eHam.net News for Monday 20 April 2015
 

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New Homes On the Site of Radio Pioneer's Factory Up for Grabs:

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 05:03 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/34438


New homes on the site of Guglielmo Marconi's factory site are up for grabs.
As amateur radio enthusiasts around the world tune-in for a 24-hour radio
event to celebrate International Marconi Day on Saturday, April 25, Bellway
is offering the chance for history lovers w to buy a modern home on the
site of Guglielmo Marconi's New Street factory. Credited with inventing the
modern radio, Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi founded the Marconi
Company in Chelmsford in 1912, and now Bellway has carefully re-developed
the factory site, offering a collection of brand


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Where There are Hobbies, Businesses Emerge:

Posted: 19 Apr 2015 05:02 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/34437


We have jobs. We have hobbies. Those hobbies can create jobs for others.
Ask Scott Cole, owner of Tower Electronics, Green Bay, who had two long
rows of tables stocked with inventory of interest to ham radio operators at
the April 11 Madison Area Swapfest, put on by the Madison Area Repeaters
Association -- one of the state's largest amateur (ham) radio clubs -- at
the Mandt Community Center in Stoughton. Swapfests like this one pull in
people from around Wisconsin and other Midwest states to look for
equipment, visit with like-minded people and possibly meet face-to-face
with people they've spoken with over the air. Just 10 percent of business
comes from walk-in traffic at Cole's retail store, which opened in 1978.
Fifty percent comes from the 43 or 44 annual shows that he or his wife,
Jill, attend in states east of the Mississippi. (They once covered more
states and attended 131 shows yearly between them.) Forty percent of
business comes from catalog or online sales.


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QSO Today Episode 38 Tim Duffy K3LR:

Posted: 18 Apr 2015 05:00 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/34436


Tim Duffy, K3LR owns and operates one of
the most prestigious amateur radio contest
stations in the United States with twelve
operating positions, two for each band.
Tim shares his ham radio journey,
beginning with his Quaker Oats crystal
set, through his early entry into ham
radio as a twelve year old, to a career in
cellular telephony and wireless, and
culminating in his position as COO of DX
Engineering, one of the premier suppliers
of ham radio gear. He is this year's
Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year.