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Capital in for bad days as row between Jung and Kejirwal hots up Centre
The row between Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal turned terse on Sunday with minister of state (home) Kiren Rijiju accused the Aam Aadmi Party government of indulging in character assassination of a lady Indian …
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Here's how you turn a USB charger into a little Linux machine
Remember Chris Robinson over at NODE? He was the guy who built the handheld Raspberry Pi-powered Linux terminal we wrote about back in January. Now he's back with an even smaller Linux project for you to make – one built into the body of a USB …
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GPS World 2015 Leadership Award dinner boasts visions for the future
In particular, Don Spitzmesser was a prolific inventor who could quickly conceive of, build and test novel circuits and antennas. I do not think he ever passed kitchen utensils without thinking of antennas. There are actually “heli-wok” antennas in space.
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First Geosynchronous Orbit Amateur Radio Payload Could Aid Disaster Communication
McGwier pointed out in the Virginia Tech News article that transmitting emergency communications via the geosynchronous satellite would be much more dependable than HF, allowing Amateur Radio volunteers to provide more reliable communication …
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Sending wireless signals over wired fiber
CD and PMD lead to periodic power fading, while fiber Kerr effects may induce different signal degradations (self-phase and cross-phase modulation, for example), and RF nonlinearity produces serious third-order intermodulation distortions (IMD3).
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Low PIMD (Passive Inter-modulation Distortion) Measurement Components. "We
PIMD (Passive Inter-modulation Distortion) is becoming an issue in process of improving the wireless communication equipment of AMPS, GSM, DCS, PCS, WCDMA & WiMax bands with high power and maximizing use of channel at each frequency band.
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L'actu de Toulouse | 15e Forum de l'Economie sociale et solidaire
Le Forum régional de l'Economie sociale et solidaire de Midi-Pyrénées se déroulera cette fin de semaine près de Toulouse. Organisé par l'Adepés, le 15e Forum régional de l'Economie sociale et solidaire de Midi-Pyrénées s'apprête à ouvrir ses portes sur …
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Site Delta
The first thing you must do is interact with the antenna controls. There are … You must move the cone around this map using the arrow keys on the screen until it lands on one of these lines, then click one of the eight channels on the right side of …
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Stephen Hawking Joins Russian Entrepreneur's Search for Alien Life
A simple squeal or squawk, or an incomprehensible stream of numbers by a radio antenna pointed at one of those stars, would change history. “We have a responsibility to not stop searching,” Mr. Milner said in an interview. “It should always be …
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Love truffles? Delmonico's got you covered this season
Among the numerous dishes are an appetizer of Iberico ham and poached golden fertile egg with shaved asparagus frisee and fresh white truffles, $ 40, entrees such as rabbit fricassee over pappardelle with fresh shaved black truffles, $ 50, and desserts …
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A Last-Minute Guide to Metro Detroit Thanksgiving Reservations
Reservations: 313-366-7738 [More info]; COLORS Detroit: Open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Adults eat for $ 25, kids 12 & under for $ 18; Sample dishes: Turkey breast, candied yams, country stuffing, Smithfield ham, smashed garlic redskin potatoes …
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First look: Lee's Fried Chicken & Donuts
… creamed corn, sour cream mashed potatoes, potato salad, bacon jalapeno cream gravy and fresh fruit); fried chicken tenders sandwich; fried chicken salad sandwich; ham and cheddar sandwich; pulled chicken and kale salad; and two varieties of kolaches.
