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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CQ has announced that it will no longer accept logs for any CQ-sponsored contest from stations in Crimea operating with Russian-issued call signs. CQ Magazine said that “after considerable deliberation,” it has decided to follow the lead of the US government and the United Nations and will consider the embattled Crimea region to be a part of Ukraine, “until such time as the political situation …
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Fremont, CA (PRWEB) July 3, 2006
SchmartBoard, the developer of a new technology that has significantly simplified the creation of electronic circuits for hobbyists, education and industry, has announced that it has signed German distributor ELV Elektronik AG to supply Germany with the full line of RoHS compliant SchmartBoard products.
Most people who design electronic circuits do not have the skills to hand-solder surface mount components. SchmartBoard|ez was developed as a solution for this problem. What once could only be achieved by technicians with many hours of experience, can now be done by anyone. A ten year old who has never held a soldering iron, can now hand solder a .4mm IC or a BGA (Ball Grid Array) effortlessly and flawlessly.
According to Neal Greenberg, SchmartBoard’s VP Sales and Marketing, “We have received numerous e-mails from people in Germany who have want access to SchmartBoard’s technology. We are happy to finally find a partner to make Schmartboard available to people in Germany and support industry, academia, and individual hobbyists there.”
Ralph Landwehr, Head of Product Management at ELV, says “SchmartBoard is a perfect solution for our professionals and hobbyists who are used to working with a soldering iron. Now they can take the advantage of using the newest solutions in ICs that often are only available in SMD – type housings”.
SchmartBoards are used by industry professionals to prototype circuits, universities for R&D and as teaching tools, and by individual hobbyists involved in electronics, robotics, ham radio and other areas.
About SchmartBOARD (http://www.schmartboard.com)
SchmartBOARDTM is committed to helping engineers, students and hobbyists develop electronic circuits faster, easier, and less expensively than previously possible. Schmartboard’s patent pending Electronic Circuit Building Blocks makes this possible. More information about Schmartboard can be found at http://www.schmartboard.com
About ELV Elektronik AG (http://www.elv.de)
ELV is one of the biggest mail-order companies for every type of electronic part in Germany and Europe. The 700 page main catalogue, with a circulation of more than 500.000 pieces per year, is standard literature for technical enthusiast consumers.”
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The popular QRZ.com website has announced some new features. The site’s call sign database now fully supports “secondary” call signs. “A secondary call sign is one which includes a slash plus a modifier as either a prefix or a suffix to the primary call sign,” QRZ.com Publisher Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ, explained. In other words, users can create separate pages for their DXpedition, QRP, or mobile ope…
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Check out these ham radio outlet images:
Gordo SIgns some Autographs
Image by The Rocketeer
Diamond Girls
Image by The Rocketeer
Representing Diamond Antenna at HRO’s Manufacturer Day.
The Yasme Foundation currently offers two awards. The Yasme Award, in the form of a handsome plaque, is offered to those radio amateurs who submit proof of 30 QSOs with Yasme officials and DXpeditions that have at least one Yasme official as a participant. The Yasme Supreme Award is in the form of a representation of the YASME boat used by Danny Weil in his around-the-world DXpedition. It is av…
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