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ARRL Bulletin 35 ARLB035
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT November 30, 2009
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB035
ARLB035 FCC Looks to Revise, Clarify Vanity Call Sign Rules
On Wednesday, November 25, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) — WT Docket No. 09-209 — seeking to amend the Commission’s Amateur [...]

From David, KG4GIY, via the ARRL PR mailing list:
As most of you know I dabble a little with Linux and other Open Source Software. A few of you know I occasionally scramble a few electrons and blog my thoughts on Linux and Open Source for the Linux Journal. What most of you do [...]

Is it just me, or do you also think that Logbook of the World (LOTW) is more trouble than it’s worth?
Three years ago, I went through the bother of downloading the software, getting the certificates, etc. I used it for a while, uploading all of the QSOs that I’d logged since I [...]

If there’s a bigger mismatch than between Shakespeare and amateur radio, then I don’t know about it. Even so, some fine fellow (I was unable to divine either this fellow’s name or callsign) has translated Shakespeare’s sonnets into Morse Code. There are versions at 7 wpm, 13 wpm, and 20 wpm for each of the [...]

Recently, someone donated an entire TS-820 station to our Ham Radio at the Hands-On Museum project. The equipment included a fully decked-out TS-820, plus a lot of other stuff from that era (the late 1970s), including a Heathkit code practice oscillator, a Handbook, and other assorted books and materials.
I’d looked through this stuff before, but [...]

The editors at EE Times have compiled a list of 10 emerging technologies to watch in 2010:

Biofeedback or thought-control of electronics could give people with disabilities, the military, and consumers new ways to control user interfaces.
The possibility of rapidly printing multiple conductive, insulating, and semiconductive layers to create electronics could significantly lower the cost [...]

Tim, N9PUZ writes:
Dan,
A while back you mentioned your club built up some of the bare bones Arduino boards. I’ve been using the Arduino for a while. Recently I needed to measure some temperatures. I discovered the Microchip MCP9700A in a TO-92 package. It’s $0.36 in single pieces from Mouser and will measure -40C to +120C.
I [...]

2600—The Hacker Quarterly—has an article in the Autumn issue titled, “Post-Apocalyptic Communications.” It reads,
You’ve watched the movies and now you must prepare for the worst. You’re going to need a bunker deep inside a mountain, preferably at high elevation….You will need some form of communication. That pwned [sic] iPhone just won’t do. Sure, it’s [...]

Yet another indication that BPL just doesn’t make economic sense….Dan
From InsideNoVA.Com:
City council considers ending Internet service
By Keith Walker
Published: November 18, 2009
Updated: November 19, 2009
If Manassas Councilman Jonathan L. Way had his druthers, he’d shut down the city’s low-cost Internet service as soon as possible, because it’s costing the city more than $100,000 a year.
In 2003, [...]

QST de W1AW
Special Bulletin 12 ARLX012
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT November 19, 2009
To all radio amateurs
SB SPCL ARL ARLX012
ARLX012 NCVEC to Release New Technician Question Pool to Public in
January 2010
The Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of
Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) is due to release the new
Technician class (Element 2) question pool [...]