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Illuminating the Plight of Endangered Species, at the Empire State Building
In 2014, in honor of the retiring Yankee Derek Jeter, the building put his number, 2, up in lights at the base of the antenna. And this spring, to note the Whitney Museum of American Art's move downtown, it interpreted famous paintings, like Warhol's …
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Updated: Sprint plans to shut down WiMAX network tomorrow, says only a small
Sprint (NYSE: S) plans to shutter tomorrow the mobile WiMAX network it inherited when it bought Clearwire in 2013, and the carrier said only a small percentage of customers remain on the WiMAX network after a long campaign by Sprint to get customers to …
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Here Are the Netflix Additions and Losses of October 2015
… The Big Lebowski, and on the incoming side, we've got lots of TV shows and Netflix originals—including a show about the '80s toys “Popples” and seasons of The Flash and Arrow just barely in time to binge-watch in preparation for their October …
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亲历者忆97年中菲黄岩岛事件:看着菲战机俯冲
所谓“DX远征”,英文为“DX-pedition”,是无线电爱好者把远程通信的无线电缩写“DX”和单词“expedition”组合而成的,指的是业余无线电爱好者,为了远距离通信活动,来到一个业余电台十分稀少的地方进行操作,简称为“DX远征 …
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How Mexico Became So Corrupt
Grupo Televisa, the world's largest Spanish-language media company, is famous for its logo, a gold-colored eye gazing at the world through a television screen. According to The Guardian, this logo "captures the company's success at controlling and …
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SportVU cameras shift focus of what's possible with NBA stats
Every time they lose more than one in a row, they're dissected and cross-examined in the Gotham media, which is fair-minded as ever in its judgment. "I don't know what expectations everybody has, because I only know what goes on in this locker room," …
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The new Hallicafters lineup for 1958 in QST magazine. Scanned on a Dell 962 all-in-one.

10 health risks of chronic heavy drinking
Drinking too much alcohol on a regular basis is harmful to your health. Alcohol is a drug that affects every body system, though the detrimental effects vary for each individual. The volume of alcohol consumed, genetics, gender, body mass, and general …
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Undergrad Radio Amateur Uses Reverse Beacon Network In Research Project:
A Virginia Tech undergraduate researcher and radio amateur has used Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN http://vt.superdarn.org/) and Reverse Beacon Network (RBN http://www.reversebeacon.net/) data to study how solar flares impact HF …
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ARRL Field Day Sunday June 29 , 2014 at the Reagan Library and Museum

ARRL Board Approves HF Band Plan, National Parks Event, Award Winners:
Randy Thompson, K5ZD, was named the winner of the 2014 Philip J. McGan Silver Antenna Award for outstanding volunteer public relations success over many years — and especially for achieving national media coverage of the 2014 World Radiosport …
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ARRL: Amateur Radio Parity Act Would Not Void 'Private Contracts,'
The obligation a homeowners association would have under the bill is not to prohibit but to make reasonable accommodation for some sort of effective outdoor Amateur Radio antenna, imposing the least practicable restriction to accomplish the association …
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Building your own SDR-based Passive Radar on a Shoestring
Below is an animation of a measurement of airplanes and meteors I made using a radar system that I built with a few simple easily available pieces of hardware: two $ 8 RTL software defined radio dongles that I bought on eBay, and two log-periodic antennas.
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OFCOM Amateur Radio BR68 Statement – First Impressions
Foundation will have access to the 10 Metre band. I was surprised that they didn't get some microwave … If two Amateurs were having a cross band full duplex QSO they could transmit for hours without giving a callsign. It should have the phrase "and …
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Starke Verbindung dank WLAN-RepeaterDualband-Repeater
Diese sogenannte Crossband-Technik unterstützen nur wenige, meist höherpreisige WLAN-Repeater. Der Vorteil: Mit Crossband wird die Datenrate der Verbindung über den Repeater nicht mehr halbiert. Voraussetzung ist allerdings, dass für die beiden …
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BlazeAid heroes help the region recover from flood
Use this content. BlazeAid volunteers band togther to get the region's farmers back on their feet. Photo Emma Clarke / Central Telegraph Emma Clarke. Popular Stories. Telstra battles use of illegal repeater · So how big is the refugee crisis facing Europe?
