Archive for month: December, 2011
This Weeks News and Information… AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE(tm) REPORT 1782 Released October 7, 2011 IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW This Weeks Newscast Anchored By Jim Davis, W2JKD IN THIS WEEKS EDITION FCC STUDY ON FUTURE QUICK DEPLOYMENT EMCOMM RELEASED CUT TELECOM CABLE ACTIVATES ARES IN BENTON COUNTY MISSOURI ARRL BRIEFS WHITE HOUSE STAFF ON AMATEUR RADIO’S CAPABILITIES DURING EMERGENCIES NETHERLANDS BECOMES PRO-ACCTIVE TO STOP NON-CERTIFIED TRANSMITTERS FROM ENTERING THAT NATION GREECE’S NATIONAL SOCIETY GETS 5 MHZ PERMIT 000 NAL REDUCED TO 0 FOR NEW ORLEANS AREA CB OPRERATOR CQ ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL PLAQUES FOR CQ DX MARATHON NEWSLINE AT PACIFICON — A HAM RADIO TOWN MEETING And much more…
Some cool Yaesu images:
Macarons, Paul, Yaesu
Image by yuichi.sakuraba
Macarons, Paul, Yaesu
Image by yuichi.sakuraba
Macarons, Paul, Yaesu
Image by yuichi.sakuraba
Scanners (1981) – trailer
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Here is a basic introduction on how to use a handheld police scanner and the Canadian Trackside Guide to listen in on railway traffic and communications. The Canadian Trackside guide can be ordered from the publisher’s website… www.bytownrailwaysociety.ca Rail transport passengers…
Video Rating: 4 / 5
New York QSO Party contest 2009 – KG2RG working the pile-up. Are you one of the contacts?
Video Rating: 4 / 5
After many times, I have obtained a beautiful QSO with IZ6FHZ on 40 meters with my Mizuho MX-7S, 1 Watt and telescopic antenna. QRB is about 450 KM !!
Video Rating: 4 / 5
CQ
Captivating and sexy, CQ takes you behind the scenes of a sci-fi thriller being filmed in 1969 Paris but set in ‘futuristic’ 2001! Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan), newcomer Angela Lindvall, Gerard Depardieu (Green Card) and Billy Zane (Titanic) shine in this “unpredictable, stylish and original” (Boxoffice) movie where past meets future, reality blurs with fantasy, and tight leather catsuits are the perfect accessory for a ray gun that can stop time! Novice filmmaker Paul (Davies) has just
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A few nice Amateur Radio Emergency Service images I found:
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Image by Kyle Fox
Back of the 2 meter repeater, this is a Kenwood TKR-750.
On the left is a cable going from the repeater unit to the repeater controller.
VE7RVA repeater site on Sumas Mountain near Abbotsford, British Columbia. This repeater is maintained by Fraser Valley Amateur Radio Emergency Service Society.
VHF 146.610 + Tone 110.9 (IRLP Node 1461)
UHF 442.025 + Tone 110.9
2007 & 2008 Simulated Emergency Test Amateur Radio Emergency Service at the City of Danbury Town Hall EOC Danbury,CT please visit www.qrz.com
Kansas City news station KMBC9 reporter Brenda Washington interviews Chet Hallberg about the role amateur radio plays in emergency communications. Specifically, they focus on communications after a large earthquake on the New Madrid fault. In the second part, Chet shows off one of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief vehicles. He goes on to explain the different kinds of equipment in the vehicle and how it has been used recently with the flooding in Arkansas. There is also a mention (plug!) for SkyWarn in the Kansas City area and amateur radio uses with the National Weather Service in times of severe weather. Capture & encode by Bill Kellogg, WD0DXK
Video Rating: 4 / 5
MFJ-969 Amateur Radio Deluxe HF Antenna Tuner w/ Built-in 4:1 Balun 300W ; 6-160M
- HF Band Antenna Tuner, Covers 6 thru 160 Meter HF Bands (1.7Mhz To 55Mhz), Handles up to 300 Watts!
- Full Size lighted Cross-Needle SWR/Wattmeter Reads True Peak Forward Power & SWR!
- 8 Position antenna switch, features a built in 50 Ohm dummy load, heavy duty 4:1 balun — all in a tough, attractive cabinet!
- Superb AirCore Roller Inductor, gear driven turns counter and spinner knob gives you exact inductance control for absolute minimum SWR!
