Reagan Funeral
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Lots of Ventura county's Disaster Communications hams helped out the Secret Service and others keep track of the goings on in the past weeks. You'll never read about it in the press. For instance, they actually "ploughed the road" in front of the motorcade.
FD 2004 in North Los Angeles County
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W6JW, the Santa Clarita ARC is holding their FD at the water plant in Saugus. I-5 to Valencia Bl (East) Left on Bouquet Cyn(North) Right on Central Park (1+mile) Go up hill to the site
The article only says this antenna is 80-100% as good as a full quarter-wave design. It will be interesting to see if this can be used in a collinear configuration for some real gain.
Forcefield.com has these rare earth magnets in sizes all the way up to two inches. Some, as much as an inch thick! Uses are being found in making small, low rpm wind turbines using opposing arrays of these mounted on brake disks. Not a bad way to recycle the axles of a car either. Google on "Axial flux windmill" for examples.
Subj: Very Early US RADIO HISTORY (1864 to 1874 period) Text: In 1864 a Washington DC Dentist demonstrated publically wireless radio between two local 2000 ft tall mountains in nearby Virginia.
**** In 1872 US Congress awarded the inventor with a Patent on wire- less radio.
**** In 1873 he was awarded by US Congress the Corporate Charter for "Loomis Aerial Telegraphy Corporation".
**** Public debate also went on in US Congress why he should receive a requested grant of $50,000.
**** 100 Years later, on July 3, 1972 the US Library of Congress held a 55 document Exhibit in 3 display cases remembering this mans work on wireless radio.
**** Navy Commander Thomas Appleby wrote the book "Mahlon Loomis Inventor of Radio" (copyright in 1967).
**** For more information contact me at: N3RF, Svanholm Research Laboratories / Loomis Scientific Research Foundation Box 81, Washington, DC 20044 with SASE.
**** re: Charles Herrold
The world's first radio station still broadcasting today was invented by Charles Herrold in 1909 in San Jose, California. His accomplishment was first documented in a notarized statement written by him and published in the Electro-Importing Company's 1910 catalog: "We have given wireless phone concerts to amateur wireless men throughout the Santa Clara Valley." Being the first to "broadcast" radio entertainment and information to a mass audience puts him at the forefront of modern day mass communication.
I've blown the front-end out of my celphone by using a 900MHz radio at the same time. Since celphones are designed to the same standard as TV receivers, i.e. wide as a barn door, then just key up for a couple of seconds with a couple of watts. The call WILL drop.
A Motorola handheld on this band is a common item on the swap nets or eBay.
Back in the day, this commercial aired a couple of times on TV before being pulled. It claimed that if Kennedy had only been in a VW Bug...and you would see the car floating down the stream. I would love to find a copy of this again.
Can do! We've connected from a hilltop to our office using an Orinoco card and a 20+dB BBQ grill looking dish antenna. It was at least 7 miles.
there's never a cop around when you need one
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RFID Hell
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...until now. Outfit the local gendarmes with these beauty's! Imagine using your GPS enabled phone to guide you to the cop posting a traffic citation two blocks down the street so you can redirect his efforts to handle the neighbor's weekly family dispute. Ahh..the irony...
Am I mistaken or haven't the terms Push-To-Talk and PTT been around since the 1940s? These terms have been used on every voice communications radio that has ever been produced. I don't care who it is, you shouldn't be allowed to trademark a term that has been so openly used for more than half a century
Anybody interested in amateur radio field day is welcome to join the Santa Clarita ARC in Valencia near Magic Mountain. It is located at the Castaic Lake Water District on Bouquet Cyn. For directions go to www.w6jw.org CUL OM de KC6WGR
"All That Jazz" was rated X in the theaters. The rating mysteriously changed to "R" when it became evident that it would be an Oscar forerunner. The film subsequently did win the award. The following year, the then fledgling UPN network aired the film UNCUT.
I guess if your film wins enough Oscars, it is less likely to be "edited for television"
Of the two types of Extrreme base-stations, one comes with an external connector as wella s a 56K modem. Where on the unit does the optional antenna connect?
The antenna port on the base station is of proprietary design. In fact it is a required feature. One would still have to change out the internal jumper.
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Open Node In A Bag
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There's a place in the City of Industry here in soCal called COPSUSA that has all kinds of antennae, amplifiers, etc. No sign of a website, but you can probably 411 in the 626.
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Yes, that's the main reason I bought it. But after several calls to Apple over the last 60 days it still doesn't work with my Epson Stylus Photo 820. IMHO they were thorough in their attempt to resolve the problem. It's too bad Epson won't update the driver for them. So Apple removed the 820 from the approved printer list. As for the base-station itself I opened it up and found a similar, not identical antenna to the one at the site. The metal case inside has a cable running from it to the dividing network and then onto the radiators. It's not a good idea to plug/unplug too often.
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y'know...Princess Leia
Lots of Ventura county's Disaster Communications hams helped out the Secret Service and others keep track of the goings on in the past weeks. You'll never read about it in the press. For instance, they actually "ploughed the road" in front of the motorcade.
W6JW, the Santa Clarita ARC is holding their FD at the water plant in Saugus.
