A La Carte (October 28, 2016)

Notable Quotes

“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”  — Max Lucado

“Never think of yourself as average… You just have to get that word ‘average’ out of your vocabulary.” — Donald Trump

“If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.”  — African Proverb

“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying .” — Nelson Mandela

 

Amateur Radio

First amateur radio in geosynchronous orbit will aid disaster communications — Researchers at the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology are preparing to send an amateur radio transponder into a geosynchronous orbit in 2017.  “Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, a new ham band will be available for the Americas,” said Robert McGwier, a research professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Hume Center’s director of research. “It will allow rapid deployment to disaster areas and support long-haul communications for first responders.” Philippine Hams Team Up to Confront Back-to-Back Typhoons — Philippine Amateur Radio Association (PARA) Ham Emergency Radio Operations (HERO) network volunteers were ready for Super Typohoon Haima, which struck the northeastern Philippines on October 19 with winds peaking prior to landfall at more than 180 MPH — a category 5 storm. Roberto Vicencio, DU1VHY, reported that HERO had already activated its net on 7.110 MHz for an earlier category 3 storm, Typhoon Sharika, which hit Luzon Island before moving west and weakening. But the powerful Haima forced thousands of residents to flee. More than a dozen deaths in the Philippines were blamed on the storm. What did you do to prep this week?— Well, folks, here we are again. We have been blessed with another week to prep before TEOTWAWKI and I hope that everyone has used that time to do something. I see a lot of folks commenting in past segments of this thread saying that they didn’t do anything during the week because they didn’t have any money. Well, you can do a lot without money like learning skills, getting into better physical condition and planning future projects.

A La Carte (September 16, 2016)

Notable Quotes

“If no solider ever went through boot camp, what percentage do you think would make it through a battle?” – Every Man A Warrior,  Lonnie Berger, Book 1, Page 16

“Men come to true spiritual maturity when they begin spiritual truths to another man.” — Lonnie Berger

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” — Napoleon Hill

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing” —  Walt Disney

Amateur Radio

ARRL Thanks House Members for Passage of the Amateur Radio Parity Act — ARRL, the National Association for Amateur Radio, expressed its appreciation to members of the U.S. House of Representatives who were instrumental in the passage of the Amateur Radio Parity Act — H.R. 1301 — unanimously by a voice vote on September 12, 2016. The bill would guarantee Amateur Radio operators who are living in deed-restricted communities, such as a homeowner’s association (HOA), the ability to construct an effective outdoor antenna. It is now awaiting action in the U.S. Senate. Emergency Preparedness: How Will You Communicate? — Communication is essential, although we often take it for granted. Today we live in a world where information is instantly available. But what if there is an emergency situation and our communication tools are no longer working? How will you contact loved ones or emergency personal? September is recognized as National Preparedness Month. Icom America wants to provide our customers with some communication solutions, which could be helpful during an emergency. How Far Can I Talk With My Radio? — Recently, a work colleague became interested in ham radio for emergency preparation purposes. Knowing that I am an enthusiastic ham operator, he innocently wandered into my sparsely decorated, dull beige Dilbert cube and asked me with earnest curiosity, “So, how far can you talk with one of those handheld ham radios?” Lunar-Orbiting Ham Radio Satellite Could Result from NASA Cube Quest Challenge — A NASA Cube Quest Challenge (CQC) team partnered with AMSAT-NA is among the five CQC teams to receive $20,000 each from the space agency as part of a competition that could lead to a lunar-orbiting Amateur Radio satellite. Michigan State Parks on the Air — Without a doubt, the ARRL’s National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) program has been a huge success. Unfortunately, for those of us who live in Southeast Michigan, we don’t have many national parks close to us.  What we do have in Michigan are many wonderful state parks. So, a couple of months ago, I e-mailed our section manager, Larry, WR8B, and suggested that we needed to start a Michigan State Parks on the Air Program. He told me to be patient, that there was already someone working on this.

Satellite Communications – Ham College 15

Ham College is a production of YouTube user: AmateurLogic.TV and their website is at http://www.amateurlogic.com.

HF Radio Wave Propagation

This video is a great tutorial on how HF radio waves travel around the world via radio “skip” or sky-wave using the Ionosphere.