- Match Optional dipoles, verticals, inverted vees, random wires, beams, mobile whips, SWL receiving antennas — nearly any antenna. You can use coax cable, random wire or balanced lines. Has built-in heavy duty 4:1 balun!
MFJ-969 300W P.E.P Roller-Inductor All-Mode Tuner
Features Built-in Dummy Load, Antenna Switch, Built in 4:1 Balun, bypass & More!
Meter illumination requires optional 12Vdc.
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A few nice arrow antenna images I found:
Streetlight Surveillance Camera With Wireless Antenna & Arrow Sign, Pennsylvania Avenue, NW & Fourth Street, NW (Washington, DC)
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671B1400: Arrow Antenna
Image by ac4lt
Some cool Hamfest images:
HRO at Hamfest
Image by ke9v
I saw HRO moving a lot of D-STAR gear at this hamfest.
Hamfest is set for Saturday
POPLARVILLE — The 2011 Pearl River County Amateur Radio Club Hamfest is Saturday at the old National Guard Armory, US Highway 11 and Mississippi Highway 26. Doors open at 8 am A Hamfest is a gathering of amateur radio enthusiasts, but the festival …
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Tampa Bay Hamfest Dec. 3rd and 4th, 2011
The 36th Annual Tampa Bay Hamfest will be held at the Manatee Convention Center in Palmetto, FL this coming weekend. More information is available at this web site. Amateur radio operators from all over the Tampa Bay area will be able to buy and sell …
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USA Amateur Radio exams at Hamfest India-2011
USA Amateur radio exams are scheduled to be conducted during the Hamfest-2011 on 10th Dec 2011 at 5.30 PM. Any one who is interested please avail this opportunity and get your license before Christmas and New year celebrations! …
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Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Gets Full Body Scanner
That's because, the airport has installed full body scanners for extra security. Soon, everyone will be required to go through a new full body scanner. Daniel York flew in today from Detroit to spend the holidays with his family. …
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nCircle Announces Aggressive Pricing for PureCloud(TM) Security Scanning Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — nCircle, the leader in automated security and compliance auditing solutions, today announced a new, innovative pricing model for PureCloud, nCircle's new network security scanning service for small to …
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Alaska lawmaker Tuck in feud with TSA over body scanners
Chris Tuck is running TV ads telling people they can skip the new body scanners at Alaska airports and should call airport police if the Transportation Security Administration gets too frisky with the resulting pat-downs. But Tuck is wrong in making …
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Antenna Towers for Radio Amateur
- Topics include:Tower types, Climbing, Bases & Guy anchors.
- Coax cables, connections, insurance & more.
Learn the skills, climbing techniques, and safety measures necessary to improve your antenna system.
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Some cool ICOM images:
ICOM IC-735 PASSBAND FILTER MOD
Image by usblsb
Modificación de los diodos del filtro pasa banda en rx de la emisora ICOM ic-735
Le he cambiado los diodos que se emplean para conmutar o seleccionar los filtros pasabandas de Rx , y he tenido un incremento de la RX.
Lógicamente no es lo mismo un diodo de hace 20 años que uno moderno.
Estos son los diodos que compre en Farnell
ICOM IC-735 PASSBAND FILTER MOD
Image by usblsb
Modificación de los diodos del filtro pasa banda en rx de la emisora ICOM ic-735
Le he cambiado los diodos que se emplean para conmutar o seleccionar los filtros pasabandas de Rx , y he tenido un incremento de la RX.
Lógicamente no es lo mismo un diodo de hace 20 años que uno moderno.
Arrow Antenna
Arrow Antenna pulls in both superior radio reception AND plenty of double takes! Instantly replaces your vehicle’s signal receiver! Attention-getting Arrow Antenna is a real fiberglass, camouflage-patterned arrow, but you don’t want to put this one on your bow. The housing contains a universal AM / FM radio receiver antenna that directly swaps out with the stock antenna on your car or truck! It’s designed to work just as well as the original, but with an outdoor flair you won’t find anywhere els
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Culture Of Dayton, Ohio, including: Brainiac (band), The Daily Buzz, Hamfest, Toxic Reasons, Treasure Chest (comics), Lakeside (band), The Phil … On Campus, Victoria Theatre (dayton, Ohio)
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Social Media and Amateur Radio Operators?
