As the title implies, here are a few more interesting items I’ve gleaned from all the mailling lists I’m on:

Defense Scrapyard Handbook, DoD 4160.21 H. On the GO-Tech list, Keith Mc. (not a ham….yet) says, “This is a scan of an interesting government document on identifying and processing scrapyard materials and metals. Chapter 4 [...]

I recently blogged about the difference between recruiting new hams and recruiting new ARRL members. I went on to describe the various ways that we could do more to recruit more people into ham radio. Today, I want to discuss how the ARRL might turn more of those hams into ARRL members.
Currently, less than 25% [...]

Thanks to Ig, N0EFT, and his crew:

Tim, WA8VTD, back up radio operator;
Steve, KB9UPS, ARISS mentor and antenna and az/el rotor operator;
Olivia, KC8VGH, who handled the microphone and kids; and
Candy. KD8IPC, who made the initial contact and helped with the kids;

yesterday’s Space Station contact from the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum was a success. Despite the low [...]

Someone recently offered to give our club a 900 MHz repeater. 900 MHz?? Who uses that band Well, apparently, there is a lot of activity up there, and maybe the least of it amateur activity.
I got to thinking about how we might use it. The first thing to cross my mind was digital TV. [...]

While I love the Omni VII that we’ve purchased for use at the museum, I’m very disappointed that the rig’s internal keyer has no memories. That seems almost inexcusable in a $3,000 radio.
Since memories make operating CW so much easier, I started scouting around for an external keyer. What I finally purchased was the K1EL [...]

I got this QSL from Paul, N8XMS a couple of days ago. He says that a lot of hams interpret the XMS suffix as short for “Christmas” so he came up with this special holiday QSL card. Happy holidays, everyone!

Just bagged two more for my collection of QSLs from stations whose callsigns spell words:

K1PUB. Chas got a kick out of it when I mentioned my collection. He said most people say they get thirsty when they work him.
AF4AT. Jim’s signal wasn’t strong, but he was Q5. Jim is the third “AT” that I’ve worked.

UPDATE [...]

Here’s something different. I’m not sure that I’m thrilled about being called a “hamster,” but some seem to think it’s cute.
From the press release:
Over two years in the making, Jerry Spring takes a look at the more humorous aspects of ham radio. Check out the stories, riddles, one liners, limericks, jokes, nursery rhymes and [...]

Here’s the column I’m sending out for December……..Dan
When I was a kid, we had an album (remember records on vinyl?) that had a bunch of Christmas songs for kids. The song I remember most goes:
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,
My two front teeth, my two front teeth.
Gee, if I could only [...]

In October, Professor Jon Peha, of Carnegie Mellon University was appointed FCC Chief Technologist. In addition to working with the FCC, he is part of CMU’s Department of Engineering and Public Policy, served as the Chief Technical Officer of three high-tech start-ups, and as a member of the technical staff at such communications giants as [...]