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What Makes a Data Scientist Finding Unicorns in the Midwest
A real Data Scientist is part developer, mathematician, data monger, big data engineer, data visualization master, creative thinker and domain expert. The way I look at is she knows more math than a developer and is a better …. India today speaks 780 …
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Chester Fritz Library forum gets heated
… with several consultants working on developing the library's master plan for a future renovation, and many in the audience voiced concern the academic purpose of the library would suffer with more emphasis being put on digital resources and …
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Bury Church of England School faces appeal on 'proxy racism' charges
However, only four of Bury C of E School's 780 pupils were of South Asian descent. This contrasted with the less popular Derby High School next door, where more than 440 of the 840 students were of South Asian heritage. Last week, the Office of the …
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Power restored across Lehigh Valley
On Saturday morning, there were nearly 780 customers without power in the Lehigh Valley. In this file photo, Electrical Lineman Pete Harris Hustontown, of Hustontown PA based Everhart & Hoover Power Line Construction Inc. restores electricty to homes …
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This Is What American Hogwarts Could Be Like
Let's be real, J.K. Rowling is wonderful. But how has she kept the inner workings of American Hogwarts from readers and fans for so long? Earlier this week, the Harry Potter author tweeted the possibility of an American school of witchcraft and …
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At Paddy Shack, fine-dining chef does bar food – marvelously
The menu at Paddy Shack, the new restaurant-within-a-bar at St. Paul's Half Time Rec, is full of fantastic bar food worth the calories, like the County Cork hot dog, topped with beer-cheese macaroni, mustard and popcorn. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin).
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Root Restaurant duo opening farm-to-table Mabel Gray in Hazel Park
Rigato, who appeared on Bravo's “Top Chef” last season, and Mamou will spend up to $ 300,000 for the 1,600-square-foot storefront at 23825 John R that most recently was Liza's Place and Ham Heaven before that. That amount includes the price of the …
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Do you spend ages wasting time because of a bulging rack?
Comment Behold GRAEF-USA's mostly empty rack; latency sucks, and getting files from the cloud generally means multiple round trip delays if large files are needed in remote offices and shared by project teams. But Panzura says it has cloud storage …
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Tributes to brave grandmother who outlived doctor's cancer prognosis
After news that her cancer was terminal, Mrs Harrison, who has a son John, helped organise a fashion show which made more than £800 to get her cousin's husband Stan Padley to Beijing for stem-cell treatment designed to restore his voice and help him …
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AM NRSC Measurements
The potential for the generation of intermodulation products should also be considered when making NRSC measurements. The presence of another AM station in proximity, or combined into the same antenna system makes this issue a very real possibility.
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Ikegami rolls out HDL-57 full-digital compact HDTV camera
Each sensor incorporates active processing circuitry and delivers a digital output to the camera's digital signal processor, all in a very small device with low power consumption. The sensors are equipped with native progressive and interlace modes.
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Biamp Systems' Tesira Delivers Audio At Queen's University At Kingston
BEAVERTON, Oregon — Aug. 6, 2015 — Biamp Systems, a leading provider of innovative, networked media systems, today announced its Tesira(R) digital signal processor (DSP)-based media system is helping to drive a cutting-edge learning experience at …
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Acer's insanely cheap Windows 10 Cloudbooks take aim at Chromebooks
Acer isn't wasting any time with rolling out its low-priced Windows 10 notebooks. On Tuesday, the Taiwan-based computer maker announced the new Aspire One Cloudbook series,and it's aimed squarely at the Chromebook crowd. Acer is starting with 11- …
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Простой SDR приёмник на ПЛИС
Мне удавалось принять сигнал маяка мощностью 100 мВт, находящегося на расстоянии ~2000 км. Радиолюбители, работающие с использованием JT65. JT65 — это один из протоколов цифровой связи между радиолюбителями. Как и в WSPR, …
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Essex gets 2m D-STAR repeater
It took over a month of configuring and tweaking to get GB7TE successfully configured and the repeater actually went on air on Friday, July 17 but wasn't connected to the network until the following day. The RSGB reports Icom donated the repeater …
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New software update for RS-BA1 IP Remote Control Software
Icom Inc has released a software update for their RS-BA1 Amateur radio IP remote control software offering a change in design and new features. The new design offers a black background and one one-colored icons provide better visibility. In addition to …
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The Icom IC-2730, a practical dual bander with optional Bluetooth headset!
