Almost three years ago, I blogged about splicing my 40m dipole back together. The problem was that the wire had corroded, and I just couldn’t solder it properly. This episode came to mind when I read the following e-mail by Chuck, W5USJ, to the qrp-l.org mailing list:
Not a new thing and came up recently — [...]

These two photos were e-mailed to me with the subject line, “The Ham That Has Everything.”

My comment is that I bet this ham doesn’t have a wife or girlfriend!

From the 2010-01-26 issue of NIST Tech Beat:
Engineered Metamaterials Enable Remarkably Small Antennas

This Z antenna tested at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is smaller than a standard antenna with comparable properties. Its high efficiency is derived from the “Z element” inside the square that acts as a metamaterial, greatly boosting the signal sent [...]

On the Ten-Tec Omni VII Yahoo Group, Bill, KZ3DX writes:
If I was 17 years-old I would be hacking I-phones and other items like George Hotz, the 17 year-old from New Jersey who was able to unlock the Apple I-phone so that it could be used on other cell service networks.
When I was his age, [...]

In this issue:

A Message From IARU President Tim Ellam
Haiti Earthquake Report

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A Message From Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA
Secretary Stafford requested that I provide an update on IARU activities for the IARU E-Letter. I am pleased to do so.
Some recent activities:

IARU Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD and IARU Coordinator for Emergency Communications, Hans Zimmermann, [...]

While we’re at it, here’s a video report from CNN about the work one ham is doing to pass traffic to and from Haiti:

Yesterday, down at the museum, a TV crew from Fox 2 news came through and did a short interview with me about ham radio. Here’s the clip. They cut it kind of short, but, hey, publicity is publicity. :)

This just posted by Jim Wharton, Vice President at Ten-Tec, Inc.:
Service Technician
Ten-Tec inc. has an opening for a Service Technician to repair HF Power Amplifiers. See the description on http://www.tentec.com/employment/.

Tom, W3ROK, has compiled the reasons one should join an amateur radio club and posted them to the Mason County Amateur Radio Club website. Some of the reasons include:

It provides contact with local radio amateurs.
You can get help building a station.
Clubs often sponsor license exam classes.
Clubs make ham radio more visible in the community.
Clubs organize [...]

I got this e-mail last Friday, but only found it this morning in the spam folder. Sounds like fun to me. I wish I could make it.
I love the slogan, “Better radio, better communication, better life…..Dan

CQ CQ BY4AA IS CALLING!
CHINA HAM Radio 2010 Expo + Fest.
Date: April 3-5,2010
Venue?INTEX Shanghai
Better radio, better communication, better life
http://www.chinahamexpo.com/indexen.asp

Dear [...]