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Rhys said:
Oh Linuxgeek....

here's something to warm the cockles of your heart

http://english.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=230450

Tell your lady wife while you're at it.

:D
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A good read. A fav composer and a hint of sci-fi ... I was annoyed when the phone rang and made me have to do some work while in the middle of reading it.

I'll let her know, but I don't expect she will be near a computer from which she can access Lit until she is home next. Hopefully, the remainder of the project won't take until near Xmas as is currently expected.
 
It's trying to be a good morning. Still working on the Mt. Dew to wake me up completely. It's having a difficult time with the dark rainy day it has to compete against.
 
linuxgeek said:
Still working on the Mt. Dew to wake me up completely.
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Well, that doesn't sound very healthy! How about going out for coffee instead! :D
 
lol ... Would do tea before coffee if I was actually trying to be healthy about it. The Dew gets to be a breakfast substitute for now. Trying the theory that if I don't chug it all at once, it won't be as bad for me.
 
Hahaha...that's like thinking it's OK to eat the broken cookies out of the package because the calories have escaped from them!

I don't think your theory is working... :D
 
oooo ... a secret. ssssssh. Next thing ya know, there will be all kinds of rumors traveling the backchannels of Lit.
 
I see no reason to start any. They just happen on their own from what I've seen.
 
We don't need Ham Radio Operators

'Ham radio operators not needed' says Massachusetts Governor

It appears as if Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney does not know the role radio amateurs play in emergencies or maybe he just does not care.

At least that's what hams in New England are saying after Romney dismissed the role of Amateur Radio operators in emergency communications during a recent televised 'town meeting.' Burt Hicks, WB6MQV, has more:

The program was WCVB television's 'When Disaster Strikes: Segment Two.' It featured public safety and volunteer organization officials from across Massachusetts among its guests and in the audience.

According to reports, Governor Romney seemed to get agitated when host and moderator Natalie Jacobson asked questions about communications interoperability, and communication without commercial power. Based on his answers, Romney was next asked by Jacobson if in the end it all came down to depending on ham radio to which the governor replied - quote: "No, we don't need to deal with ham radio operators..."

Embarrassed public safety officials later tried to put in a good word for Amateur Radio. The National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist Glenn Field was prepared to state the importance of Amateur Radio. Salvation Army Colonel Fred Van Brunt beat him to the punch talking about his organization's quest to improve its communications capabilities and how Amateur Radio has been an important aspect of this.

But it was after the TV show ended that hams in the state went on the offensive. Eastern Massachusetts ARRL Section Emergency Coordinator Rob Macedo, KD1CY made public that he had submitted a letter to the Governor's Office, ARRL Section Manager Mike Neilsen, W1MPN, sent a section-wide email to all Eastern Massachusetts ARRL members describing the incident along with actions he a! nd his staff were taking to mitigate the situation.

Neilsen wrote that the Governors attitude about ham radio sets an unfortunate tone within the state's executive branch. Neilsen added that as former military officer, he sees this as a failure in leadership. Neilsen said that he intended to address the Governor's comments as an urgent matter at a meeting with Don Carlton from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

Meantime, Tom Kinahan, N1CPE wrote that Governor Romney's comment has made a public relations problem in his role as Massachusetts State RACES Officer. Kinahan asks where it leaves the RACES program when the Governor has said that he "certainly doesn't need to rely on ham radio."

Burt Hick, WB6MQV
Amateur Radio Newsline

While Governor Romney has yet to issue a formal apology to the ham radio community a representative from the Governor's office has reached out to the Amateur Radio community in the wake of the perceived "snubbing."

According to Eastern Massachusetts Section Emergency Coordinator Rob Macedo, KD1CY, Pam Hickman from the Governor's Office of External Relations telephoned has him. The message delivered was that the Governor's would like to the make the situation right. Macedo told Hickman that he and the local ARES leadership want to visit with Romney so that they might describe Amateur Radio and its benefits to the community. No word on if or when that meeting might take place.