I-5 to Valencia Bl (East)
Left on Bouquet Cyn(North)
Right on Central Park (1+mile)
Go up hill to the site
See you there! KC6WGR
The article only says this antenna is 80-100% as good as a full quarter-wave design. It will be interesting to see if this can be used in a collinear configuration for some real gain.
Thanks to Walmart, most item sold will soon have a tag. Camcorders could have one installed at the factory.
Most of the comments, both pro and con, are moot if you consider bringing your car to the movie. Tailgate party, anyone?
Forcefield.com has these rare earth magnets in sizes all the way up to two inches. Some, as much as an inch thick! Uses are being found in making small, low rpm wind turbines using opposing arrays of these mounted on brake disks. Not a bad way to recycle the axles of a car either. Google on "Axial flux windmill" for examples.
Hah! Made you look!
Found these quotes after a quick search
re: Mahlon Loomis
Subj: Very Early US RADIO HISTORY (1864 to 1874 period) Text: In 1864 a Washington DC Dentist demonstrated publically wireless radio between two local 2000 ft tall mountains in nearby Virginia.
**** In 1872 US Congress awarded the inventor with a Patent on wire- less radio.
**** In 1873 he was awarded by US Congress the Corporate Charter for "Loomis Aerial Telegraphy Corporation".
**** Public debate also went on in US Congress why he should receive a requested grant of $50,000.
**** 100 Years later, on July 3, 1972 the US Library of Congress held a 55 document Exhibit in 3 display cases remembering this mans work on wireless radio.
**** Navy Commander Thomas Appleby wrote the book "Mahlon Loomis Inventor of Radio" (copyright in 1967).
**** For more information contact me at: N3RF, Svanholm Research Laboratories / Loomis Scientific Research Foundation Box 81, Washington, DC 20044 with SASE.
****
re: Charles Herrold
The world's first radio station still broadcasting today was invented by Charles Herrold in 1909 in San Jose, California. His accomplishment was first documented in a notarized statement written by him and published in the Electro-Importing Company's 1910 catalog: "We have given wireless phone concerts to amateur wireless men throughout the Santa Clara Valley." Being the first to "broadcast" radio entertainment and information to a mass audience puts him at the forefront of modern day mass communication.
Didn't we hear at one time that the suspected Soviet suitcase bombs had a limited viable lifespan and would not work after a specified date?
I've blown the front-end out of my celphone by using a 900MHz radio at the same time. Since celphones are designed to the same standard as TV receivers, i.e. wide as a barn door, then just key up for a couple of seconds with a couple of watts.
The call WILL drop.
A Motorola handheld on this band is a common item on the swap nets or eBay.
Back in the day, this commercial aired a couple of times on TV before being pulled. It claimed that if Kennedy had only been in a VW Bug...and you would see the car floating down the stream. I would love to find a copy of this again.
Can do! We've connected from a hilltop to our office using an Orinoco card and a 20+dB BBQ grill looking dish antenna. It was at least 7 miles.
...until now. Outfit the local gendarmes with these beauty's! Imagine using your GPS enabled phone to guide you to the cop posting a traffic citation two blocks down the street so you can redirect his efforts to handle the neighbor's weekly family dispute. Ahh..the irony...
Am I mistaken or haven't the terms Push-To-Talk and PTT been around since the 1940s? These terms have been used on every voice communications radio that has ever been produced. I don't care who it is, you shouldn't be allowed to trademark a term that has been so openly used for more than half a century
Anybody interested in amateur radio field day is welcome to join the Santa Clarita ARC in Valencia near Magic Mountain. It is located at the Castaic Lake Water District on Bouquet Cyn. For directions go to www.w6jw.org
CUL OM de KC6WGR
This sure looks similar to what Damage studios is working on in their upcoming RPG
I was able to troubleshoot Rendevous printing because CUPS was available. That USB port on the Extreme base-station is sure sweet!
The uncut movie did play on Los Angeles' channel 13; now UPN.
Is memory the first to go? I... cannot... remember...
But would that hold true for X-rated movies?
"All That Jazz" was rated X in the theaters. The rating mysteriously changed to "R" when it became evident that it would be an Oscar forerunner. The film subsequently did win the award. The following year, the then fledgling UPN network aired the film UNCUT.
I guess if your film wins enough Oscars, it is less likely to be "edited for television"
Does anyone know of other examples?
I've been on the fence about which way to go inre PVR's. If you do a stepped guide for installation from scratch, please send a copy this way. thanks
Of the two types of Extrreme base-stations, one comes with an external connector as wella s a 56K modem. Where on the unit does the optional antenna connect?
The antenna port on the base station is of proprietary design. In fact it is a required feature. One would still have to change out the internal jumper.
There's a place in the City of Industry here in soCal called COPSUSA that has all kinds of antennae, amplifiers, etc. No sign of a website, but you can probably 411 in the 626.
Yes, that's the main reason I bought it. But after several calls to Apple over the last 60 days it still doesn't work with my Epson Stylus Photo 820. IMHO they were thorough in their attempt to resolve the problem. It's too bad Epson won't update the driver for them. So Apple removed the 820 from the approved printer list.
As for the base-station itself I opened it up and found a similar, not identical antenna to the one at the site. The metal case inside has a cable running from it to the dividing network and then onto the radiators. It's not a good idea to plug/unplug too often.