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Messages In An Emergency:

Posted: 16 May 2012 01:44 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/28301


Local governments marked National Emergency Preparedness Week (May 6-12) by
introducing a new communications trailer. Customized with countless
donations and
volunteer hours for just $26,000, the District 69 Emergency Communications
Team can
tow it to any secure location, unlock the door, turn on the battery,
generator or plug it in
and be relaying life saving information back and forth to the world in
minutes. With
several overlapping technologies the team -- comprised largely of
Mid-Island Radio
Association members -- can speak to or exchange e-mail by radio, with the
nearest
emergency centre.


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Legion Post Forms Radio Club:

Posted: 16 May 2012 01:44 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/28300


REDLANDS - The executive board of American Legion Post 106 recently
approved the
constitution of the post's Amateur Radio Club. The club is seeking
accreditation from the
American Radio Relay League. The primary purpose of the club is to provide
communications in the event of natural disasters or other emergencies by
working with
other entities of Post 106 and relief providers in the area. Another
purpose is to foster
education and training among members with respect to electronic
communication and
emergency preparedness.


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Dangerous Weather Focus of Class:

Posted: 16 May 2012 01:44 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/28299


As the rain pounded the roof of the Emporia National Guard, 20 individuals
attended a
SKYWARN basic instruction class to become Wakefield Trained Spotters on May
9.
Storm Spotters are the "eyes" on the ground of the National Weather
Service. They do
what all the expensive radar can't, detect.


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The Hidden History of WTYJ at Georgia Tech:

Posted: 16 May 2012 01:45 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/28298


Georgia Tech was home to an amateur radio station and Radio Club long
before it ever
had its own student radio station. By 1949, preliminary talks were underway
about
expanding their activities into broadcasting. According to a June 1949
article in the
campus publication, The Technique, "Some time ago a plan was presented for
the
installation of a campus radio station. The plan originated from
two-sources -- the
YMCA and Marshall Painter, who graduated in March\& It was decided that a
studio
having good microphones, turntables, and other broadcasting equipment would
be a far
better investment than one built in a shipshod manner. Because of an
Intercollegiate
Broadcasting Co. ruling that the waves of the station cannot go more than
200 feet from
their source, it is expected that use will be made of the common power of
heating systems
to 'pipe' the programs to dormitories and fraternities."


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Hopes are Dashed for WTC Morse Code Light:

Posted: 16 May 2012 01:45 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/28297


Forgotten in the flap over whether a design change will cost 1 World Trade
Center its status as the nation's tallest building is the loss of a
symbolic New York gesture. A flashing light -- or "architectural beacon" --
atop the tower that was to spell out "N" in Morse code has been changed to
a simple blink. "The original design intent was to have the beacon act as a
symbolic lighthouse for New York harbor [and the world] flashing 'N' in
Morse code [dash-dot]," said Jordan Barowitz, a spokesman for the Durst
Organization. "The design has been altered to a dot-dot to project the beam
as far and bright as possible."


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Motorola Radar Tower Demolished for Office Park:

Posted: 16 May 2012 01:48 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/28296


Crews over the weekend tore down a small piece of the Valley's technology
history. The
old Motorola radar tower at Elliot Road and Loop 101 was demolished to
prepare the
site for the Discovery Business Campus, a 136-acre mixed-use office park.
THE
TOWER The tower was built in the mid-1970s to test Motorola's radar
technologies, a
spokeswoman said. Motorola stopped using the tower in the mid-1980s. Since
then it
has been used by a Motorola amateur radio club, a Freescale Ham radio club
and as a
T-Mobile cellphone tower.


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Greenwich Boasts Historic Communications Feat:

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:25 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/28295


Did you know that the first Trans-Atlantic shortwave message was sent from
a small structure near the corner of Clapboard Ridge Road and North Street,
right here in Greenwich? In an age when nearly instantaneous global
communication is taken for granted and communication delays of only a
fraction of a second are intolerable for certain businesses, it's easy to
forget how far we've come in this arena in a relatively short time.
Greenwich was the site of a noteworthy early step in this constantly
evolving technology. Shortwave radio uses a portion of the radio spectrum
where wavelength characteristics are suitable for long distance
communication. During the early part of the last century, many people were
interested in the exciting possibilities that radio waves offered for rapid
communication, and clubs were formed to explore this nascent technology.
One of the earliest was the Radio Club of America. On December 11, 1921,
amateur radio station 1BCG successfully transmitted a message that was
received by Radio Club member Paul Godley in Ardrossan, Scotland. This
resulted from a great deal of experimentation and skill on the part of Mr.
Godley and six fellow Club members, who constructed the antenna and
operating shack on the Greenwich property of their team Minton Cronkhite.
Accounts of the event note that these men employed then-unconventional
radio techniques to make their breakthrough. Today, a small monument
commemorating the event can be found on a traffic island near the site of
the original transmission. The achievement was important enough that two
notable figures traveled to Greenwich to view the station's configuration.
They were Professor Michael Idvorsky Pupin, a scientist and inventor who
made significant contributions to telephony and Mr. David Sarnoff, a leader
in the development of radio and television as successful commercial
broadcast media. Mr. Sarnoff also served as chairman of the board of the
Radio Corporation of America (commonly referred to as RCA).


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W5KUB Web Broadcast from 2012 Dayton Hamvention:

Posted: 16 May 2012 01:48 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/28294


It's time once again for our live broadcast of
the Dayton Hamvention! This year will be better than ever as we are
having a private Ka Band internet satellite uplink installed for High Def
video from our
fleamarket space.


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Jefferson Co. WV., ARC Meeting:

Posted: 16 May 2012 01:51 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/28293


The Jefferson County, WV. Amateur Radio Club will hold it's monthly meeting
at the Mountain View Diner, 903 East Washington Street, Charles Town, on
May 19th (Saturday)
at 1:00 pm. All JCWVARC Officers and all area amateurs are welcome to
attend. Plans for Field Day will be discussed.


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Amateurlogic Episode 39 is Released:

Posted: 16 May 2012 01:50 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/28292


Recorded live at National Association of Broadcasters NAB Show 2012 in Las
Vegas. Join co-hosts George Thomas, W5JDX and Randy Hall, K7AGE for a Vegas
Vacation at NAB 2012.