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Holyland Dx Contest 2015 - Thank you

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 02:04 AM PDT
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Holy Land DX Contest 2015

Shalom

I had the pleasure of operating the full 24 Hours period.

It was quiet a challenge as propagation across all bands was extremely poor.

The first night was a bit better, all low bands were noisy and not much
activity.

But in general it was a lot of fun , some real nice multipliers , and most
of all it was great to hear many local stations. many old friends from
around the globe, and much more.





I hope that this contest is a new beginning, for the new and old hams here
in Israel,and abroad, that it will make you all want to participate in it
every year going forward.

We surely have made some "Noise" on the bands.

p.s. I would like to open a discussion here , of a new outlook for the Next
Holy Land DX Contest , I strongly think we can turn this Contest to the
favorite one of all , especially being from the Holy Land. we would love to
hear and get some feedback from all you contesters.





please share your Ideas, if any one of you has some ideas , use your
imagination,I sure believe in this , as it could draw a lot of excitement.

73's and Shalom





See you all on the bands

Amir 4X6TT




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The iSemaphore Project - From optical to morse

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 12:09 AM PDT
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The iSemaphore Project



PhD.ISEM.affiche_A3s.jpgSalut au Langage. Philippe DruezÂ’s mixed media art
installation questions the evolution of the written culture and the image
culture. It exists in the construction of a communication network that
spans 220 years of history, using a sémaphore based system producing a
proprietary developed code, optical signs, morse and text. The messages
can be heard worldwide on short wave radio and be seen on Twitter. Language
is no longer regarded as peripheral to our grasp of the world we live in,
but as central to it. F. de Saussure.The constant stream of images floods
and overwhelms us. The average person (and image maker) never learnt the
language of images and isnÂ’t aware of the power and dangers of it. Evolving
communication channels and ultimately the Internet are responsible for the
image flood and withering of the written world and itÂ’s culture. SALUT AU
LANGAGEAt the end of the eighteenth century, a time of literary and
philosophical abundance, the semaphore will announce a new era (of
communication).The semaphore is the first step in the industrialisation of
communication. This semaphore network will be the mother of the Internet,
and maybe the final deathblow of the written word as means of
communication.Umberto Eco proposes that every cultural phenomenon may be
studied as communication.Linguistics and history stand central in this
artwork, where relations and dialogues between language, signs, semiotics,
image culture, the written language and communication itself are created
and questioned. After losing our ability to remember and recite long texts
as the ancient Greeks did, will we lose our ability to read?



After the French revolution, Napoleon needed a way to communicate fast,
reliable and secure with his troops around Europe. He ordered to build a
5000km network with optical telegraphs (sémaphores) developed by Claude
Chappe. The network could communicate messages at a speed of 500km/hr and
lasted for 50 years until the advent of radio communication by Marconi and
the Morse code. The first optical telegraph that used coded messages dates
back to 150BC and was designed by the Greek Polybius The initial messages
will originate from a mechanical installation based on the Chappe
sémaphore, and will be communicated along a network trough history. The
optical messages produced during the performance of the artist will be
transformed by image recognition software and transformed to Morse code and
Tweets. The Morse code will be broadcast by short wave transmitters
reaching the outscirts of the world for everyone with a short-wave
receiver, as will the Tweets over the Internet. A for the purpose written
codebook, comparable to Baudot code used in telexes, permits to create the
optical messages. A message book will contain an index and messages by
visitors and participants of the performance. They are easily sent by the
public themselves through the use of the index numbers, the way the Chappe
sémaphore worked. LOTTERY FUNDED ARTThe maintenance and salaries to keep
the telegraph network running, was too high for NapoleonÂ’s budget.
Therefore he introduced a lottery. Similarly, and part of the artwork, 100
lottery bills are issued. The bills are designed and personally signed by
the artist are sold at €5,00. Results will be transmitted on June 20th.

PERFORMANCE: 26 APRIL

Location:

Zwalm, Meilegemstraat, Oude Scheldestraat, Belgium.

Date:

Performance and transmissions will be on April 26th between 12:30pm and
17:30pm CEST.

GPS coordinates:

• The iSémapho N 50 54 8.8, E 3 41 43.4

• Relay station: N 50 54 12.7, E 3 41 24.3

• HF transmission: N 50 59 38.9, E 3 39 35.6



Transmission Radio Frequencies:



ON1PHD / ON6MS in CW/morse on

• 84,22m = 3,565.00 ± 1kHz and

• 21,33m = 14,065.00 ± 1kHz



Twitter: @The_iSemaphore

Websites:

• http://PhilippeDruez.be/iSemaphore

• http://FaceBook.com/iSemaphore



IT Technology and programming:

Arduino™, littleBits™, C++, Python

Thanks to:

• The Visual Arts Academy, Ghent

• ON6MS @ JO10TX

• AVME Pro Facilities, Oostende

• Everyone who bought a lottery bill!

THE ISEM CODE BOOK

The iSemaphore Project is Open Source and Creative Commons, so here is the
codebook (version ISEM.15A) and protocol for the geeks. The iSemaphore can
produce 125 different signs. Most of them are readable ASCII-characters.
Some are extended UTF-8 characters (not good for Morse-code). The other
signs are communication protocol and special commands. 134 - 144 are
reserved for future use.












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9H3OO Malta

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 09:57 AM PDT
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Goran, S55OO will be active from Malta (IOTA EU-023) 24 April - 2 May 2015
as 9H3OO.



http://dxnews.com/9h3oo_malta/





73 Al 4L5A