Using Microcontrollers in Ham Radio Projects – a presentation by George Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU at Dayton 2012. Introduction to microcontroller hardware, software development tools and featuring several ham radio project examples.
http://www.kcomm.biz Here are some pictures on an Icom IC-7000 that was recently installed in a Toyota Avalon..
The head was remoted on the dash using a Yaesu MMB-62 mobile mounting bracket..The radio was set under the front passenger seat..We used a Jetstream JPST10 for an external speaker..The speaker was mounted in front of the passenger front seat..
The antennas were Workman mono band sticks..The support for the antennas is a Tram NMO trunk lid mount, which used a NMO to 3/8″ adapter..
The system was checked out & everything worked fine..The customer was happy..
Thanks for viewing..73, Mel
WA5UTK
This is a review/description of the Baofeng UV-5RA Ham Radio. I got this off Amazon for including the Nagoya NA-771 antenna. If you want to start getting into the hobby of Ham’s and want to use a simple handheld, this is the one for you. Although the instruction manual doesn’t tell you how to program in the repeaters you can easily find videos on YouTube.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Dallas Area Ham Radio Skywarn net From 4-3-2012 Tornado Outbreak
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Check out these Ham Radio images:
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Image by Jim at sonicchicken
External work is finished, except for labeling. I am pretty happy with the appearance of this project!
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Image by Jim at sonicchicken
Test-fitting all the external components. A slightly larger box would have been *much* easier, although this was a very enjoyable challenge!
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Image by Jim at sonicchicken
Metalwork is done on the project box! Still need to cut down the shafts on the pot. and rotary switch.
I´m interested to make contacts with less than 1W, so I decided to build up an QRP attenuator to reduce the power down to -21dB.
Example:
Transceiver output 2,5W
-3dB = 1,25W
-9dB = 313mW
-15dB = 78mW
-21dB = 19mW
7.00 am morning time hf 7.210 free expression dedicated to nelson roig leader of this frec,from wi4e
ham radio contact between w5kub and 9k2gs in Kuwait. Abdallah has been watching our live webcasts on w5kub.com for several years. contact was on 20 meters march 4, 2014
Video Rating: 5 / 5
I do a segment on the importance of proper coax cable and why not to buy it from Radio Shack.
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Image by aaron_anderer
A roll of Kodak Double-XX motion picture film run through a Canon EOS A2E.
Ham radio display at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland.
Hier kannst du live die ISS (International Space Station) im Video sehen mit Sprechfunk. http://www.richy-schley.de/pages/funk-kommunikation/iss-funk-frequenzen.php
Video Rating: 5 / 5
TelescopeMan describes WHY ham radio is for Geeks! It’s not just talking to someone on the radio. The hobby has many modes that would appeal to the computer geek inside many of us. Plus it’s a continuing learning experience suitable for all age groups.
Check out these Ham Radio images:
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Image by Associazione Radioamatori Italiani
How Host Gator Screwed Me For Three Years
Host Gator techs royally screwed up by blocking ALL Google’s bots from indexing over 50 of my domains during the past three years. No Google bots equals no Google listings equals no Google visitors. Read this to make sure your sites are not also blocked.
Here’s my open letter to senior management at Host Gator regarding this fiasco:
To: Senior Management at Host Gator
Re: How Host Gator Screwed Me For Three Years
Date: March 23, 2015
Reference Ticket Numbers: MIU-34587770, BCU-35170995, CCL-17654111
I have been a customer of Host Gator for over six years and have two accounts with your company.
It turns out that for three of those years, or half the time that I have been your customer, your company has cost me an immense amount of time, energy, effort and money because one of your techs royally screwed up by blocking ALL Google’s bots from over 50 of my domains during those three years.
Three Years Without Google
As I’m sure you know, this prevented Google from indexing any of my pages on more than 50 sites for three years.
No matter what I tried to do during those three years, I simply could not get Google to index my pages. Not being an SEO expert, it never occurred to me that one of your techs would have put a block in the root directory for my entire account!
