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Archive for April, 2009

Google celebrating Samuel Morse’s Birthday

by k4sac @ Monday, April 27th, 2009. Tags:
Filed under cw, holiday

If you go to Google’s search page today 4/27/2009 , the logo is Morse Code spelling out Google. If you click on the logo it takes you to a Google search page about Samuel Morse. 73, Jack K4SAC

440 Mhz band in danger again

by k4sac @ Tuesday, April 14th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under FCC

The FCC has released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making ET Docket No. 09-36  RM-11404 The matter at hand is the Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 of the Commission’s Rules to Provide Additional Spectrum for the Medical Device Radiocommunication Service in the 413-457 MHz band (which covers the ham radio 420-450 band) The purpose [...]

Sunspot activity affects global climate???

by k4sac @ Sunday, April 12th, 2009. Tags:
Filed under space, sunspots

According to a Harvard astrophysicist, hams may have more to worry about than just lack of sunspots affecting propagation. Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Willie Soon specializes in studying the sun and has postulated a theory that ties sunspot activity to global warming. Dr. Soon says that sunspots are basically pockets of magnatism that expluse energy and [...]

PRB-1 and Ham Radio

by k4sac @ Friday, April 3rd, 2009. Tags: , ,
Filed under ARRL, PRB-1, antennas

The ARRL is reporting that on March 27, the FCC notified Thomas Morrison, AB2PP, of Yonkers, New York, that it was denying his petition concerning an Amateur Radio antenna support structure Morrison had installed at his home. PRB-1 is a  Memorandum Opinion and Order that was issued by the FCC September 16, 1985 in respond [...]

Skywarn and prepardness

by k4sac @ Friday, April 3rd, 2009. Tags:
Filed under Skywarn

It is now this time of year here in the Ohio Valley, that we know as “tornado season”. Last week we had a tornado watch, our 2 meter skywarn net was activated. I went out at 554 and hwy 81, watching the low hanging wall clouds, and a line of trees was obscuring my view, [...]

John Calipari and UK Basketball

by k4sac @ Wednesday, April 1st, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under Uncategorized

Well right now UK is holding a press conference and announcing our next Wildcats coach, John Calipari. Calipari is endearing himself to the Big Blue Faithful, saying the right things and talking about his goals and that UK basketball is his “dream job.” Many of the national media have been raking over the UK fan [...]

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