How about amateur radio operators.… Chris Poirier recently posted an interesting article about social media and amateur radio operators. Chris is Acting Section Chief for DHS and blogs regularly about a variety issues related to emergency management, …
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French Amateur Radio regs to be modernised
The French regulator the ARCEP looks set to permit French radio amateurs to use modern means of communication such as D-STAR. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, the French ATV Association (ANTA), ATEPRA, DR@F, and REF-UNION URC received a draft amendment from …
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Amateur radio operators at all-time high
File photo Last year local amateur radio operators from the Bootheel Amateur Radio Club assisted the Dunklin County Emergency Response Teams during a disaster drill. As the third quarter of 2011 came to a close, AARL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator, …
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Mobile DX web cluster
I originally wrote a native Blackberry app a couple of years ago that could interface with the DX cluster, but never released it to the public. Over the past few months I've had the motivation to develop a mobile enhanced DX web cluster in order to …
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Some cool Hamfest images:
Hamfest 2008
Image by PrincessFroglips
On the drive to hamfest.
hamfests_001
Image by Rickvg
Crack of dawn, typical setup time for a hamfest
Alinco DJ-X11 with a simple wire as an antenna (2,5 m); listening to short wave cw signals around 7010 kHz and receiving RTTY weather messages
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Check out these arrow antenna images:
Arrow Antenna J-Pole
Image by michaelstyne
Potentially the best I’ve ever spent. Time will tell.
arrowed
Image by emdot
How to tune in a side-band station using on a 1970 Zenith Royal-7000-1 Solid State Trans-Oceanic Portable shortwave radio. ———————————————————————- SINGLE SIDE BAND RECEPTION Single Side Band transmission, a recent development in the communications industry, provides a more efficient use of radio frequencies. Receivers designed for reception on the standard AM bands would reproduce SSB signals as a distorted sound, however, this Trans-Oceanic can be used to receive clear and understandable SSB messages in the Following manner: * With the BANDWIDTH in the NORMAL position, turn the radio ON and tune in channel as you would any AM band station. * Tune in and adjust the TUNING CONTROL to the center of the distorted sound. (This should be the point of maximum audio output as well as maximum deflection on the TUNING METRE.) * Turn MANUAL GAIN CONTROL to ON (clockwise). * Advance the VOLUME CONTROL near maximum. * Turn BFO Control ON (clockwise) and set to the center of its rotation. * Adjust MANUAL GAIN to desired volume (instead of VOLUME knob). * While receiving SSB it is recommended that the VOLUME CONTROL be kept near maximum and that the level adjustments be made with the GAIN CONTROL (as mentioned previously). * Adjust the BFO Control for an intelligible sounding signal, then for a more natural tone. * When correctly adjusted, rotate of the BFO Control toward the center of its rotation will cause the pitch of the voice to …
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Is Newt Gingrich's EMP Doomsday a Reality?
… he believes the US is vulnerable to an electromagnetic pulse — or EMP for short. A nuclear weapon could be detonated above North America, reasons Gingrich, and the resulting electronic interference would render the nation's power grid, satellites, …
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Will 4G Interfere with GPS? Wireless Firm LightSquared Denies the Charge
Because the L-Band is adjacent to the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum used by global positioning system (GPS) services, some purveyors and users of this service fear that LightSquared's 4G network will interfere with GPS used by consumers, …
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FAA Proposes To Fine Horizon Air
The agency alleged that Horizon installed new external lighting systems on the aircraft, but did not conduct required tests for radio frequency and electromagnetic interference before returning the aircraft to service.
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Vintage ARRL ham radio movie. Converted from 16mm film to video tape many years ago, and now from that ancient VHS to digital. Enjoy the flickering screen, and especially the funky organ music backgrounds! heavy focus on morse code, which of course is no longer a requirement.
Ham Radio 10 meter band is wide open to many Countries around the world. This is the best it has been for many years. It’s a great time to get your amateur radio license if you don’t have it, and a great time to once again try the 10 meter band. It’s smokin! You only need a Technician class license to talk on 10 meters. A great entry level, then you can upgrade from there if you desire.