Icom are pleased to announce details of the new IC-2730E dual band mobile transceiver which will be available in early 2015. This stunning new VHF/UHF dual band mobile transceiver provides VHF/VHF, UHF/UHF simultaneous receive capability as well as …
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Chris Evans and wife Natasha Shishmanian enjoy family day in Primrose Hill
He is currently balancing his TV and radio commitments with writing a book and a Mail on Sunday as well as running a successful car dealership. A source close to the old Top Gear team recently expressed doubts over whether Chris can juggle both the …
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Nicole Richie looks stressed as she steps out with family
The former Simple Life reality star also had on workout clothes that consisted of not just her everyday grey hoodie, but also skintight Capri leggings. Sensible sneakers made her look treadmill ready. At one point she took off her hoodie to reveal a …
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British Medical Association plea to stop helium being used to fill party baloons
Doctors have called for an end to the use of helium in party balloons, warning that supplies could run out for medical use. Helium takes millions of years to form before it is extracted from the ground, usually as a byproduct of oil and gas drilling …
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Army deploys 'flying command post' for paratroopers
Given how the workstations would be used, each communications and transit case had to meet strict standards, such as a four-man weight lift limit, elimination of electromagnetic interference with other command and control airplane systems, and the …
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Detecting tiny metallic contaminants with magnetisation
Researchers in Japan have been working to improve the detection of metallic contaminants in food. Existing inspection methods have limitations; the X-ray radiation method cannot detect contaminants with sizes smaller than 1 mm and it cannot be applied …
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Army's Electronic Warfare Cupboard Is Bare: No Jammer Until 2023
“EWPMT is what allows them to see the battlefield in the electromagnetic environment,” Church said, “so you'll be able to tell your commander, 'this is where we have interference. This is where we are. This is where the enemy is. I don't know what that …
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Welcome to the fast-moving world of flash connectors
Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI): When SATA first emerged we all had to scramble around to find drivers for each implementation from the various vendors. Initially, parallel ATA emulation mode was used as a horrible kludge to get around this …
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InventDesign sets DJ Hardwell up with stage LED lighting and controls for tour
The controller is ideal for this sort of installation, not only because of the high capacity, but also because of its small size and weight. The controller weighs only 130 grams and if you need to ship … C-4 controller allows a direct translation of …
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The Cruise Industry's March to China: What's In It for Lines and Agents?
Shanghai has good cruise infrastructure and several cruise terminals now home porting ships. Hong Kong too has multiple terminals, including the new Kai Tak terminal. But the lines, for the most part, have centered their focus on Shanghai. Buckelew is …
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亲历者忆97年中菲黄岩岛事件:看着敌机俯冲(图)
所谓“DX远征”,英文为“DX-pedition”,是无线电爱好者把远程通信的无线电缩写“DX”和单词“expedition”组合而成的,指的是业余无线电爱好者,为了远距离通信活动,来到一个业余电台十分稀少的地方进行操作,简称为“DX远征 …
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MultiPSK 4.17 released
All text modes can be reported (included JT65, ALE and ALE400 soundings and ARQ FAE calls). However in PACKET/PAX/PAX2, the option (available clicking on the "Options" button) "Only the information on RX and TX frames" must be unchecked to be …
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MULTIPSK 4.15 released
http://f6cte.free.fr/The_Call_ID_and_Prop_ID _easy_with_Multipsk.doc. 3) Improvements of – the SdR mode and frequency management, – the ARQ FAE mode (in ALE or ALE400), – the JT65, GMDSS and SELCAL modes. 110A specifications: Baud rate: 2400.
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Funkamateure können nicht nur morsen und peilen, sie sind auch Tüftler
Einige hundert Radioamateure trafen sich am Samstag zu ihrem jährlichen Hamfest in der Schulanlage in Othmarsingen. Funken ist jedoch nicht nur ein spannendes Freizeitvergnügen, sondern oft das einzige Kommunikationsmittel in Extremsituationen. von …
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This is the assembly of my GAP Titan DX at our new house on August 27th and 28th 2011.

