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Archive for August, 2008

Ham Radio and Hurricanes

by k4sac @ Sunday, August 31st, 2008. Tags:
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With Gustav fast approaching the Louisianna coastline and Hanna in the Eastern Atlantic, I just thought that I would take this opportunity to talk about Hurricanes and Ham Radio. First off, my thoughts and prayers are with all of the people in the affected areas. My daughter and I were traveling through the New Orleans [...]

Tower Safety

by k4sac @ Wednesday, August 27th, 2008. Tags: , ,
Filed under contests, safety

In September 2005, one of my good ham radio friends NW4T, Gerald Crow, fell to his death while working on his tower getting his antennas ready for CW SS.  He was approximately 110 feet in the air when he fell. Gerald was an experienced tower climber, helping anyone who had a tower and needing help. [...]

Ham Radio and Social Media

by k4sac @ Sunday, August 17th, 2008. Tags:
Filed under social media

Social Media has arrived in Ham radio. Social media is defined by Wikipedia as the use of electronic and Internet tools for the purpose of sharing and discussing information and experiences with other human beings. The term most often refers to activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and [...]

Private citizen to use Ham Radio from Space

by k4sac @ Tuesday, August 12th, 2008. Tags:
Filed under space

Richard Garriott, a computer wizard, is spending $30 million to fly aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the international space station Oct. 12. His father, Owen Garriott, 77, was a NASA astronaut who visited America’s first space station, Skylab, in 1973. The elder Garriott will be at Russian Mission Control outside Moscow during the 10-day [...]

Digital contests

by k4sac @ Saturday, August 9th, 2008. Tags: , , ,
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Although I tend to focus on the major contests, I like to blog about digital contests as well. Digital modes such as PSK31, Hellschreiber, RTTY, MT63, Throb, and MFSK16 can all be used in some contests. These modes are easy to use as all you need is a computer and a sound card and a [...]

Olympic Ham Radio Stations

by k4sac @ Saturday, August 9th, 2008. Tags:
Filed under olympics

Chinese Olympic Special Event Stations On the Air (Aug 8, 2008) — Special Event stations for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games began operating on May 18 and are scheduled to continue through September 17. Five special calls, representing the five rings of the Olympic flag, are on the air: BT1OB, BT1OJ, BT1OH, BT1OY and BT1ON. [...]

Participation by you…..

by k4sac @ Tuesday, August 5th, 2008. Tags:
Filed under ham radio

Writing a blog is a process that is inheriently tedious. Although there are many different ham radio topics to cover, what makes a blog different than someone just sending code practice over the air or just sitting and talking to themselves on the repeater is the participation of the reader. I am fairly new at [...]

Ham Twits

by k4sac @ Saturday, August 2nd, 2008. Tags:
Filed under social media

For hams that are using twitter there is a listing of radio operators that are on twitter. Ham twits is the brainchild of Peter Goodhall, M3PHP and  Ben Jackson, N1WBV. Twitter is a social media tool, along with Friendfeed, del.icio.us and digg. From Twitter’s FAQ page: Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers [...]

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