Ham Radio Operators Assist in Catalina Island Rescue
Around 9:45 on the night of October 23, while attending an overnight event at the Boy Scouts’ Camp Emerald Bay on Santa Catalina Island, Karl Tso, KI6PCW, and his wife, Deborah Ava, KJ6CRZ, of Topanga, California, decided to climb a hill to check out the view — and [...]
This is RAE Argentina in shortwave, listen in Quilpue, Chile. 100 miles of Norwest of the capital Santiago, LAT 33º 2` 2,52 “S LON. 71º 24` 32,82“O. The reciever is an cheap china radio model GlobalHome DM-902(???). The hour is 22:50 UTC, frecuency of 6060 Khz, date 27 of October 2009. And the antenna is [...]
Santa Cruz County Hams Called to Assist During Wildfires
Almost 20 years to the day since the Loma Prieta Earthquake shook California’s Bay Area, a wildfire was burning through Santa Cruz County (approximately 75 miles south of San Francisco) just miles from the epicenter of the quake that delayed the 1989 World Series. Just as Amateur [...]
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IR400 series radiometric imaging system is very well known as the work house of industry. It is robust images provide the images so real that we start to feel like we were there. It provides us with real time thermal video, accurate temperature measurement, on board color palette and digital image storage. You can always [...]
Santa Cruz County Hams Called to Assist During Wildfires
Almost 20 years to the day since the Loma Prieta Earthquake shook California’s Bay Area, a wildfire was burning through Santa Cruz County (approximately 75 miles south of San Francisco) just miles from the epicenter of the quake that delayed the 1989 World Series. Just as Amateur [...]
This article is the fourth installment of a series on Natural Health Therapies and Cancer. The material presented is meant to inform you of complementary cancer therapies that are available in the medical community. These therapies are to be used in cooperation with other cancer treatment methods. They are not meant to [...]
FCC Issues First Waiver for Government-Sponsored Disaster Drill
On Tuesday October 27, the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) granted the first waiver that allows amateurs who participate in a government-sponsored emergency preparedness and disaster drill to communicate on behalf of their employers during the drill. The waiver request was made on behalf of the Commonwealth of [...]
Homebrew shortwave radio operating from 6 to 17 MHz, with productdetector, so suitable for SSB reception (radioamateurs, FAX, RTTY). A classic superheterodyne (single type) radio with an IF of 455 KHz. Schematic in the book “Retro Radio” (Dutch text), ISBN 978-90-5381-234-1. Radio is connected to a 10 meter long wire antenna outside. When you watch [...]
The year 2005 saw two of the largest sun spot outbreaks ever! Central America saw a the Llamatepec volcano erupt for the first time in 100 years, hurricane Stan killed more than 1,500 people, and a 5.8 earthquake hit the same area. All three were in the same week- Oct. 1-8. Were the CME’s [...]