Rome's Imperial Port
Rome-Portus-Vatican-Fresco Portus, now some two miles from the Mediterranean shoreline, was built by the Romans in the 1st century A.D. to be their main maritime port. A 16th-century fresco in the Vatican Palace shows an idealized reconstruction of …
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Local group reports rise in immigrant families
SUBSCRIBE NOW | Log in | Activate digital access · Arizona Daily Star · Clear … Salpointe Catholic football coach Dennis Bene is a Master Trainer for USA Football Heads Up Football. Bene held a …. Reigning Cat's and Dogs (520) 780-7945. Call …
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Watch Earl From 'Dinosaurs' Rap Notorious BIG's 'Hypnotize'
When pop culture worlds collide: Nine days after BuzzFeed showed the Internet what happened to its favorite characters from "Dinosaurs" and two days after the anniversary of Notorious B.I.G.'s death, an intrepid YouTube user named Benjamin Roberts …
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780-1352. Meals on Wheels, Portland, needs volunteer drivers to deliver meals to home-bound elderly, once a week, once a month or more on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays or Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mileage reimbursement offered. Contact Alice …
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With Partpic's visual recognition tech, you'll never buy the wrong part again
After reading that Georgia Tech had a great program for digital signal processing, which is the foundation of Partpic's technology, Burks started to get involved in the community there. The campus was around the corner from her house, and she met some …
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Leading IC Manufacturer Places Follow-On Order for Aehr Test Systems' ABTS
… a $ 1.7 million follow-on order for its Advanced Burn-in and Test Systems (ABTS) from a leading multi-national manufacturer of advanced logic integrated circuits (ICs) for automotive, embedded processing, digital signal processing and analog …
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Wireless devices safe if kept metre away from equipment
A team from the Concordia's engineering and science faculty used advanced mathematical modelling techniques to assess the risk of electromagnetic radiation from such technology interfering with equipment like heart monitors. The study, published in the …
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Rapid – Latest magnetic jack connectors integrate up to ten discrete components
Fully IEEE 802.3 compliant these devices feature spring-loaded 'fingers' to ensure maximum resistance to electromagnetic interference (EMI) and can be ordered in tab-up and tab-down configurations to maximise design convenience and compatibility with …
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Submarine Force celebrates 115th birthday
Master Chief Petty Officer Edwin Francis “Bud” Atkins, the oldest qualified enlisted submariner in attendance with more than 60 years qualified as a submariner; Capt David Mcall, Senior qualified officer; and Lt.j.g. Scott Kiliszweski, newest qualified …
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Do Social Media and SEO Impact Google Rankings?
The Internet is an ever-evolving thing, and getting the marketing results you need requires adaptability. You might have stuck with simple SEO “techniques” in the past, but changes in search engine algorithms make it important to realize how important …
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리니어, 16비트 2.7Gsps DAC 출시…80dB SFDR 실현
이 디바이스는 DC~1080MHz 출력까지 78dBc 2-tone 이상의 IMD(intermodulation distortion), 낮은 위상 잡음, 폭넓은 2.1GHz -3dB 출력 대역폭을 제공한다. 그 결과, LTC2000A는 계측기, 광대역 통신, 테스트 장비, 케이블 TV DOCSIS CMTS와 같은 애플리케이션 …
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Getting the best out of your precision design with Zero-Drift amplifiers, Part 2
Because the inputs are switched, it produces small transients at the chopping frequency that can mix with the input signal frequency and result in intermodulation distortion detectable at the op amp's output. To address this artifact of self-correcting …
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Menteri ESDM: Harga BBM Sulit Naik
"Kalau (harga rata-rata minyak mentah Indonesia/ICP) enam bulan berturut-turut di atas 120 dollar AS per barrel, baru bisa. Tapi, kan, sulit bikin enam bulan berturut-turut," kata Jero di sela-sela acara Musyawarah Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional 2012 …
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Pertamina Raup Pendapatan Rp 280 Triliun
"Penyebabnya adalah karena penurunan harga minyak dan ditambah peningkatan kurs," katanya. Pada 2012, realisasi harga minyak mencapai di atas 120 dollar AS per barel dan kurs sekitar Rp 9.100 per dollar AS. Sedangkan, saat inil, harga minyak turun …
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Asumsi Harga Minyak dalam APBN Jangan Konservatif
Fabby memperkirakan harga minyak mentah dunia bisa di atas 120 dollar AS per barrel seiring kondisi Iran. Dengan realisasi ICP riil di atas asumsi APBN, yakni 15-20 persen, ia berharap pemerintah segera mengubah asumsi ICP di APBN 2012.