Check out these APRS images:
iBCNU wifi #2
Image by aaron_anderer
iBCNU running over the hotel wifi
As seen on APRS.fi
iBCNU wifi #1
Image by aaron_anderer
iBCNU using the hotel wifi to report back
As seen on APRS.fi
Some cool Antenna tuner images:
Zippos Radios
Image by KN6KS
www.tiwtter.com Go the a new Kenwood (KDC-MP342U) radio for my VW Jetta. It has XM Radio, CD, AM/FM, and iPod integration. Lockergnome Blog: www.lockergnome.com A&B Audio in Tarpon Springs: www.myspace.com Kenwood Model: cuthut.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
The Arrl Satellite Handbook
A Brief History of Amateur Radio Satellites, Satellite Orbits and Tracking Satellite Communication Systems, Your Satellite Ground Station, Satellite Operating, Amateur Satellite Projects
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My alarm clock fritzing out while being exposed to the electro-magnetic interference of a ‘Tesla lamp’.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
ET3AA Youth Development Project; DX-Pedition 2011
I got the 160 meter antenna up today, 127' vertical (abt 5 ' L at the end) with four ground radials 128' each. I also sent an email to Igor (UY5LW) and Yarik (UW7LL) asking them to join our team this evening through the weekend to expand radio and …
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Dolphin Tech By IST JT-65D Twin Tank Technical BCD
- PADI Master Scuba Diving Instructor Owned and Operated.
- This Product Comes Complete With A Full Manufacturer Warranty.
IST JT-65D Twin Tank Technical BCD The JT-65D from IST is a complete Tec rig for twin tanks. It comes with IST s deluxe harness and a 65-pound-lift air cell that offers both primary and redundant air bladders, each with its own inflator hose and relief valves. Under water, the harness s wide shoulder straps spread the load of a twin tank system nicely, and the multi-valve horseshoe-shaped air cell allows for pinpoint buoyancy control.
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Standalone prototype of a POCSAG base station: Linksys NSLU2 computer on the right, Debian Linux installed on the 512M USB memory stick, cheap USB hub and USB serial adapters from DealExtreme, connected to the Internet using a Siemens GPRS module (on top of Motorola radio, flat-rate multi-SIM data). Dials up automatically when powered on and redials the connection if it drops. POCSAG modem in the top right corner, Atmel microcontroller, original design by N2RVQ. Motorola GM340 transceiver transmitting on 144.975 MHz. ATI Wireless Corporate programmable pager receiving the paging messages and saying “beep”. There’s another receiver (FT-7800) on the background monitoring the 512 bps (yes, bits per second) transmissions. The tiny computer runs a transmitter client, which polls a pair of central servers for new messages which should be transmitted. Another server runs a DX cluster client which uploads DX spots using an HTTP JSON API to the servers. The servers authenticates both the transmitter clients and the message sources using HMAC-SHA1. oh7lzb.blogspot.com
visit the mw dx cluster www.skype.com
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Your Introduction to Morse Code
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A few nice CQ images I found:
CQ Bravin : Colorful Quiet
Image by rafeejewell
CQ Bravin is on the grid singing live music. An indie/folk artist with a real life project called "The Colorful Quiet."
His song "Fly Away" can be heard in the feature film "Breaking Point" starring Tom Berenger and Busta Rhymes.
More info : facebook.com/thecolorfulquiet
Location : Key West Resort and Marina
curved cq
Image by one woman’s hands
a small CQ that I hand-pieced with all curved patches
Aunt Jo cq
Image by one woman’s hands
the CQ I made for my Aunt Jo in AZ to match an old hatbox she loved
Some cool Hamfest images:
2008 Lake County Amateur Radio Club Hamfest
Image by k9mq
Hamfest
Some cool HF antenna images:
Radio towers in Kurkino / Антенные мачты в Куркино
Image by Bushman.K
HF Antenna
Image by carrierdetect
I receive many questions about the arrow antenna and tripod mounting used in my AO-51 video. This video covers, what the arrow antenna is, where to buy it, and how it mounts to the tripod. I show show how easily the antenna is assembled. I forgot to mention, the antenna got its name from using arrows as the elements. Please click on the rating stars below the picture. Links: Arrow Antennas – www.arrowantennas.com AES – www.aesham.com HRO – www.hamradio.com Antenna Warehouse – www.antennawarehouse.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Video showing bracket
Video Rating: 4 / 5
‘NMO’ 1/4 Wave VHF 2 Meter Antenna
- Pre-Tuned For 144-152Mhz.
- Fits any optional “NMO” Motorola style mount.
- Black Base & Stainless Steel whip.
- Great For 2M Ham Band.
- Approx 18″ Tall.
18″ tall ‘NMO’ Base thread quarter wave Mobile Antenna for 144-152Mhz. Requires optional NMO mount & Cable.