The television program can be viewed at http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/5334306/detail.html
 
govornor romney is apparently unaware that in case of a communications emergency we amateur radio operators can use several types of dualband transceivers that feature crossband repeater function. I have one of those radios with that function and it is cooooool. It is a crossband repeater for 2meter and 440 MHz and can be put in a car with a dualband magmount antenna and drove up a big hill and viola - repeater put up in 10 minutes.

Many (hams) are armed with a handheld and with nickel metal hydride batteries, or a mobile rig, and/or stationary rig in the home. So whether on foot, in a vehicle (even boats), or at home we have an alternate means of communicating.

Not to mention we have far more privledges than just about any other radio license, while the police and fire are licensed for radios and their usage it is for a set of fixed frequencies and depending on how big the town is could be a single frequency or a pair, or trunked. while we have over 10 bands, covering 10 of thousnads of frequencies.

And we can talk far away by Hf frequencies 2000 miles or more and choose am/ssb/narrow fm and up to 1500 watts but for 50 miles or however 10 or 20 watts will do nicely with the right antenna
 
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It's the Kids' Turn at the Radio: First Kids Day of 2006 is Sunday, January 8

NEWINGTON, CT, December 22, 2005--The second Sunday in January is the day to turn your shack over to the kids for some ham radio fun with a purpose. The first running of Kids Day 2006 begins Sunday, January 8, at 1800 UTC and continues until 2400 UTC with no limit on operating time (the second Kids Day will be Saturday, June 17). Kids Day provides a terrific opportunity to show youngsters what Amateur Radio is all about--and that includes its role in emergency communication. ARRL Education and Technology Program ("The Big Project") Coordinator Mark Spencer, WA8SME, says Kids Day can be a great opportunity spark change and get kids and families thinking about emergency preparedness.

"While you are coaching the youngsters who visit your shack--and their parents too--on how to make contacts and new friends via ham radio during Kids Day, why not take a few moments to ask them about their family's plans to deal with emergency challenges?" he says in December 2005 QST (see "Kids Day 2006" on p 45). "Why not use the opportunities offered by Kids Day to show the youth in your neighborhood that ham radio can be loads of fun, and that ham radio is a way that they can contribute something very valuable to their communities?"

Call "CQ Kids Day." The suggested exchange for Kids Day contacts is first name, age, location and favorite color. It's okay to work the same station more than once if the operator has changed. Suggested frequencies are 14.270-14.300, 21.380-21.400 and 28.350-28.400 MHz. Contacts via VHF repeaters are okay too, with permission from the repeater owner. Observe third-party traffic restrictions when making DX QSOs.

All participants are eligible to receive a colorful certificate, which becomes the youngster's personalized "sales brochure" for ham radio. The League asks everyone taking part in Kids Day to complete a short survey and post comments afterward. Doing this provides access to download the certificate page, or participants can send a 9x12 self-addressed, stamped envelope to Boring Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 1357, Boring, OR 97009.

Spencer notes that this year's hurricane season highlighted one of the real values that ham radio brings to the community--a spirit of resilience. "By their very nature, ham radio operators are interested in personal preparedness and community service...this is resilience," he says. Spencer suggests that Kids Day sponsors take advantage of the opportunity to show how ham radio offers a way for participants to contribute something very valuable to their communities.

"A very effective advertising strategy is to get kids hooked on an idea," he says. "The kids in turn go home and 'bug' their parents about the idea. You plant the seed in a young mind, and they will take care of the rest!"

Spencer believes Kids Day activities can result in a family emergency plan campaign that could save lives, and future community planners who know communication and how to communicate.

"Make that personal connection that may result in a new licensee and, perhaps, more resilient individuals by opening your station and inviting kids and neighbors to share in your hobby," Spencer urges. "You just might find yourself re-infected with that enthusiasm that you once had."

Spencer also invites Kids Day participants to listen for him, operating from WA8SME, during Kids Day. "I'd love the opportunity to talk to the kids at your station," he says.
 
Road trip!!!!

