I usually don’t post about QSLs so frequently, but yesterday two arrived that I feel deserve some comment. The first is from Mike, KA2NJY. Mike is one of the Novices that I worked last month and blogged about. Mike writes that he’s been a Novice since 1979! His QSL card (see below) looks like [...]

This is from Len Todd, N8AGS, MTL Project Manager, N8AGS@arrl.net. If you’re in Michigan, please contact your state legislators……..Dan
Status Report – March 10, 2010
We have changed the name of the PRB-1 Project to a name that fits the proposed law better and more accurately describes its intent. We now call it the Michigan Tower Law [...]

Sorry, I haven’t been blogging much lately. I’ve been very busy with work. At any rate here’s a press release that I received yesterday:
PRAISE FOR THE BATTERY
“An irresistibly entertaining history of electricity from the point of view of the humble battery…high-quality popular-science writing.”—Kirkus
“Henry Schlesinger’s fascinating and superbly researched history of the battery is the story [...]

In conjunction with the Dayton Hamvention, the QRP Amateur Radio Club (QRP-ARCI) hosts what they call Four Days in May (FDIM). The highlight of FDIM is the seminar on Thursday, the day before the Hamvention starts. I’ve attended twice, and will most likely be attending this year. The seminar includes sessions on any number [...]

Reprinted with permission from the Feb 2010 newlsetter of the San Bernardino Microwave Society:
You know you are a radio Geezer when:

you have more tools than you’ll ever need, but can’t find them.
you need to keep your radio’s user manual on the desk.
your antennas are getting smaller and closer to the ground.
it’s been 40 years since [...]

I’ve been living in Uganda since October 14, 2009, just over three months. I have visited Uganda on four previous occasions for three to six weeks each time. I remember well my first visit in the summer of 1999. That was the year we were preparing for Y2K, and there were a whole bunch of [...]

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!

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/.

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 [...]