The entire reason I went to so much effort to design, program and publish over 50 websites was to generate traffic for my message and/or to get my sales pitch out and/or to get my ads in front of eyeballs to make money from that account.
With Google bots completely blocked on all accounts by Host Gator, none of that can happen.
None of that did happen.
Three years of completely wasted effort.
My First Facebook Posting About Being Screwed By Host Gator
This is what I’ve already posted on Facebook on March 17, 2015 about Host Gator to my 3,543 friends regarding this fiasco:
Tech Rant On: I just spent two days trying to find out why Google would not index one of my new sites. Google Analytics, Google Web Master Tools, etc. all gave me 403 errors that nobody could figure out on the forums or from Host Gator.
I finally just mentioned something about the techs at Host Gator had done something to my server several months ago when I was having a major problem with foreign bots invading and totally crawling several of my sites while taking my server CPU usage to 100%.
That clue seemed to be the magic elixir for the Tier 2 Techs at Host Gator.
Turns out that the Host Gator tech back then had wrongly included in my server’s home directory’s .htaccess “SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent “^.*Googlebot” bad_bot” – which we all know means that Google was banned from even visiting, let alone indexing, my site… And, wait for it… And also blocked Google from all 50+ domains I have on that one Host Gator server! And, this has been going on for several YEARS.
I share this here in case anybody else ever runs across this kind of problem with their own sites.
I’ve been using Host Gator for years, and they really do a great job, but this is inexcusable.
If this had been my direct employee, we would be having a conversation about their continued employment right now. Actually, by now, the conversation would be over.
I am not amused…
Tech Rant Off.
Open Letter To Host Gator Management
Many of my friends are asking about the current status after seeing my above posting.
That’s why this is an open letter to the upper management of Host Gator and will be included as a separate webpage on one or more of my sites with the title, “How Host Gator Screwed Me.”
That way I can easily provide a simple link on several of my Twitter accounts to the nearly 7,000 followers I have there – along with posting updates to my 3,500 friends on Facebook.
Your Customers Are Not Necessarily Webmaster or SEO Experts
I ask that you put yourself in my shoes and see yourselves putting that much effort into building over 50 sites to end up finding out three years later that some royal screw up by your hosting company techs completely interfered with you reaching any of your goals on any of your domains for all that time.
Like many of your customers, I am not an SEO expert by any means. Up until about a week ago when I started teaching myself about Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools, I had no idea about any of this stuff.
Your customers do not expect to be sabotaged by your staff just because they are not Webmaster experts.
Good News / Bad News
The good news is that my pages are now being aggressively indexed.
Google Site: shows that many of my sites that were reporting zero pages indexed now have over 6,000 pages indexed in some cases!
The bad news is that I get a Terms of Service Warning from Host Gator after they have completely blocked all updates for all 50+ sites because of high CPU usage! I would assume the high CPU usage might, just maybe, have to do with the World, including Google, trying to do three years of catch up on 50+ sites all at one time!
So, after Host Gator blocking all indexing of 50+ sites for over three years, now Host Gator wants to penalize me again!
Once again, I am not amused.
Token Liquidated Damages
Here’s what I want from Host Gator as partial, token liquidated damages for all of the above problems you have caused me during the last three years:
- Refund me all payments that I’ve made on both of my Host Gator accounts for the last six years I have trusted you as my hosting provider.
- Do not charge me anything on either of my Accounts for the next six years.
- Move me to faster servers where I don’t use 100% of your CPU time.
- Don’t embargo, suspend, cache, etc. any of my domains until, together, we’ve had a chance to fix whatever the problem is with any specific problem domain.
- Search the root domain of EVERY customer of Host Gator to ensure that this Google bot block is absent and not causing the same kind of devastating impact on other user accounts that I’ve been suffering through for over three years.
The above token liquidated damages are nowhere close to compensating me for the damage that Host Gator has caused me.
I see it as a token gesture on the part of upper management at Host Gator that it will own up to its mistakes, make the above token gestures and make sure it is a whole lot more cautious about causing this kind of problem for its customers in the future.
