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FDL Amateur Radio Club Recognizes Members:

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 04:00 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38491


FOND DU LAC -- On Jan. 9, the Fond du Lac Amateur Radio Club recognized the
achievement of members with the "Ham of the Year" award and the
first-ever "Award of Excellence," presented by Becky Schoenfeld W1BXY, the
editor of QST Magazine, one of the largest ham radio publications in the
world. David McCumber received the "Ham of the Year" award at the meeting.
Every year, the Fond du Lac Amateur Radio Club gives the award to ham radio
operator who has consistently gone above and beyond the call of duty.


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Seriously Collecting Broadcasting's Big Iron:

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 04:00 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38490


Some of us collect postage stamps; others coins or perhaps matchbooks.
There are a few individuals who collect vacuum tubes. However, one Ohioan
has set a somewhat loftier goal: amassing a collection of broadcast-type
radio transmitters. Gerry Moersdorf began rounding up such transmitters
more than 15 years ago, uprooting them from their former workspaces and
hauling them back to a large warehouse-type building in a Columbus, Ohio,
suburb. Asked whether these massive yesteryear rulers of the AM band were
just for show, Moersdorf, who is a ham radio operator, was quick to show
off the mods he'd made to allow the rigs to tune the amateur radio
bands. "The transmitters that I've kept, I've converted for operation on
the 160-, 75- and 40-meter [amateur] bands," he said. "The amateur radio
world's AM community is the best community. They have a lot of knowledge
and love for transmitters like these, and they don't operate plastic
radios."


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Ham Talk Live #49 -- Richard Garriott:

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 03:59 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38489


Thursday at 9 PM Eastern time, tune into Ham
Talk Live! to hear Richard Garriott de
Cayeux, W5KWQ talk about operating ham radio
from the International Space Station and his
new book, Explore/Create! We will take your
calls, and even take a trip down memory lane
with some discussion about his father, Owen
Garriott, W5LFL, the first person to operate
ham radio from space.