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NEW ALBANY: Clarence Foster Waller (Clancy a.k.a. Papa), 87, passed away August 9, 2009, at Mt. Carmel East Hospital after an extended illness.
He spent the last three and a half years living in New Albany with his daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Bob Marvin, where he enjoyed the company of his extended family and friends and conversed daily with his ham radio buddies on frequency 3805.
Regular readers will know that I've written several times over the past few months about powerline networking - that is, running part of your home or office data network over your mains electricity wiring.
In July 2009, the ARRL Executive Committee reviewed grant applications for the ARRL's Education & Technology Program (ETP), awarding nearly $9000 to eight schools. More than 370 schools across the country have received support from the ETP in the form of grants for equipment, curriculum and resources, as well as teacher in-service training through the Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology. The Executive Committee reviews applications for equipment and resource grants twice each year.
WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, is featured in a 60 second radio spot for Duracell batteries. The commercial, which begins airing this month, highlights the efforts of an all-volunteer army of ham radio operators for WX4NHC. Narrated by actor Jeff Bridges, it describes the important role that radio amateurs play during severe weather conditions -- enabling communications with emergency medical teams, police and fire departments -- when the power goes out. The narration underscores the importance of a reliable battery to power the portable ham radios, which are crucial to WX4NHC's work.
This week, Surfin' finds a Woodstock connection to ham radio.
The July/August issue of QEX is coming soon, and it is full of theoretical and practical technical articles that you don't want to miss.
On August 12, ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, announced that after more than eight years, the 7O1YGF operation in 2000 from Yemen has been approved for DXCC credit. Moore cited a review of "recently received information," as well as "additional dialogue" with the leader of the 7O1YGF DXpediton, as reasons for the approval.
ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, on behalf of the ARRL, filed comments on August 11 regarding a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), ET Docket 09-36, issued by the FCC in March 2009. In the NPRM, the FCC proposed to allocate spectrum and adopt service and technical rules for the utilization of new implanted medical devices that operate on 413-457 MHz (70 cm). According to the Commission, these devices -- called implanted neuromuscular microstimulators -- would greatly expand the use of functional electric stimulation to restore sensation, mobility and function to those persons with paralyzed limbs and organs; they would be implanted in a patient and function as wireless broadband medical micro-power networks (MMNs). These devices would be used on the 70 cm band on a secondary basis as part of the Medical Data Radiocommunication Service in Part 95 of the FCC rules. The Amateur Radio Service has a secondary allocation in the 70 cm band.
Last month, the FCC posted a list of enforcement actions. Four RFI-related letters to energy providers were sent between July 1-27, 2009; four warning letters to individuals were sent between July 17-22, 2009.
I apologize for being so inactive, but life has be not great for me.
But I hope to make up for that starting in September. Which is when the Twin Cities Furs ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sncfurs/ ) are having our fall picnic! And what I would like to try is to bring along my TS-130S station and try and introduce every one. Even a little. Sorry no slow scan or imaging possible at my end. The one problem I am concerned with is the location of the picnic. It is along the Mississippi river, down in a tight valley park, named Hidden Falls park. So I am unsure about how well I can get a signal out, or receive at that. I would like to try a test set up a week or so before hand to see how well it can work.
Any one else interested in making a 'event' of this?