The World Will Be Watching For Your Response
During the past six years I’ve recommended your service to many of my consulting clients and even signed up as an affiliate of your company. So, I have probably nearly 12,000 folks who are going to be very interested in seeing how you, as a company, handle this fiasco.
I look forward to your response. Be aware that I may post some, or all, of it to any webpages I have dedicated to this matter on several of my domains.
One very pissed off customer,
Robert
HAM RADIO AMPLIFIER TUNING PECKER WITH SIGNALINK
Just a quick video on how I passed the Ham Radio Technician Class license exam. Here are some links to help you out if you are looking to take the exam.
The No-Nonsense Technician Class License Study Guide by Dan Romanchik:
FREE (Or Donation) Here:
http://www.kb6nu.com/tech-manual/
Via Kindle here:
http://www.amazon.com/No-Nonsense-Technician-Class-License-ebook/dp/B004G8QVD2
Ham Radio for Dummies
NEW: Ham Radio License Manual – ARRL
http://www.amazon.com/Ham-Radio-License-Manual-Arrl/dp/0872590976/
OLD: Now You’re Talking! All You Need For Your First Amateur Radio License
http://www.amazon.com/Youre-Talking-First-Amateur-License/dp/0872598810
HamExam.org: Free Amateur Radio Practice Exams:
http://hamexam.org/
American Radio Relay League:
http://www.arrl.org/
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Vienna Winterfest Hamfest – National Capital Area Radio Fair – Annandale Virginia Hamfest
The National Captial Area Radio Fair – Annandale Virginia Hamfest
March 22, 2015
Had a great time at this ham fest this morning and came back with a few goodies from both the tables and the tailgate sellers in the parking lot!
6X Timelapse – Hamfest In Under 90 Seconds
iPhone 6 With Hyperlapse 1080p / 30 fps
Still learning how to use Hyperlink for the timelapse but it does a good job with the video stabilization. (the Wife has the better iPhone 6 Plus that has the real video stabilization but this regular iPhone 6 does surprisingly well.)
de Robert K3RRR
hamfest, ham fest, Vienna Virginia, Winterfest, iPhone 6, timelapse, time lapse, 1080p, Hyperlapse, Instagram, ham radio, amateur radio, K3RRR
(PRWEB) January 29, 2003
Quality Technical Books (QTB.COM) is now offering to sell at cost books and tapes to amateur radio clubs that conduct amateur radio classes. The books and tapes included in this offer include:
Now You’re Talking (ARRL)
ARRL’s Tech Q&A (ARRL)
General Class License Manual (ARRL)
ARRL’s General Q&A (ARRL)
Extra Class License Manual (ARRL)
Your Introduction to Morse Code (ARRL) (tapes or CDs)
Technician Class Study Cards (VIS)
General Class Study Cards (VIS)
Tech/General Combo Pack (VIS)
Extra Class Study Cards (VIS)
Notes Dan Romanchik, KB6NU, proprietor of Quality Technical Books, “While I’m not one of those who feel the demise of ham radio is imminent, I do think encouraging people to get their licenses is important. It brings new people and new ideas into amateur radio and keeps the old guard on their toes. This is one way I can help.”
For more information and a price list, contact kb6nu@qtb.com or phone 734-930-6564.
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(PRWEB) February 13, 2003
The 28th Annual Trenton Computer Festival (TCF) will be held this year on May 3rd and 4th. at the New Jersey Convention Center in the Raritan Center, Edison, New Jersey. The theme for this year will be ÂWi-FiÂ. This yearÂs keynote address will be given by Marge and Bruce Brown (of Extremetech), the first time in 28 years that a husband and wife team has given the keynote.
Wi Fi is taking the world by storm. The WiFi brand has been so successful that what was originally a certification standard for one wireless networking technology is now commoditized to the point that many use the term for all wireless technologies and devices. While many segments of the PC business have struggled for the past two years, wireless networking continues to extend its reach into small and medium businesses.
