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Get a Charge Out of This Book

Mar 6, 2010 4:29am

Sorry, I haven’t been blogging much lately. I’ve been very busy with work. At any rate here’s a press release that I received yesterday: PRAISE FOR THE BATTERY “An irresistibly entertaining history of electricity from the point of view of the humble battery…high-quality popular-science writing.”—Kirkus “Henry Schlesinger’s fascinating and superbly researched history of...

CW Ops Wanted

Feb 26, 2010 4:39pm

Jim, K8ELR, forwarded this to me this afternoon: KURDISTAN DXPEDITION NEEDS MORSE OPS Paul Ewing, N6PSE, says that he has several open positions for CW operators on the DXpedition team headed to Kurdistan in April. Ewing says that costs for this DXpedition are quite reasonable and they will be operating from a...

A VOIP Contest??

Feb 25, 2010 2:12pm

In my e-mail just now, I got the following: Hi , Daniel My name is Rick, and my call sign is XXXX. I’ve been a contester since 2004 when I became a ham, and I love it! I wanted you to see this information from a friend of mine, Trippy, about a...

Calling All Rookies – Get on the Air for the Rookie Roundup

Feb 20, 2010 6:03pm

From the 2/18/10 ARRL Letter: The ARRL Rookie Roundup is designed to help newly licensed amateurs build their operating skills on HF. It is a contest specifically for those new to Amateur Radio, similar to the ARRL Novice Roundup that ran from 1952 until 1995. The Rookie Roundup brings the fun...

SSTV Live

Feb 20, 2010 7:32am

Jim, K8ELR, has really gotten into operating the digital modes down at the museum. So, I was interested to see a notice on the HamRadioHelpGroup mailing list that the KB7TBT SSTV Web Page was back online. On this page, James, KB7TBT displays a number of live feeds. Don, KB9UMT, the...

Operating Notes – 2/17/10

Feb 17, 2010 5:34pm

Some random notes about operations here at KB6NU and WA2HOM over the past couple of weeks: Novices! In the past two weeks, I’ve worked two Novices. Both were a little shakey, but I’m glad to see them still getting on the air. I guess I fell into the trap that anyone...

The Transistor Museum Dedicated to Preserving the History of Semiconductors

Feb 17, 2010 4:44pm

The Transistor Museum’s tagline is “Dedicated to Preserving the History of the Greatest Invention of the 20th Century,” and it does a pretty good job of it. On this website you’ll find articles on: The First Germanium Hobbyist Transistors Early Transistors at Motorola The First Transistor in Space Norman Krim, the Father of the...

Who Said Teens Aren’t Into Ham Radio

Feb 17, 2010 3:46pm

Who says teenagers aren’t into ham radio? Check out TeenRadioJourney.Com. Written and produced by Paul, KC9QYB, this website contains both blog posts and podcasts for teenaged ham radio ops (as well as us OFs as well.) The latest version, episode 14, talks about three aspects of Elmering, including: promoting the hobby, Elmering, and study...

University of Miami’s Ham Radio Station Helping Haiti

Feb 17, 2010 3:34pm

Here’s a story that appeared on the University of Miami’s website a couple of days ago: Like so many post-quake emergencies, this one was urgent. Doctors at the University of Miami’s hospital in Haiti knew a 13-year-old survivor of the January 12 cataclysm would not live without surgery. But they were...

FDIM a Fantastic Event!

Feb 16, 2010 6:05am

In conjunction with the Dayton Hamvention, the QRP Amateur Radio Club (QRP-ARCI) hosts what they call Four Days in May (FDIM). The highlight of FDIM is the seminar on Thursday, the day before the Hamvention starts. I’ve attended twice, and will most likely be attending this year. The seminar...