LINKS

This page is a listing of outside links that you may find helpful or interesting. They are in no particular order and I will just add more as I see fit. These are sites that I have visited myself and felt had some value that is applicable here. Some might have links back to here, some do not. Some are places I have visited only once and others are pages I regularly check. If you find that a link is not functional or that the site no longer matches the description, please let me know so that I may make revisions to this page. And, of course, if you visit one of them tell them you learned of them here and suggest they link back to this site as well. Thanks, enjoy, and come back soon!

Amateur Radio, Electronics, and related.

ARRL, American Radio Relay League homepage. http://www.arrl.org/

Anchorage, AK Amateur Radio Club http://kl7aa.net/

Fairbanks, AK Amateur Radio Club http://www.kl7kc.com/

Fair Radio Sales in Lima, OH (been around since 1947, good source of surplus parts and gear) https://fairradio.com/

Space Weather (you will also see this further down under photography since it has relevance for aurora shooters too) http://www.hamqsl.com/solar3.html

Neon Signs and art, museums, glassblowing, supplies, etc.

MONA The Museum of Neon Art http://www.neonmona.org/

American Sign Museum https://www.americansignmuseum.org/

ASGS American Scientific Glassblowers Society http://asgs-glass.org/mo/index.php/homepage

Wale Apparatus https://www.waleapparatus.com/

Voltarc neon color chart http://www.light-sources.com/solutions/sign-lamps/products/neon-sign-lighting-products/neon-color-chart/

EGL neon color chart https://www.egl-lighting.com/chart1/

FMS Brillite http://www.brillite.com/

Tech 22 (the very best small electronic neon transformers you can get) http://www.t2-neonpower.com/

SVP http://www.svpneon.com/

WCCD http://prosites-llcwccd.homestead.com/

Antique Automobiles

Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska (one of the best collections of vintage automobiles anywhere….a friend helped set up their restoration shop…..these cars don’t just sit, either, they actually get driven!) http://www.fountainheadmuseum.com/

National DeSoto Club http://www.desoto.org/

Parts for vintage Volvos, owner of business is retiring so if you might need something from here you should get it quick (luckily Volvos are not only reliable but have lots of interchangeability across many years so they are easy to keep running.) http://www.swedishtreasures.com/

Buick Valve in Head 8 information http://www.buickheritagealliance.org/index.php/restoration/engines/straight_8

Willys-Overland Jeep parts https://www.kaiserwillys.com/?_vsrefdom=adwords&gclid=COrM67Hl3tMCFQZufgodnrMJNw

Antique Engines and Tractors, including aircraft

Hit and Miss Enterprises http://www.hitnmiss.com/

Smokstak forums for engine and tractor folks https://www.smokstak.com/

Aircraft Engine Historical Society http://www.enginehistory.org/

Books, Blogs, etc

Out of Anchorage (my wife’s blog page) http://www.outofanchorage.com

Abe Books. Before you drop big bucks on an out of print copy of something, check here…you might be pleasantly surprised. http://www.abebooks.com

For fans of Nero Wolfe (and if you aren’t, you should be) http://www.nerowolfe.org/

Theodore Gray http://home.theodoregray.com/

Photography and Camera Gear