Together, Marge and Bruce Brown have tested, evaluated, and written about literally hundreds of SOHO (Small office, home office) networking products, including all current wireless and wired networking technologies.
TCF, the oldest and longest running personal computer show, will have ninety (90) plus speaker sessions and forums, hundreds of indoor and outdoor (flea market) exhibitors, product demonstrations, ham radio testing and a special exhibit area all under one roof. For more information visit the website at: tcf-nj.org or tcfshow.com.
The not-for-profit organizations sponsoring TCF include The Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey (ACGNJ), Princeton Chapter ACM/IEEE Computer Society, Computer Society, IEEE Princeton Chapter/Central Jersey Section, Computer Education Society of Philadelphia (CSOP), Central Jersey Computer Club (CJCC), New York Amateur Computer Club and the College of New Jersey Engineering Department Scholarship Fund.
Admission is $ 15.00, advance tickets available on line for $ 10.00 using PAYPAL.
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A few nice Ham Radio images I found:
Hello!
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Krisztian, HA5X poses for the camera!
Most famous!
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Bob, W9KNI, a truly famous radio ham proudly wearing a DX-World cap. Nice to meet you, Bob!
Guestbook!
Image by DX-World.net
Filled with DXers names and calls. A popular edition to the DX-World stand.
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) representatives were in Prague earlier this month to join discussions on the regulatory aspects of orbits and spectrum usage for nanosatellites and picosatellites. On hand for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Symposium and WorkshopMarch 2-4 were IARU Vice President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, and former IARU Region 1 President Hans Blondeel Timm…
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Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky day for Colorado hams, as Gov John Hickenlooper signed into law an Amateur Radio antenna bill that mirrors the PRB-1 federal pre-emption policy. The Colorado General Assembly, without amendment, passed Senate Bill 15-041, sponsored by Sen Chris Holbert and Rep Kevin Van Winkle. The new legislation, introduced in early January, specifies that no local gov…
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The winner of the March 2015 QST Cover Plaque award is Kai Siwiak, KE4PT, for his article “An Off Center Fed Dipole for Portable Operation on 40 to 6 Meters.”
The QST Cover Plaque Award — given to the author or authors of the most popular article in each issue — is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article in the April i…
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With the telecommunications and electrical power infrastructure in Vanuatu knocked out by the Category 5 Cyclone (hurricane) Pam, which struck the Pacific archipelago over the weekend, no organized emergency communication system has stepped in to fill the gap. Many locations have not been heard from since the storm hit. The extreme storm, with winds in excess of 155 MPH, caused severe damage th…
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Tom Medlin, W5KUB, has launched Amateur Radio Roundtable, a new series of live, weekly webcasts on his website, Tuesdays at 0100 UTC. The March 17 edition will feature Mike Kalter, W8CI, of Dayton Hamvention fame; Bharathi Prasad, VU2RBI, and Gary Yohe, AJ4GL, as guests.
“Amateur Radio Roundtable is an informal discussion of all aspects of ham radio, with the intent of allowing viewers to watch …
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A few nice Ham Radio images I found:
Signing
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2E0SQL signs the DX-World guestbook
DX-World.net
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Colourful DX-World.net stand. Thanks to all visited. It was fun and we’ll see you again next year!!
73 DX-World Team!
LUSO
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A nice meeting with LUSO Tower.
This short video shows a very simple way to hook up an oscilloscope to use it as an RF Signal Monitor to observe the RF envelope from your ham radio transmit…
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A few nice Ham Radio images I found:
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I went out for a walk and took along my Wouxun KG-UV2D Ham Radio with the new Wouxun High Gain Antenna. I was able to monitor the SEFTN Traffic Net during my…
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Tom, KB4HQA with Gordon West and Santa
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Gary and Tom
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Gary, KN4AQ and Tom KB4HQA
This is a 1929 style CW transmitter I built using old parts. It uses a type 45 tube and will put out about 2 watts. Right now it is set up for 80 meters, but…
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Some cool Ham Radio images:
on6tt in pileupcontest 2
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on4ww-on6tt final briefing
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Tiny Transmitter
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GETERR DONE (-5 spelling)
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LAS Memorial Day Picnic-11
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Yolo "Max" the biggest boy in the field. When it swings around in the dark you would swear it looks like a sky crane slewing your way. I ducked twice when catching sight of this monster out of the corner of my eye!
