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Managing Twitter Overload
Twitter is The Next Big Thing on the web…sometimes referred to as microblogging. (For some background on Twitter, see my earlier post: Twitter: Yet Another Web Thing.) Several of the ham radio...
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Podcast: Linux in the Ham Shack
Over the past few years, I have developed the habit of listening to podcasts on my iPod as an alternative to broadcast radio. (See my post from April 2006: Competing for Ears.) Of course, some of my...
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Backing Up the Acer Aspire One
I’ve posted a few items about the Acer Aspire One netbook (with SDD and Linux) which have generated some positive comments. See Sweet Little Acer Aspire One PC, More on Netbooks, and My Tweaks to the...
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Standard USB: Missed It By That Much
I’ve blogged in the past about the need for standardization, especially when it comes to computer cables and power adapters. I have been feeling quite good about the progress I have been making with my...
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USB Cable Experiment
Given all of the electronic gadgets in my life, I end up carrying quite a few cables and power adapters around with me. Somehow these things always end up in a tangled mess inside by backpack/computer...
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This Spewed Out of the Internet #17
The summer is flying by and it has been difficult to keep up with the blog. Here are a few things that just spewed out of the internet. This week there is a nasty wildfire burning west of Boulder which...
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Logbook of the World – What Next?
ARRL’s Logbook of the World has gotten mixed reviews from the ham community. KB6NU asks Is it more trouble than its worth?, while VE3OIJ says he will probably never use it. On the other hand, K2DBK...
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How Many Online Logbooks Do We Need?
I recently commented on the ARRL Log Book of the World when they turned on support for the VUCC Award. This was a long time in coming and is a great addition to the program. About a week later, I was...
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CQ WW VHF Contest Certificate
This certificate for the CQ Worldwide VHF Contest arrived in the mail today, 1st Place Single Operator All Band for Colorado. Most of these contest awards take so long to arrive, I have usually...
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Solving the Baofeng Cable Problem
The various models of Baofeng handheld transceivers keep popping up everywhere. At prices less than $50, radio amateurs (including veterans and newbies) are scarfing up these radios. See my postings or...
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FT8 Adoption: The New Cool Thing
The new cool digital mode for amateur radio is FT8, made possible by Joe Taylor/K1JT and the WSJT software. At first, FT8 seemed like just the next digital mode to try but it is turning out to have a...
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