Hurricanes and Emergency Communication Courses

It’s That Time Of Year Again!

With Gustav Hurricane Ike rapidly approaching the Texas coastline, ham radio operators and the ARRL Gulf states leaders are hard at work preparing for the onslaught of monster storms.
To help prepare for these imminent dangers to the US, the ARRL offers on line ham radio Emergency Communications  courses. Among other [...]

Solar Cycle 24 Canceled – Ham Radio Operators Furious

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Dayton, Ohio (IPP) – The next solar cycle was assigned the number 24 but has been canceled by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Scientists were able to predict that this cycle would have been 30% to 50% stronger than the previous solar cycle and it would have started a year later than previously [...]

The PC vs Mac Controversy Rages On

Browsing the Internet with Stumble always turns up someting new to think about, try or check out. Last night’s Stumbling turned up an article about the PC vs Mac controversy again.
The article went on to compare a Dell Inspiron 518 with Vista Home against an IMac with OS X and was based on a very [...]

ARRL Lab Manager – Tech Session Chair

ARRL Lab Manager Ed Hare, W1RFI, will chair a Technical Session at this year’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). It will be held at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, August 18-22. Mark Steffka, WW8MS, a member of the ARRL EMC Committee, invited Hare to chair the [...]

Good news from S21 land (Bangladesh)

Good news is hardly heard from anywhere, and it is more welcome when it comes from a country like Bangladesh, and even more appreciable when it is for a hobby like Amateur Radio.
Since 2004, the amateur radio license [...]

Crossing America by bicycle

August 9, 2008 – 12:21AM
SUZANNE ULBRICH

Brian Fleischhauer, an amateur radio and sports enthusiast, quit his job to ride a bicycle across the country with his childhood friend Mark Kelly.
The two friends with a Topsail Beach connection began their 92-day transcontinental bike trek as their first effort to raise funds for their new public charity, Outdoor [...]