The Arenac County, MI, Emergency Management Coordinator is probably doing a cost benefit analysis of his two-day-a-week job that pays $14,000.
Arenac County’s emergency management coordinator still has his job, but the commissioner who moved to fire him early this month says she still wants him to account directly for his time.
Emergency coordinator Ed Rohn appeared […]
Continue reading about Commissioners Grill MI Emergency Coordinator
What your ham shack needs to make it neater is a 48 inch long, 24 outlet, rack mountable power strip to plug all that stuff into. I ran into this UL approved one on eBay. If you don’t have a rack, it can also be used with a workbench. It had a Buy It Now […]
Continue reading about 24 Outlet, Rack Mountable Power Strip
For various reasons Motorola has been swirling the bowl of late. This news might give their cell phone division the sales boost that it so desperately needs. Assuming, however, that T-Mobile USA’s just released G1 phone, manufactured by HTC,, hasn’t already eaten their lunch.
Motorola Inc.’s new cellphone chief is moving quickly to scale back the […]
Thanks to Mike Yancey, KM5Z, you can download free printable HF style logsheet tenplates. They are available in either PDF, or MS Word file form.
I’m continually logging contacts on postit notes, and I always omit something — date, time, or frequency — so I decided I’d keep these around to print off and use ad-hoc, since […]
No, you are incorrect. It stands for Multi-Frequency, an outdated telephony in-band signaling technique. For those of you who have fond memories of phone phreaking — this post is for you.
According to Wikipedia, “The end of MF phreaking in the lower 48 United States occurred on June 15, 2006, when the last exchange in the continental United […]
We all know how much electrical energy a full- legal-limit ham shack gobbles up. This “whisper-quiet” home wind turbine that has already been installed at 250 locations in Scotland is now being sold in the US.
Cascade Engineering on Monday said that the Swift wind turbine, suitable for homes and other buildings, is available in the […]
Some people have Way too much free time. The guy in this video is one of them. The Pumpkin Bot that he built is scary enough to put an end to Devil’s Night. You still have time to build one yourself.
Ward Silver, NØAX, the ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Vashon-Maury Island, WA, submitted this provocative thought to the ARRL’s ARES E-Letter. Can anyone besides me remember when broadcast radio stations were required to compensate the citizenry for the use of OUR frequency spectrum by operating “in the public interest, convenience and nessesity” and actually […]
This story demonstrated just one of the many reasons for being a member of the ARRL. It is the most effective, and at times the only, spokesman for the interests of the Amateur Radio community.
In response to the October 20 ARRL Petition for Modification or Cancellation of Experimental Authorization (Petition) concerning an experimental license issued to […]
Continue reading about FCC Amends WE2XRH Experimental License
The Carbon Motors E7 is touted as being a “purpose built” police patrol vehicle. Rather than starting life as a converted passenger car, this is a single purpose law enforcement tool that was specifically constructed for that use.
Included with the vehicle: a zero to 65 mph in under 7-seconds accelerating — biofuel burning — diesel engine, composite body panels […]
