Google Alerts notified me today that eHam is now rating ham radio blogs. So, if you like this blog, please head on over to eHam and select Blogs from the drop-down menu there. To add your rating, you have to click on the stars on . . . → Read More: Rate Me on eHam.Net
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Here are some tips from ConsumerReports.Org about spring cleaning your electronics: Be clean: Keep your computer hardware germ-free. Read the . . . → Read More: Spring Cleaning? Don’t Forget Your Electronics This from Weaver’s Words, an e-mail newsletter from GL Division Director Jim Weaver, K8JE, March 30, 2010: +++ New MOU between Red Cross and ARRL is Signed +++ ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN and Joseph C. Becker, Senior Vice President, Disaster Services for the American National Red Cross (ANRC) signed the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the . . . → Read More: New MOU Signed with Red Cross This bounced around several mailing lists before arriving in my inbox. Tod, K0TO, was the founding editor of NCJ from 1972 – 1975. Here’s what he wrote in the original e-mail to the Minnesota Wireless Association: I was cleaning off files from my computer this morning and ran across a document I had been asked to write . . . → Read More: Reminiscences of the Early Days of the National Contesting Journal (NCJ) Need to reach that far-away 440 repeater. Here’s just what you need. This is from the latest electronic design e-mail newsletter: RF Power Transistor Packs 1.5 kW On the HamRadioHelpGroup mailing list, when a ham asked, “Why should I learn Morse Code if it is no longer required?” Tim, N9PUZ replied: Why do you learn how to operate RTTY, PSK-31, etc.? This is from the IARU E-Letter for March 2010…Dan ==> IARU OPERATING AWARD FOR WORKED ALL CONTINENTS (WAC) The IARU issues Worked-All-Continents certificates to amateur radio stations around the world that work all six continental areas. Qualification for the WAC award is based on an examination by the International Secretariat, or a member-society, of the IARU of QSL cards . . . → Read More: IARU Awards for Worked All Continents I’m always amazed when things actually work. So you can imagine my amazement when I actually got the demo shown in the Make: Magazine video below to work. Diana, KC2UHB, used her lightbulb/antenna combo to demonstrate the principle of directional antennas by using a Yagi as her transmitting antenna. I didn’t have a Yagi handy, so I . . . → Read More: Simple Antenna Demos Antenna Polarization QST de W1AW SB QST ARL ARLB010 The International Amateur Radio Region 2 (IARU R2) conference—held later this year in El Salvador — brings together delegations from the national Amateur Radio Societies in . . . → Read More: ARRL Seeks Input for New IARU Region 2 Band Plan On the HamRadioHelpGroup mailing list, Tim, N9PUZ, passes along a link to ON4WW’s Operating Practice Web page. Tim says, “Lots of good information and advice about operating for new comers and old hands alike.” Think of it as an All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten for ham radio. Despite it’s relatively short length, . . . → Read More: A Short, Sweet Guide to Operating Practice |
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