(PRWEB) August 21, 2004
Knowing the time around the world has never been simpler. The Internet can give you a means to communicate to everyone all over the world. With just a few button clicks you can start chatting. But is it a “good morning” or “good afternoon”? Perhaps, your friend is already sleeping, but you are still waiting…
WR Consulting, an outsourcing company developing enterprise productivity tools, has released ZoneTick v2.4 – a convenient world clock for Windows that can show multiple time zones in Windows taskbar. It replaces the system clock.
The program is very useful when communicating with people in other parts of the globe: such as your friends in other countries, your colleagues in remote offices or in the field, or the home-crowd while you are traveling. This is because ZoneTick displays the times for any amount of different time zones in place of the normal Windows clock. It also allows you to synchronize your clocks with accurate online time-servers.
Doug Lyons, Director of Strategic Business Development at Eyeball Networks, said, “As a sales executive, I work with clients worldwide. My customers are scattered throughout North America, South America, the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. ZoneTick has made me more efficient by eliminating the need to look up or manually calculate time differences. Now, at a glance, I know whether a customer might be available. ZoneTick is simple to install and use. I highly recommend it.”
But ZoneTick is not just an enterprise executive productivity tool. People from many walks of life may find it handy. For example, stock and currency traders, ham radio users, pilots, international students on exchanges, the navy and military, or just about everyone with need to keep in touch with someone in another time zone.
ZoneTick uses digital and analog graphical skins that gives you the ability to customize your ZoneTick to fit any desktop style. On top of this, ZoneTick comes with a system of alarms. You can create any amount of alarms, which will play a sound, display a message, launch an application, or open a web-page at the time of your choosing.
ZoneTickÂs success is due primarily to its manageability and diversity as an award-winning Windows utility. On top of a highly usable shareware, ZoneTick is also available as a very affordable personal or enterprise productivity tool.
Whether you travel from time zone to time zone, have international friends, or are simply on the lookout for high-quality shareware, ZoneTick is the world clock for you!
For more information write to info@wrconsulting.com or visit http://products.wrconsulting.com/zonetick/en/
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This is the third in a series of video lessons toward preparing to take and pass the exam for your ham radio Extra Class license.
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(PRWEB) November 30, 2004
Volunteers. From the first settlers, to those who sought out better lives by following Horace GreeleyÂs words, ÂGo West young manÂ, and this nation has been founded on the principles of volunteerism.
Our continental army was volunteers, as were man of our Civil War combatants, on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. During the 60Âs, volunteerism was alive and well, domestically and abroad. Voter registration drives and the Peace Corps come to mind.
Today, the opportunities abound for those who are retired and donÂt want to sit home searching for activities to consume their time. An active mind is a healthy mind, and a healthy mind makes a happier person.
According to the National Academy on an Aging Society analysis of data from the 1992 Health and Retirement Study, 58% of the people surveyed who were happy with their retirement were not depressed. Another study, the National Academy on an Aging Society analysis of data from the 1992 Health and Retirement Study showed that participation in social activities were a keystone to keeping oneÂs self out of depression.
So how to you get active when youÂre retired? You find an activity or hobby that you enjoy and seek out the opportunities that are in your area, related to that activity. One organization that you may find attractive is the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.
The Auxiliary is composed of approximately 38,000 men and women from all walks of life that assist the United States Coast Guard in almost every single aspect of the countries oldest military service. The only two areas we, as uniformed, volunteer civilians can not get involved in, is military action and direct law enforcement activities.
ThatÂs a lot of ground that you can get involved in. From serving on Coast Guard Cutters, Helicopters and Jets, to working in Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC, Auxiliarists, if qualified and properly trained can do it all.
