Here is some information that should be in your personal notebook – where to find and get stuff you need.

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Contacting the FAA

The number to call for reporting tower beacon and side-light outages: 1-877-487-6867

(Be sure to get the NOTAM number and call and report when the lights are restored!)

Want to check to make sure your NOTAM got into the system? Check out: https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/

Additional FAA Resource Materials:

Links to online filing “Obstruction Evaluation” requests are on this page

The current FAA Antenna Circular (7460-1K) on obstruction marking and lighting requirements is located here. (about 3 MB)

The current Part 77 Rules are located here.

Standard/Metric Conversions:

• Conversion tables and more.
• Broadcast-centric calculators and conversion

Parts identification

• Resistor Color Codes

Difficult Items to Find

• Hard To Find Transmitters and Parts
• Unobtainium

Historical Resources

• www.oldradio.com
• American Radio History a huge repository of original publications.

Rules and Regulations

• www.Hallikainen.com

Replacement Crystals for Legacy Gear:

• Finding crystals for rpu/stl/modmonitors
• Frequency Management International
• A list from WB2VUO

Replacement fans for satellite receivers:

• Unity 4000 Fan Digi-Key P/N 603-1011-ND

Hardware Pinouts, cable and connector layouts, etc.

• pinouts.ru

Finding open frequencies for wireless microphones

• A utility from Sennheiser