Amateur Radio licenses up 60 percent from 1981

“Nearly 700,000 Americans have ham radio licenses — up 60 percent from 1981, a generation ago. And the number is growing.” “Until recently, ham radio was declining as older operators died. Then the Federal Communications Commission phased out the Morse code test that many saw as a stumbling block to getting a license. Last year [...]

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Best Computer Hacker I Know

Eagle vs Shark is a great movie — the clip below is one of my favorites. Enjoy!

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Radio Frequency Spectrum Chart

For anyone interested, here is the United States Radio Spectrum Allocation Chart.

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Kenwood TM-D710

I just picked up a Kenwood D710 and love it!

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New Call Sign

So… on 08/19/2008 I applied for the call sign N0AKA. The call sign was assigned to me on 9/6/2008 (taking exactly 18 days – as expected). Previous call sign was KD0EVB. Why N0AKA? Not sure! After trying every possible combination of 1×3 “TOM” allowed by my license, I was pretty fed up and just decided [...]

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