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Toshiba Thrive 10.1-Inch 16 GB Android Tablet AT105-T1016
- 10.1-inch multi-touch widescreen display with Adaptive Display Technology, supporting 720p
- NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core mobile processor; Android 3.1 operating system
- 5.0 MP rear camera with autofocus and 2.0MP front-facing webcam; stereo speakers with Toshiba sound enhancements
- 16 GB internal memory; USB, mini-USB, and HDMI ports and full-sized SD card reader; Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity supporting Adobe Flash
- Easy Grip non-slip interchangeable rubber backplate, available in a variety of colors; user-replaceable prismatic lithium battery
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Sunday the 29th of May 2011, Alex, Scott and Palle worked at the Amsat DK lab, getting the Euroluna Groundstation checked, and the Gomspace TNC connected to the ICOM ground station. This worked very well, and we were able to listen to the signals.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Cband gallium nitride HEMTS for satellite Earth stations
With more than 43% of power added efficiency, the modules feature 40V high-voltage operation. The internally impedance-matched devices have a low distortion with an output power meeting 3rd-order Inter Modulation (IM3) of -25dBc of 46dBm.
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A simple, yet effective fishingrod-antenna for 10-40 meters, for portable use with a campervan.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
The Cancer Factory on Wheels: Backscatter Van The Screening Mobile Module is not cool at all Backscatter Xray vans hit the streets of America…Xraying you in violation of your 4th Amendment rights. This is continuing evidence of Fascism since the False Flag of 911. Make this go viral. American Science and Engineering’s Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) is a low-cost, extremely maneuverable screening system built into a commercially available delivery van. The ZBV employs AS&E’s patented Z Backscatter technology, which offers photo-like images that reveal contraband that transmission X-rays miss — such as explosives (including car bombs), people and plastic weapons — and provides photo-like imaging for rapid analysis. This is Blaten rights abuse and probarbly causes you cancers aswel I dont want no goddamn van |X Raying me Who the heck thinks they need homeland Security when ther IS no Terror Threat No one down my street ever got got killed by tons of terrorrists especiay imaginary ones !! Wake the Fuck up Human Race and understand they are eroding more civil liberties dail y !!! bu selling you GRADUALISM .. !! In other word they creep in under cover of a good thing..show the scenarious that might happen if we buy into it..that allready did that with state sponsored 9/11 Never forget what 911 has done ..and it was dome to us my our own Western and Isreali Governments
Video Rating: 3 / 5
www.big3news.net UPDATED 10/21/11: In what federal authorities describe as a “first ever” operation, a transportation security program that was first used last October on Interstate highways in Georgia has now been expanded to Tennessee scale locations where trucks and large vehicles are weighed… READ MORE AT THE LINK ABOVE. ————————————————————————————————– Feds roll out backscatter X-ray units on Georgia’s I-20 in expanded VIPR operation Cargo from more than 600 semi-truck trailers traveling Eastbound on Georgia’s I-20 was scanned last week by mobile X-ray units for explosive and radiation threats as part of an expanded federal counter-terrorism operation, Big 3 News has learned. Vermont-based privacy and computer forensics expert Frederick Lane spoke to Big 3 News on Oct. 3 in an exclusive interview about the government’s intrusion into the lives of Americans with the use of emerging technologies such as mobile backscatter X-ray units. READ MORE: www.big3news.net
Video Rating: 5 / 5
39 In. Mobile CB/HAM Antenna –
39 In. Mobile CB/HAM Antenna – Magnetic Mount – Stainless Steel
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A few nice QSL images I found:
QSL-Card-Wall
Image by gynti_46
de DL0HAL
QSL cards ready to go out
Image by Andy M Smith
Stack of QSL cards ready to be posted out. Top card is for YV5KQA, in Venezuela.
QSL Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal
Image by clvrmnky
A QSL from RVI. I know the radio is tuned to the wrong frequency. I don’t know why I did that.
Hauppauge 1404 WinTV-Aero-M Mobile TV Tuner
- External USB2 TV Tuner for PC laptops or netbooks
- Receive both ATSC digital TV signals and the new ATSC M/H mobile TV signals, over the air
- Compatible with Windows 7 and Vista
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Check out these Ham Shack images:
Ham Shack
Image by devin.berg
My modest little HF setup. Yet to make any contacts, but working on that.
