Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
A Ham Radio Weekend for Talking to the Moon - NYTimes.com
A Ham Radio Weekend for Talking to the Moon - NYTimes.com: "Only about 1,000 ham radio buffs worldwide have the equipment to bounce a signal off the moon.
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By ASHLEE VANCE
Published: June 26, 2009
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Dogs bay at it. Lovers swoon under it. And some people like to bounce their voices off it.
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Michael Cousins, an engineer at SRI International, a non-profit that operates the dish, center, in the control room, with Ham operators Lance Ginner, left, and Jim Klassen.
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Jim Wilson/The New York Times
A radio dish at Stanford is powerful enough to bounce signals off the moon, a tricky endeavor.
The first two are easy, but sending a voice signal 239,200 miles to the moon and back is not quite as simple.
On Saturday, amateur radio buffs or “hams,” as they call themselves, will hold a global bounce-fest, using as many giant parabolic antenna radio telescopes as they can borrow around the world"
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By ASHLEE VANCE
Published: June 26, 2009
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Dogs bay at it. Lovers swoon under it. And some people like to bounce their voices off it.
Enlarge This Image
Jim Wilson/The New York Times
Michael Cousins, an engineer at SRI International, a non-profit that operates the dish, center, in the control room, with Ham operators Lance Ginner, left, and Jim Klassen.
Enlarge This Image
Jim Wilson/The New York Times
A radio dish at Stanford is powerful enough to bounce signals off the moon, a tricky endeavor.
The first two are easy, but sending a voice signal 239,200 miles to the moon and back is not quite as simple.
On Saturday, amateur radio buffs or “hams,” as they call themselves, will hold a global bounce-fest, using as many giant parabolic antenna radio telescopes as they can borrow around the world"
Friday, June 12, 2009
AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE TESTING
License Examinations are available in Newport on the second Saturday of every month. They are held at Newport Senior Center on SE 2nd St.@ 0900am. Exam test fee in 2009 is $15.00 for one or more elements taken on the same day. Photo ID is required. Bring two copies of your existing license if upgrading.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Look!
See the name of the person who made the last Post? The one just below this? It's Lisa!!!! Good job Lisa.
Field Day June 27th and June 28th
The Lincoln County Amateur Radio Club is having a Field Day event Saturday June 27th at 11:00am through Sunday June 28th at 11:00am. Please join us at Staple's parking lot 721 N Highway 101, Newport, Oregon.
It's guaranteed to be lots of fun with multiple stations set up. For those who have never talked over a ham radio or the newly licensed hams, we have the G.O.T.A station (Get On The Air), the station allows unlicensed or inactive people to get on the air and give ham radio a try. Come out and see what amateur radio is all about. You don't have to be a ham radio operator to participate.
STOP BY AND SEE WHAT AMATEUR RADIO HAS TO OFFER!
It's guaranteed to be lots of fun with multiple stations set up. For those who have never talked over a ham radio or the newly licensed hams, we have the G.O.T.A station (Get On The Air), the station allows unlicensed or inactive people to get on the air and give ham radio a try. Come out and see what amateur radio is all about. You don't have to be a ham radio operator to participate.
STOP BY AND SEE WHAT AMATEUR RADIO HAS TO OFFER!
Bruce Perens - A Cyber-Attack on an American City
Bruce Perens - A Cyber-Attack on an American City: "Although they are silent on the topic, I hope those responsible for emergency services, be they in business or government, are learning the lessons of Morgan Hill. The first lesson is what stayed up: stand-alone radio systems and not much else. Cell phones failed. Cellular towers can not, in general, connect phone calls on their own, even if both phones are near the same tower. They communicate with a central switching computer to operate, and when that system doesn't respond, they're useless. But police and fire authorities still had internal communications via two-way radio.
Realizing that they'd need more two-way radio, authorities dispatched police to wake up the emergency coordinator of the regional ham radio club, and escort him to the community hospital with his equipment. Area hams dispatched ambulances and doctors, arranged for essential supplies, and relayed emergency communications out of the area to those with working telephones."
Realizing that they'd need more two-way radio, authorities dispatched police to wake up the emergency coordinator of the regional ham radio club, and escort him to the community hospital with his equipment. Area hams dispatched ambulances and doctors, arranged for essential supplies, and relayed emergency communications out of the area to those with working telephones."
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