After Internet Caused Lull in Amateur Radio, Technology Bringing it Back:
Sunday, 30 May 2010 15:17
"Gulf Zero Gulf Hotel Kilo, this is Kilo Three Italy Japan. Do you read?" "Yes, Kilo Three Italy Japan, this is Gulf Zero Hotel Kilo. I read." bJust that easy, ham radio operator Tom Krohn was talking to a fellow operator in England. After their short conversation, Krohn turned to the computer on his left that is just as much a part of the console as the radio in the radio "shack" he has created in the basement of his home atop Stockton Mountain. "Here he is," Krohn said a few moments later, pointing to a picture of the British operator with his call sign. Now, with the aid of a computer and the Internet, Krohn can see who he"s talking to via a website, QRZ.com, which lists ham operators all over the world. After a period in which new technology like the Internet robbed time and attention away from ham radio operators, computers and the Internet are now embraced by them as part of the pursuit of their passion. "For awhile there, there was a pretty bad drop in the number of hams," said Krohn, one of the founders of the Anthracite Repeater Association, a group of local hams who communicate via a repeater atop Freeland Mountain. "But lately, there"s been an influx."
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Norwich Police Say Complaint About Gunman Bogus:
Sunday, 30 May 2010 15:16
Norwich, Conn. -- A Norwich man has been charged with making a false report to police about a gun incident at the Norwich Walmart in January. Keith J. Mutch, 35, of 1 Tanner Ave. in Norwich, was charged with second-degree breach of peace, first-degree reckless endangerment and first-degree falsely reporting an incident. According to police, they responded to the Norwich Walmart at 9:30 p.m. Jan. 26 for the report of a man in front of the store with a shotgun threatening to shoot people. Police determined the report was false and no one was injured. Store security personnel told police they heard the report over their two-way radio system, but none had made the transmission. Police said their investigation revealed Mutch had used a portable Ham radio set-up to make the transmission.
The Morse Code Keyboard: Because Old Is New Again&
Saturday, 29 May 2010 16:24
Every 15-20 years, we see a "retro wave" wash over society. Whether it be clothing, ideologies, or business models, old becoming new isn"t too uncommon. For one crafty modder, BenB, the whole "old is new" again was taken to a completely different level. I bring you the Morse Code Keyboard& If we"re going to be uber technical -- is it really a keyboard since it only has one "key"? Once you get over that question, you can absorb all the awesomeness that a heavily modded Morse-to-USB device encapsulates. I don"t know Morse Code nor do I really want to learn. But if I did know what the hell all of those little dashes meant, I"d definitely have one of these.
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Memorial Hospital Donates Transmitters To Radio Club:
Saturday, 29 May 2010 16:25
LUFKIN, TEXAS (Press release) - When all other forms of communication fail, amateur radio provides a means of communication. Amateur radio operators have responded to local and regional disasters since the 1970s and more recently during hurricanes. Memorial Health System of East Texas recently donated 2 paging transmitters to the Deep East Texas Amateur Radio Club. "We can modify these transmitters to be utilized in the frequency range allocated to amateur radio operators," said Steve Glass, Deep East Texas Amateur Radio Club, Inc. President and Angelina County ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator. "We can also build another primary or backup repeater that could be a means of communication during an emergency (hurricane or otherwise) in which primary communication mediums fail."
Propagation Forecast Bulletin #21 de K7RA:
Saturday, 29 May 2010 13:56
This weekend is the CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest, and conditions may
be a little rough. Our current sunspot group 1072 has reached the
Sun"s western horizon and is shrinking besides, and what looked like
a possible emerging spot on Wednesday was not to be. There is a
stiff solar wind heading toward Earth, and predicted planetary A
index for May 28-31 is 20, 20, 22 and 15. Predicted solar flux is
73 for May 28-29, 75 for May 30 through June 3, then 80, 78, 76, 75
and 70 for June 4-8. This prediction is from NOAA and USAF on May
27, but on May 26 they predicted a solar flux of 76, 78, 80, 82, 82,
79, 80, and 80 for May 28 through June 4.
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