340/365
Ham Shack
Image by puck90
Ham shack
Image by stewie811
Finally bought a decent power supply (from a Circuit City store that was closing) and finished this setup in the laundry/closet/back-entrance room. The three ham radios were previously running, not very well, off an old computer power supply. The radio on the wall is a Radio Shack FRS/GMRS desktop I found on clearance one time. The two handhelds on the windowsill are scanners. My primary and best scanner is not shown, since it is connected to the desktop in the living room for offsite access over the interwebs.
Amateur Radio Emergency Communications, including: Skywarn, Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, Radio Emergency … Network, War Emergency Radio Service, Canwarn
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New Advances Delay Aviso Energy Demo
The public demonstration of Ismael Aviso's ambient power antenna technology assisting a hydroxy cell as well as generating heat — both demonstrating free energy in operation — is now scheduled for February 2 in the California Bay Area. …
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Bionic lenses send text straight to your eye
This consists of an antenna which draws on power sent by an external source, as well as an integrated circuit which is able to store energy for use in a transparent sapphire chip which holds a blue LED. Granted, the researchers are only able to produce …
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Top Chef Texas Episode Six: You Toucha My Car, I Steaka You Face
My sister-in-law got high on bath salts and ripped the radio antenna off car my with her teeth then stabbed me through the groin with it. It came out the back of me and gave me a second butthole, and now I 'go' through both holes, but you look like you …
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US 60 meter changes
Some of the FCC changes are to now allow Phone (Upper Sideband), RTTY, Data, and CW; with specific limitations on the use of these modes, as well as the maximum allowed power level is now 100 watts PEP (ERP) effective radiated power referenced to a …
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Arizona Centennial K7UGA announces expanded satellite operation
They will be using the callsign of the late Senior Senator, and Arizona native son, Barry M. Goldwater, K7UGA. Operations will be on all amateur bands (160-2 meters); and will be using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and Satellite modes.
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Buddies in the Caribbean on St. Lucia this weekend
The OPs Budd, J68FF (W3FF), Guy, J68UN (N7UN), David, J6/WD9CMD (WD9CMD), Joe, J6/N7BF (N7BF), Steve, J6/WF2S (WF2S), Tom, J6/K9CJM (K9CJM), Bill, J6/AA40C (AA4OC), and Barclay, J6/WU1B (WU1B), plan to run three stations in CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on …
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VA QSO Party Certificate
Image by michaelstyne
This arrived in the mail today! While 2nd High New York Phone sounds impressive, I assure you that in the context of this contest, it was not.
Pretty nice certificate though.
Update: I put it on the fridge, where all great achievements should really go.
Lorna Johnston's Japanese apology
Earlier this month, Andre Hueber met 96-year-old Lorna Johnston, QSO, who lives in Kohimarama. The Australian-born former nurse told an extraordinary story ("Forgiveness is Lorna's Peace") of her time as a prisoner-of-war held by the Japanese. …
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T32C Christmas Island DXpedition
TOTALS, RECORDS: Firstly, as most of you will know, our final QSO total was 213116, the first time any DXpedition has exceeded the magic 200k (some will recall that, with D68C, we were the first to exceed 100k). We also worked 49535 uniques, …
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Chancellor and Pro Chancellor re-elected at Victoria University
Ian McKinnon, QSO, JP, was re-elected Chancellor of Victoria University for 2012 at a meeting of the University Council held on 5 December. Mr McKinnon, a Wellington City Councillor and Deputy Mayor, has held the office for the past two years, …
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ARISSat-1 may de-orbit in April 2012
Last month, AMSAT-NA announced a competition to see who can record the last bits of telemetry as ARISSat-1 makes its final plunge. To decode the CW or BPSK telemetry you must use the ARISSATTLM software for Windows or Mac OS. …
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Check out these scanner images:
Scanner Teardown 09
Image by sparr0
Got rid of a lot more mirrors and mechanical bits (more levers than I’ve ever seen in a scanner!). The last stages of the optic path are visible here.
GE Healthcare Typhoon 9400 scanner
Image by jepoirrier
This is the GE Healthcare “Typhoon 9400″ scanner used to scan fluorescent gels. It’s a huge beast but it doesn’t make a lot of noise (well, I don’t want to stay the whole day next to it!). And this unit only has the red and green scanners inside. There is a second (smaller) unit below with only a blue laser source in it! You can see two gels ready to be scanned (the upper door has to be closed before!).
Check out these Kenwood Radio images:
Kenwood Radio Display
Image by mrsmecomber
Swains Island 2006 1