Here are some examples of some hobbies and their counterpart in the United States Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary. Remember, you would be volunteering in the Auxiliary, youÂd be a civilian, youÂd set your own hours and places youÂd want to work, in conjunction with the needs of the Coast Guard.
 Amateur Radio (Ham)  the Auxiliary and the Coast Guard needs trained communicators. On a daily basis, the Coast Guard does and always could use more qualified Watchstanders  these are the people you talk with when you call the Coast Guard on the radio for emergencies and information. The Auxiliary also provides a secondary emergency radio network, as well as a place for social gathering in our off-time.
 Boating  The Auxiliary has a large boat crew program. You see them on the waters, doing safety patrols and Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) patrols. All members who enter the boat crew program must undergo a significant amount of training, but the skills learned are worth it.
Members also have the opportunity to apply for, and train to work on Coast Guard Cutters and patrol boats of all sizes.
 Conservation  The USCG is the primary steward of our oceans. They enforce both fisheries laws as well as environmental laws on our navigable waters. Auxiliarists work hand in hand with their Coast Guard counterparts in every level, except the law enforcement aspect of the large environmental protection aspect fo the Coast Guard Mission.
 Cooking  The Coast Guard is always looking for a few good chefs! In one of our Districts we have even created an Auxiliary Chef School to train and qualify Auxiliarists as Coast Guard Chefs. These people work at Coast Guard Stations throughout the country giving our men and women gustatory pleasure. In the recent Republican National Convention, Auxiliary ChefÂs worked round the clock feeding the large number of Active Duty, Reserve and Auxiliary Coast Guard members working at keeping New York and their guests, which included the President and Vice-President safe from water-borne threats.
 Education  The Auxiliary is the primary facilitator of the Coast GuardÂs Recreational Boating Safety mission. To this end, Auxiliarists (who have qualified as instructors) teach a myriad of boating safety and navigation courses to hundreds of thousands of students each year.
 Marine Safety  The Coast Guard and Auxiliary spend countless hours protecting our maritime domain. The Auxiliary assists the Coast Guard as acting as their eyes and ears, by conducting Maritime Domain Awareness patrols. Who else knows better then those who live and work in and around our navigable rivers and ports as to what is normal and what is abnormal. The Water Watch program (http://www.cgauxed.org/waterway/ is a major program in the effort to keep our country safe.
 Training  The Auxiliary provides training not only to the public (under our education mission) but to both the Auxiliary itself and the Coast Guard. As someone who has worked their whole life in a particular job function, industry or profession, you have skills that have been honed and sharpened. These skills should not be let to atrophy. You can, and the Coast Guard can use, many of the skills you have to offer.
Almost all the examples required some type of training. And for the greater portion of these training programs, Auxiliarists are the people training Auxiliarists. Some training is given by Auxiliarists on areas that provide an value added benefit to the Coast Guard. An example of this type of training would be Ham Radio classes offered in some areas of the country.
So, youÂve retired. YouÂve worked hard and now you are faced with some hard choices. You can sit at home, and loose touch with the active life you once led or you can make that leap and walk to a computer or a phone book and seek out the contact person at an agency who is looking for volunteers; someone just like you, to assist in their particular mission.
We would hope you would call the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. WeÂre on the web at http://www.cgaux.org. To find the nearest Flotilla, point your web browser to this page, http://www.cgaux.org/cgauxweb/getzip.html, and scroll down to the bottom, put in your zip code and the five closest FlotillaÂs will be presented.
You can also find us by contacting your local Coast Guard (http://www.uscg.mil) unit, which can be found in your local phone book. They will give you the name of the Auxiliarist who can be contacted.
The Auxiliary works 12 months a year, and in some areas 24 hours a day. So instead of sitting at home, why not help keep America safe?
Note: Membership Requirements are over 17 years of age, a US Citizen and pass a Personal Security Check.
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(PRWEB) January 10, 2005
A November study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that 27% of online adult population in the U.S. has checked out a blog or two. That’s up from 17% in Febraury.