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Propagation Forecast Bulletin #14 de K7RA:
This bulletin is being posted a day early because ARRL headquarters is closed tomorrow April 3 for Good Friday. This week's numbers have average daily solar flux and sunspot numbers headed in opposite directions. For the March 26 through April 1 period …
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Puerto Rico ARES Takes Part In Caribe Wave/Lantex 2015 Exercise:
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers in Puerto Rico took part in the 2015 Caribe Wave Large Atlantic Tsunami Exercise (LANTEX http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/ctwp/?n=caribewave2015) — an annual tsunami drill for the US East Coast, …
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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.

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The Spirit of Community (Vayakhel, Covenant & Conversation 5775 on Ethics)
Perhaps the most interesting of Putnam's findings was that these attributes were related not to people's religious beliefs but to the frequency with which they attend a place of worship.[7] … Maimonides rules that “One who separates himself from the …
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Hearing voices? Don't assume that means schizophrenia
Indeed, 5-13% of adults will hear voices at some point during their lives – in circumstances that may be related to spiritual experiences, bereavement, trauma, sensory deprivation or impairment, as well as mental and emotional distress. Despite this …
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Profiles in Design: Thomas Lee, Ph.D.
“Learn to be your own teacher. The profession changes at such a velocity that many things you learn in school will be obsolete before too long.”—Tom Lee Our opening keynote speaker at DesignCon 2015 will be Dr. Thomas Lee of Stanford University.
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Audioengine B2 Premium Bluetooth speaker review
On the back of the speaker you will find a volume knob, pairing button / status LED, Bluetooth antenna connector, aux input, AC power port and power switch. I was a little disappointed that the volume knob was located on the back of the speaker, but I …
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QSL-J21 : Nuls d'Al Sailiya et Lekhwiya
Pour le compte de la 21è journée de la Qatar Stars League, l'équipe de Lekhwiya n'a obtenu que le point du match nul face à Al Khour (2/2). Les camarades de Youssef Msakni restentn toutefois en tête du classement après le nul concédé par leur …
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'Mega DXpeditions Honor Roll' Posted On GDXF Site:
That would have been the 53,849 QSOs that Jukka Heikinheimo, OH2BR, logged as VP6BR during his 88-day visit to Pitcairn Island http://www.qsl.net/oh2br/ in early 2000. This has been recognized as a Guinness World Record. The Honor Roll also includes …
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QSL-J20 : Al Sailiya s'impose contre Al Shamal de Hadded
Maher Hadded, joueur tunisien d'Al Shamal L'équipe d'al Sailiya, entrainée par Sami Trabelsi a enfin retrouvé la victoire. Pour le compte de la 20ème journée de la Qatar Stars League, les camarades d'Issam Jomâa se sont imposés (2/1) contre le club d …
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Why Is This Man Smiling?
No one can call Jim Inhofe a “climate change denier” anymore. The senior senator from Oklahoma was not among the dissenter in yesterday's 98-1 vote “to express the sense of the Senate that climate change is real and not a hoax.” That would be Sen.
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Swiss Franc Bets Turned on a Dime
It was a rare event that revived long-standing investor complaints about the retail foreign-exchange market. Investors and analysts say the fallout is a major black eye for an industry that has struggled to escape a bad reputation—as a haven for …
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Bootstrapped Startups Risk a Lack of Connections
More entrepreneurs in recent years have tried to bootstrap their companies, starting with very little capital and deliberately avoiding outside investors. But as the economy improves, many of those relying solely on their personal finances—and …
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Peter Jennings ABC News London Full 30 Min Clip by w8jyz@arrl.net

1986 ABC News feed from London. This is Peter Jennings at his best from behind the scenes video. This video was recorded by me on November 13, 1986. This is …
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San Antonio, five other Texas cities rank as most 'financially irresponsible'
What could they be spending all their money on? Petticoats, cotillions and Paula Dean's food. Source: Badcredit.org. 14. Jacksonville, FloridaAverage credit score: 647Average debt: $ 29,681Average balance on credit. Photo By Paul Kennedy/Getty Images.
