Radio Amateurs & Astronomy Reflectors

Reflectors are mail servers that you access via your mailing system.
Users post their email to a common address, and the reflector sends it to all subscribers.
This is a very fast and convenient way to get an answer to all your questions.
You can subscribe to only one or to all mailing lists. The subscription is automatic and very simple. It is effective a few min
In most cases, you have to fill in the header of your email with the concerned email address and the body with a sentence

For example : subscribe [listname] [your email adress]

Remove any signature or encryption code that might be attached to your email.

To unsubscribe, follow the indication list at the end of the mail that you will receive from the mail server.
Usually you simply type in the body : unsubscribe
or sometime the complete syntax : unsubscribe [listname] [your email adress]

In the field of amateur radio, most reflectors are managed by amateur associations. See also Yahoo! Groups.
In the field of astronomy, most are managed by scientific magazines and large observatories and institutions (NASA, ESA,
See their respective websites for more information via My 1001 links

Highlighted rows are the most complete or used lists.

Radio Amateurs Reflectors

Subject Reflector email (header)
A.M. UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
AMTOR UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Antenna UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
ATV UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
ATV Houston hats@stevens.com
ATV Mail server listserv@tallahassee.net
Bulletin ARRL w1aw-list-request@arrl.org
Callbook QRZ lookup@qrz.com

Callbook Datasync qsl-info@datasync.com

Constructor Yaesu / Vertex yaesu-REQUEST@contesting.com

Constructor Drake listserv@fablotz.min.net
Contest TGV owner-cq-contest@tgv.com
also mail to:
cq-contest@tgv.com
Digital UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
DX VE7TCP dx-request@ve7tcp.ampr.org
DX UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
DX UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
EME UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Equipment UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Equipment UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Equipment Ham-Tech listserv@netcom.com
Exotic modes UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
FM UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Hamvention Dayton listproc@Lehigh.EDU

HF UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Homebrewing Glowbugs listproc@theporch.com
Homebrewing UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Microwaves UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Mobile UCSD lmr-request@ucsd.edu
Packet radio UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
QRP Lehigh listproc@Lehigh.EDU

QRP KnightLite klnet-request@acpub.duke.edu

RTTY UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Six-meter band (50 MHz) Il.net six-request@Il.NET

Spread spectrum UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu

SSTV UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Technique BitBucket majordomo@primenet.com

Topband (160 m) Contesting topband-request@contesting.com

Tower AKORN towertalk-request@akorn.net

VHF W6YX vhf-request@w6yx.stanford.edu
VHF/UHF UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu
Vintage radio Boatanchor listproc@theporch.com

Vintage radio UCSD listserv@ucsd.edu

Vintage radio Hallicrafters hallicrafters@juno.com
Vintage radio OT Rig listserv@fablotz.min.net

Vintage radio Digex listproc@mlist.access.digex.net

w4atc club NCSU majordomo@csc.ncsu.edu
s & Astronomy Reflectors

and very simple. It is effective a few minutes later.

l address and the body with a sentence constituted of keywords.

from the mail server.

. See also Yahoo! Groups.

ervatories and institutions (NASA, ESA, ESO, etc).

Updated: September 2005

eurs Reflectors
in the body, type only Remark
add ham-am
add ham-amtor
add ham-ant
add ham-tv Fast Scan ATV
subscribe hats Houston ATV
SUBSCRIBE ATV ATV mail server
SUBSCRIBE ARRL bulletin
leave the subject line blanck. Also available on the Internet
In the body, type: lookup (www.qrz.com) or using clusters
[callsign].
Ex: lookup on4sky

leave the subject line blanck. Mostly for DXing

In the body, type: [callsign]
Ex: on4sky

subscribe
subscribe drake
subscribe cq-contest CQ Contest Group

add ham-digital
subscribe
add ham-dx
add ham-dxing
add ham-eme
add ham-mods Modifications to equipment
add ham-equip
subscribe ham-tech
add ham-exotic-modes
add ham-fm FM operations
SUBSCRIBE Dayton-l Don't run all the year. Keep trying to
subscribe regularly until it works…

add ham-hf All HF operations

subscribe glowbugs Homebrew rig with tubes
add ham-homebrew
ADD ham-uwave
SUBSCRIBE Land Mobile Reflector (commercial
add ham-packet 2-way)
SUBSCRIBE qrl-l Once subscribed, post all messages
to: qrp-L@Lehigh.EDU
subscribe
add ham-rtty
subscribe six Once subscribed, post all messages
to: six@Il.NET
add ham-spread
add ham-slowscan
SUBSCRIBE bitbucket Devoted to specialized ham
techniques (RTTY, Packet, Pactor,
GTOR, Clover, ATV, FAX, APT,
DSP, R/C, Telemetry, Balloons,
Rockets, Robotics, Homebrew,
modifications, interfacing, widgets,
etc)

subscribe topband Once subscribed, post all messages

to: topband@contesting.com
subscribe towertalk
SUBSCRIBE VHF VHF weak signal
add ham-vhf-uhf
subscribe boatanchors Fee $12/yr. Free subscription for a
month or two for evaluation.
add ham-boatanchors
subscribe
subscribe otrig Once subscribed, post all messages
to: otrig-l@fablotz.min.net
SUBSCRIBE vss Vintage solid state gear
subscribe w4atc