With blogging rapidly gaining in popularity, the people at the DaVinci Institute have decided to put together a Blogger Boot Camp on Jan 15th to help people who are interested in developing their blogging skills.
“Blogging is simply a way of sharing your thoughts and opinions, and things you find interesting with the rest of the world,” says Greg Reinacker, founder of Newsgator and one of the instructors at the Blogger Boot Camp. “But it ends up being much more than that.”
The Blogger Boot Camp is for people who are interested in blogs, may have read some, and perhaps have even started one – but seek a more detailed understanding, some advice, and some hands-on experience. The morning will be an introduction to blogging. We’ll talk about what makes a blog, some of the history of blogs, and some of the different types of blogs are out there. We’ll see blogs used in academic research, knowledge management in business and for breaking news. We’ll see personal blogs driven by diverse concerns ranging from socializing to tracking an obsession with cell-phone photography. We’ll talk about some of the tools for blogging (e.g., Movable Type, Blogger, MSN Spaces, Typepad) and their differing strengths and emphases. We’ll look at blog standards such as Trackback, RSS, the Blogger API et al, and Atom. We’ll look at blog community building and analysis tools (e.g., Technorati, del.icio.us) and aggregation tools (e.g. Newsgator [Online and Outlook], FeedDemon, and NetNewsWire). We’ll discuss related developments such as wikis, and the larger field of social software.
For the techies, a blog is a web application that contains periodic, reverse chronologically ordered posts on a common webpage. Some are maintained by single authors, while others have multiple authors. Many blogs allow visitors to leave public comments, which can create to a community of readers centered around the blog; others are non-interactive. The total universe of blog-related websites is called the blogosphere.
“Blogs today are rapidly transitioning from the early text-only blogs, to photo blogs, to audio blogs that include a new distribution system known as podcasting, to video blogging,” said Thomas Frey, Executive Director of the DaVinci Institute. “We have recruited some of the top experts in Colorado to help us teach te fine art of blogging.”
Instructors include Greg Reinacker – Founder and CTO of NewsGator Technologies, Gil Asakawa – Executive Producer of Denver Post Online, Bill French – Co-founder of MyST Technology Partners, Pat Maher – founder of Maher Media, and Jock Mirow – Chief Strategist for BroadbandVideo.
The Blogger Boot Camp is designed as a Weekend Crash Course from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on January 15th at DeVry University, 1870 W. 122nd Avenue, Westminster. The cost to attend is $ 195 with a $ 50 discount for members of the DaVinci Institute. More information can be found at http://www.bloggerbootcamp.com.
Top 10 Interesting Blog Facts:
1.) In pre-blog times Ham radio had logs called “glogs” that were personal diaries made using wearable computers in the early 1980s.
2.) The first blog was the first website, http://info.cern.ch/, the site built by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. (Archived at http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/News/9201.html)
3.) In 1999, the early blogging software produced by Blogger and Pitas opened the doors to for non-techies by offering a simple way to create a weblog. These hosted services allowed any person to easily sign up, create a blog, and write numerous postings.
4.) Blogs have made such an impact this year that Merriam-Webster named it the word of the year.
5.) More than 10,000 new additions are added to the “blogosphere” each day.
6.) 2004 was the first year, bloggers were permitted to cover the national political conventions firsthand.
7.) Some of the most compelling images of 2004 found their way to blogs first, from the Florida hurricanes to the war in Iraq.
8.) In November 2004, Boulder’s Christopher Locke was named as the world’s first Chief Blogging Officer for HighBeam.
9.) Blogwise, a specialty search engine for blogs, now has 34,917 sites listed, of which 348 were listed in the past 7 days.
10.) According to Technorati, the two top rated blogs are Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things and Instapundit.com
For information or interviews, contact:
Greg Reinacker, NewsGator Technologies – 303-552-3900 or gregr@newsgator.com
Thomas Frey, Executive Director, DaVinci Institute – 303-666-4133 or dr2tom@davinciinstitute.com
About the DaVinci Institute
The DaVinci Institute is a Futurist Think Tank based in Louisville, Colorado. The Institute goes beyond the traditional role of a think tank. We believe that shaping the future requires more than ideas; it requires action as well.