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Eugene wireless services firm expands to Hawaii
Eugene-based Silke Communications has expanded to Hawaii with the purchase of the Distributed Antenna System, which serves mobile subscribers in three areas of the islands. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The three-network system in Hawaii …
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BASE jumper dies in plunge from Michigan TV tower
According to one tally, at least 243 people, including Sheppard, have died since 1981. BASE stands for building, antenna, span and earth. 524 CONNECT 42 TWEET 1 LINKEDIN 77 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/1IP3U2e …
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What in the world is going on?
Luke 21:25b, “and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity” There will be distress, anguish and heartache. Along with that … As these things happen with more force and frequency, we know the coming of Christ is getting closer. The increase …
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FXCM Gets 0 Million Bailout From Leucadia After Swiss Shock
This wouldn't be the first bailout Jefferies has extended to a financial firm in distress. When Knight Capital Group Inc. … Last year, it acquired some assets from Infinium Capital Holdings LLC, a high-frequency trading firm based in Chicago. The …
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Inshore fishing gear restricions may benefit Scotland
A report on the potential impact of new management measures including mobile fishing gear restrictions in inshore fisheries suggests that they could be beneficial to Scotland. The research has developed a model to assess the possible impacts of a ban …
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Icom North America Launches New Icom Technology and Training Center
Icom North America LLC has launched its new Icom Technology and Training Center, dedicated to development, integration, upfitting and training for its bi-fuel and mono-fuel liquid propane autogas injection systems. The Icom Technology and Training …
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Metro Link by Winnebago Industries Includes Alternative Fuel Option in
ICOM North America has partnered with Winnebago Industries and their Official Distributor, "Metro Worldwide," for installation and distribution of ICOM Bi-Fuel and Mono-fuel Liquid Propane Injection System for installation in the Winnebago Metro Link …
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Chasing cubesats

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Chasing cubesats on a cold winter day using the Funcube Dongle software defined radio receiver and the Arrow II satellite antenna.

SKYWARN training set for weather spotters
The Winter SKYWARN training class will be held Nov. 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The class will be held at Wilkes University in the Stark Learning Center, Room 101. Those interested in attending the class are asked to register, as there are a limited …
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​Coppell to hold severe weather class
​The Fort Worth office of the National Weather Service will hold a Basic Skywarn class from 9 to 11 a.m. Feb. 14 at the Coppell Town Center, 255 E. Parkway Blvd. Class topics will include basic thunderstorm development, identifying potential severe …
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Storm-spotter class draws all ages
Jeff Watkins, Falls County Emergency Management Coordinator, along with Beckie and Johnny Seiley, Falls on the Brazos Park managers, hosted a severe weather class/SKYWARN at the park cafe from 7-9 p.m. on Jan. 6. The class was led by meteorologist …
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STORM UPDATE: NSTAR, National Grid report 487 outages statewide; snow at
26 at 9:30 p.m. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reports the following: Current power outage numbers by company as of 8:30 p.m.Utilities Status:National Grid: 47NSTAR: 440WMECO: 0UNITIL: 0Total: 487. SKYWARN observers reported …
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Baofeng UV-5RA

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Very small handheld radio.

Made in China.

30 Meter Multi Mode Weekend
10.139 – JT65 (WSJT) 10.1405 – PROPNET (BPSK31) 10.139-10.141 WSPR (QSO MODE-WSJT) 10.140 – 10.141 BPSK31 QRP 10.140 – 10.142 BPSK31 – DX Region 1,2,3 (or BPSK/QPSK,31,63,125,<125hz) 10.142 – 10.145 RTTY,MFSK, THOR, THROB, …
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Baofeng UV-5RA

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I bought this for my wife.

LightSail Sails through Day-in-the-Life Test
The autosequence properly deployed LightSail's antenna and began sending telemetry to the Cal Poly ground station. The folks at Cal Poly have a cool web interface that decodes telemetry packets into human-readable text in real-time. There's even a …
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Ericsson partners with IBM to create tiny antennas
5G standards are still undefined, but the companies involved in 5G research and standardization are already creating tools for next-generation networks. Today Ericsson said it is collaborating with IBM to design phased-array antennas for 5G networks.
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