703 | New Canadian Low Power Licensing Policy
| carradio.ham | 5726 | How To Hook Up an old Car Radio
| cartrekdoc.ham | 7893 | The Bug Detector! By Ford Prefect
| caught.txt | 22662 | Guide to Hassle-Free Operation of A Pirate Radio Station
| cbbook.txt | 35454 | Crobbfile's CB Radio Reference Guide (Large)
| cell-10.txt | 2975 | A Few Common Scanner Modifications
| cell-11.txt | 5718 | The 40-50mhz Cellular Scanner
| cellroam.txt | 16081 | Cellular Roaming: The New Deals by Karen Kleiner
| chips.ham | 7262 | Scanning the CHiPs: Here's the Update on the California Highway Patrol, by Rick Maslau (September 1990)
| clarifir.ham | 1071 | The HCS Clarifier Update
| clark.ham | 9216 | The Clarke Belt: An overview of Satellites
| codes.txt | 9008 | Collection of Police Codes Used in Radio
| consumer.ham | 4864 | Some Questions About Owning a Satellite Dish, Answered
| convert.txt | 4246 | Plans For Building a Shortwave Converter
| copcode.txt | 16307 | Police Radio Codes, by Combat Arms (November 26, 1988)
| copcodes.txt | 9452 | Police Call Radio Guide by Hollins Radio Data
| cordless.txt | 2804 | A True Story Of How Cordless Phone Users are Ignorant
| cordlsph.txt | 4024 | Creating a Cordless Phone Antenna, by Adam Gott (August 3, 1989)
| cordmod.txt | 4451 | Cordless Modifications by Bob Kay of Monitoring Times (September 1990)
| cordpriv.txt | 25582 | Cordless Telephones: Bye Bye Privacy! by Tom Kneitel, K2AES
| covspect.txt | 21065 | The Covert Spectrum (Pirate and Secret Broadcasting) by Jim Hougan
| cpd-ten.ham | 3584 | The Charlotte Police Department Official Ten Signals
| cpra9205.txt | 322173 | The CPRA Advisory Committee Listing (May 1, 1992)
| deliverynts.ham | 7621 | Handling Third Party Traffic: The Oldest Tradition in Amateur Radio (July, 1989)
| designts.ham | 3597 | Designators for Third Party Traffic for Ham Radio Operatiors (June, 1989)
| dishnews.ham | 30639 | DISHCETERA: Volume 2, Issue #10 (August 1, 1990)
| dsquelch.ham | 15681 | New Data and Tone Squelch Circuit for the PRO-2004, PRO-2005 and PRO-2006 (November 23, 1990)
| dxband.ham | 4915 | Tuning in the Overlooked Band (29.70-30.00mhz) (July 1989)
| eavesdropping.txt | 10047 | Electronic Eavesdropper by Circle Lord
| ecpa_86doc.ham | 134400 | Notes from Eric Poole, Sysop of the Leo Technology BBS, on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (October 7, 1988)
| edjpole.txt | 4821 | A Copper Tube J-Pole by Ed Humphries (1994)
| epa86.txt | 132576 | The Electronics Privacy Act of 1986
| eurpro34.ham | 4864 | Switchabout Euro Mod for the PRO-34
| exams809.ham | 22409 | Amateur Radio Examination Opportunities
| faqcb1.txt | 28842 | FAQ: Rec.Radio.CB Frequently Asked Questions Part 1 (December 18, 1991)
| fcc_list.txt | |