The DaVinci Institute believes that the people that will shape the future are people that take brilliant ideas and make them become reality. Inventors and entrepreneurs will shape our future. That is why the DaVinci Institute produces futurist event designed to assist the revolutionary thinking inventors and entrepreneurs, and helps them get their ideas off the ground.
The DaVinci Institute is a 501-c-3 non-profit organization supported by memberships, sponsorships and attendance fees for the programs we produce.
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(PRWEB) January 26, 2005
What do international business travelers, ham radio users, travel agents, and eBay snipers have in common? They often need to monitor the time in multiple time zones simultaneously.
A business traveler far away from home needs to know if his or her colleagues might still be in the office. Ham radio users need to know GMT time when communicating with other ham radio enthusiasts. Travel agents want to know local times elsewhere. And an eBay sniper would like to know when biddings for items end in eBay time.
WR Consulting has just released a productivity tool that could help – ZoneTick World Time Zone Clock v2.5. Knowing the time around the world is so much simpler now.
This little world clock runs in your Windows system tray, replacing the native clock. It can show many time zones simultaneously. Running in taskbar, it does not clutter your desktop. It conveniently displays the times in places you have chosen to monitor.
An advanced alarm system comes with it allowing you to set alarms for remote clocks in other time zones. For example, a recurring yearly alarm can remind you about an important event such as birthday. Cron-like format can also be used to execute something every few minutes or hours on certain days of week.
Clocks can also be highlighted with color, dynamically, depending on local clock times. Just glance at that clock in the usual corner of your screen and instantly know whether a remote location is open or closed for business.
The program is very handy when communicating with people in other parts of the globe: such as your friends in other countries, your colleagues in remote offices or in the field, or the home-crowd while you are traveling. ZoneTick will also synchronize your computer clock with accurate Internet atomic time-servers.
Dennis James, Director of Corporate Marketing at Talisma Corporation, said: “If you need to know what is happening around the world, look no further. ZoneTick is a great product. All of us in marketing have purchased one because we do business in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. It saves a lot of calculation when we are planning and setting up meetings.”
Whether you travel from time zone to time zone, have international friends, or are simply on the lookout for high-quality shareware, ZoneTick is the world clock for you!
For more information write to info@wrconsulting.com or visit http://www.wrconsulting.com/products/world_clock/
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A few nice Ham Radio images I found:
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Image by Associazione Radioamatori Italiani
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Video for give you an idea how is working my HF/VHF/UHF remote controlled Ham Radio Station. PART 1.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
I was asked what radio I was using for the 2 meter antennas I have been making videos about. Here it is. A Yaesu FT-2900.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Prepare for a massively long video!!! Some shortcuts: Proper ALC 0:58 Microphone Etiquette 3:05 Connecting Mics and Mixers 4:31 Using your mixer 5:23 Unboxin…
A few nice Ham Radio images I found:
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A few nice Ham Radio images I found:
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Image by N5QI
Winner of a New Kenwood HT
Image by The Rocketeer
Some cool Ham Radio images:
Looks pretty smart
Image by Karl-Martin Skontorp
12V and 108A!
Image by Karl-Martin Skontorp
Waveguide something
Image by Karl-Martin Skontorp
Check out these Ham Radio images:
CW Demo Board
Image by The Rocketeer
New products from Kenwood
Image by Karl-Martin Skontorp
Oscilloscope probes
Image by Karl-Martin Skontorp
Some cool Ham Radio images:
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View from the 2 metre station.
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A bit further out for perspective.
Extra heavy duty 60 feet/18m, 2.5m2/32 sq ft wind load rating, aluminum self supporting motorized crank up/tilt over tower. This will carry a HF multiband ya…
A few nice Ham Radio images I found:
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Fall brings a New Antenna
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My Father got his new tower up just in time for the cold season 🙂
antenna idea
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Best drawing ever. I’m setting my HF station back up more permanently this time.