The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 (HR 3630) — the bill to extend the payroll tax reduction that passed the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 13 — includes among its many other provisions the “Jumpstarting Opportunity with Broadband Spectrum Act” or JOBS Act that passed the Communications and Technology Subcommittee on December 1.
Anritsu Company announces it has donated 26 handheld radios to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) that will be used by Boy Scouts seeking to get involved with amateur radio and earn their Radio Merit Badge. The donation, made possible by an upgrade to Anritsu’s onsite two-way radio system, is part of Anritsu’s on-going global commitment to foster wireless technology education and support worthy community organizations.
REALISING the importance of communications through radio network which is quick in disseminating information, several enthusiasts set up the Mersing Amateur Radio Communication Fan Club.
A star led wise men to the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Today, another star shines over Albertville to remind children and residents of the true meaning of Christmas.
A large 15-by-15-foot star lights up the December skies every year, thanks to Albertville resident Barry Harbin.
Harbin owns Sand Mountain Tower, a company that repairs and maintains radio towers.
If you were watching the popular television game show Jeopardy! — where contestants have to answer in the form of a question — on December 15, you might have noticed there was a question featuring Amateur Radio.
Soldiers and a ham radio operator have come up with a way for Afghan officials to better reach citizens throughout the mountainous valleys of Zabul Province ? near vertical incidence skywave transmissions.
The early history of wireless contains the names of many great pioneers. While Marconi?s name is the most well known, the names of Fessenden and Heising are only rarely mentioned. As early as 1900, Reginald Fessenden was experimenting with the direct transmission of human speech. During World War I, Raymond Heising was developing a method of constant-current modulation that was one of the earliest forms of AM. Since I have been one of the active CW 600 meter stations as part of the ARRL?s Experimental License project for some time now, I decided to take a step or two further into the realm of early radio transmissions. One of the transmitters I have used for 600 meters CW and QRSS work has been a vintage homebrew design that could support traditional CW and Heising AM. Since the ARRL?s Part 5 license only supports CW and narrow-band digital modes, the Heising modulator went unused until a new idea came to mind.
Have you ever wondered what amateur radio was about? Is it still relevant in the age of the Internet? Actually, amateur radio is growing, with more than 700,000 licensed radio amateurs in the United States for the first time.
From noon to 6 p.m., Jan. 8, at the Darien Town Hall, the Lakes Area Amateur Radio Club and the American Radio Relay League present Kid?s Day 2012. Kids of all ages are invited to come out to this free, hands-on event and see for themselves what all the fun is about.
Holders of the Advanced Licence, the highest amateur radio licence available in Australia, will be able to apply for use of up to one-thousand watts PEP under a restrictive permit system that begins in March.
The change follows renewed representation by the Wireless Institute of Australia and the recent development in nearby New Zealand, where 1kW is now to be allowed, up from 500w PEP.
Between 1937 and roughly 1946 there was only one radio astronomer in the entire world: Grote Reber, an amateur from the Chicago suburbs. Reber was a HAM operator who worked in radio manufacturing. At night, he’d come home and tune into the stars, using a home-built telescope he erected in his backyard in Wheaton. It was the second antenna to be used for astronomy ever, after Karl-freaking-Jansky’s. Truly, Reber was one badass Happy Mutant.
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