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These are links to sites that I've found useful, and to the software mentioned in my pages. I hope you find something to interest you.
BATC - British Amateur Television
Club.
G3PHO - Amateur Radio Microwave Page (nothing to do with cookery!)
Radio Society of Great Britain -
(RSGB,
sometimes irreverently known as the Royal Surrey Gas Board). The body that is considered
to be the official representative of Amateur Radio in the UK. Info on Amateur Radio in
general and how to become a Radio Amateur.
VHF Communications - The English
translation of a German magazine, available only by annual subscription. Excellent designs
for constructing VHF/UHF/SHF equipment.
Pricelessware - A site listing free software
voted as the best by correspondents of the Usenet group alt.comp.freeware
Snapfiles - Used to be known as
Webattack. An excellent source of Shareware and Freeware. They also let you know which
programs are really free or 'Adware'.
Son
of Spy - A large collection of Freeware. Adware programs are listed but not
downloadable from this site.
Bored.com - A site to visit if you have
nothing better to do
BTCV - A conservation charity working to improve the environment and to preserve
indigenous plants and trees. My Son has worked for them in Northern Ireland for a few
years and finds it very rewarding.
Lockergnome - Mailing lists for
computer enthusiasts.
Ordnance Survey - Get a
free map of your area. Enter the postcode, place name or map co-ordinates and download a
local map.
Virtual
Marsden - A personal page written by my Lady friend's Son, showing facts
and images about Marsden in West Yorkshire.
www.brocross.com - David Kitching's interesting Website with a comprehensive history of Coal Mining in Poynton
Ad-Aware - A free program to find
spyware on your system and remove it. A new version, Ad-Aware SE, has just been released
which has enhanced protection and is hardened against being maliciously closed down by
hackers and virus infection. Still free for non-commercial use with Pro (paid-for) version
available.
AntiVir - An excellent free virus protection
program. The virus data is updated very frequently.
AVG Antivirus - Another excellent
antivirus suite. There is a free-for-personal-use version available with frequent virus
data updates. It is necessary to register the software for use but registration is free.
Your e-mail address and location is required for this. Once you have registered, the
download URL is sent to the e-mail address you gave and when the download is complete a
serial number is sent.
Hostess - A database program to
maintain URL and IP address data in your hosts file.
Mailwasher - An excellent mail filtering program
that works with any E-Mail client. Lists email before it's downloaded. Has the ability to
delete unwanted or suspicious E-Mails from the mail server so you never download them to
your PC. Blacklist facility, 'bounce' emails in an attempt to get removed from lists, and
customisable filters. Free or pay-for versions. Well worth a try.
Safety Online - A good web site
dealing with all aspects of online safety. Well worth a visit!
Shields Up - A system to test your personal firewall
software. Scroll down the home page and look under 'Hot Spots'. Steve Gibson's web site is
very interesting and deals with security issues - well worth a good look round. He also
provides some very useful free software.
Spybot - Search and Destroy - Another excellent
program to remove spyware from your system. Award winning software.
Zone Alarm - Another good firewall
that many think is the best. Free for personal use.
Hosts File Data - This is a
direct link to a hosts file that currently contains data for over 19000 banner-serving
sites, all given the IP address 127.0.0.1. The file is in ZIP format and should only take
a few seconds to download, even on a modem. Extract hosts into the appropriate folder on
your computer and speed up your surfing.
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Firefox is an excellent free Java-based web browser. For simple installation get the Installer for Windows. There are versions for most major operating systems. To get full functionality you'll also need to install Sun's Java runtime environment available free from Sun. I've been using this browser for over 3 years now and I am very pleased with it. It's a security solution that will enhance your browsing and avoid the problems caused by the weaknesses of Mr. Gates' web browser! You'll also save quite a bit of disk space, and the built-in popup stopper is brilliant. Another great feature is tabbed browsing - you'll wonder how you ever managed without it. There is also built-in cookie management that works well and is easy to set up. I have no connection with Mozilla nor will I benefit from you using Firefox. |
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