Amateur Radio Hurricane Conference set (Jan 26, 2006) -- The 11th annual Amateur Radio Hurricane Conference will take place Saturday, February 4, 8-10 AM, at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Admission and refreshments are free, but seating is limited to about 40 people. WX4NHC Amateur Radio Volunteer Coordinator John McHugh, K4AG, will host the gathering, which will feature presentations on how ground-level reporting of hurricane-related weather data by Amateur Radio observers aids forecasters. This year marks 25 years for ham radio at the National Hurricane Center, and Assistant Amateur Radio Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R, will talk about the history of ham radio at the center during the conference. Hurricane Watch Net Manager Mike Pilgrim, K5MP, will discuss the operation of his net, which works hand in hand with WX4NHC. ARRL Eastern Massachusetts Section Emergency Coordinator Rob Macedo, KD1CY, will speak on the EchoLink/IRLP Hurricane Net. Forecaster Stacy Stewart will summarize the historic 2005 hurricane season. Presentations of awards and door prizes will cap the two-hour session. The National Hurricane Center is located at 11691 SW 17th Street in Miami, just a few blocks west of the Tropical Hamboree taking place the same weekend. Attendees will receive a CD with hurricane and WX4NHC/NOAA information and videos. Those planning to attend should contact McHugh via e-mail as soon as possible.
 
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ISS Commander Completes WAS from Space, Gaining On DXCC

NEWINGTON, CT, Jan 26, 2006--International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur, KC5ACR, has achieved his goal of working all US states from NA1SS, and he's continuing his efforts to wrap up DXCC as well. On Saturday, January 21, he worked Alaska for his final state. In addition, he's already worked all continents, including Antarctica, on both VHF and UHF, from NA1SS. McArthur has been one of the most active radio amateurs ever to inhabit the ISS, although the space station crew's activities in advance of a February 3 space walk--or EVA, as NASA calls it--could curtail his casual operating for several days.

"Bill is likely to be very busy preparing for the EVA and has not been as active during the week," Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Ham Radio Project Engineer Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO, told ARRL this week. McArthur has been most active during weekends.

Ransom also notes that McArthur and crewmate Valery Tokarev will be altering their schedule during the runup to the space walk. "The crew will be waking about 1100 UTC and going to sleep about 0230 UTC until Jan 29, and shift to a wake up time of 1300 UTC and sleep time of 0430 UTC until the day of the EVA," he said.

McArthur added several new DXCC entities to his growing list this past weekend, Ransom says, and is better than three-quarters of the way toward working 100. The new ones were Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Northern Ireland and Colombia. Ransom reports that McArthur has put more than 1000 QSOs and 77 DXCC entities in the NA1SS logbook. The vast majority of his casual contacts have been with stations in the Americas and Europe. "He could really use some stations in Africa and Oceania," Ransom noted. Information on which DXCC entities McArthur still needs is available from the ISS Fan Club Web site.

McArthur also is on track to set an ARISS milestone--the most school group contacts by an ISS crew member and the most of any mission. As of January 25, he had handled 19 school group QSOs, while Tokarev had done one from RS0ISS. The current individual record is held by Expedition 10's Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, who logged 23.

Ransom urges Earth stations who've already worked NA1SS to give others a chance--especially if they live in a densely populated area. He also offers some simple operating suggestions to increase everyone's chances of making a successful NA1SS contact:
Wait for the ISS operator to call "CQ" or "QRZ?"
Send only your call sign phonetically, and wait for crew to acknowledge your specific call sign.
Listen closely for the call sign of the station ISS is working.
If you do not hear your specific call sign, do not transmit again until you hear the ISS crew member say "CQ" or "QRZ?"
Be courteous.

During the scheduled February 3 space walk, McArthur and Tokarev will release "SuitSat-1"--quite possibly the most unusual Earth satellite ever. SuitSat consists of a surplus Russian Orlan space suit converted into a transmit-only satellite with an FM downlink frequency of 145.990 MHz. Using the call sign RS0RS, it will transmit voice messages, telemetry and an SSTV image on a nine-minute cycle as it orbits Earth.

The batteries powering the satellite are expected to last about a week after deployment, and SuitSat's free-floating, decaying orbit should cause it to re-enter Earth's atmosphere after some six weeks in space. The SuitSat signal should be strong enough to hear using a VHF transceiver or scanner and a simple antenna. SuitSat's payload also includes a CD containing hundreds of school pictures, artwork, poems, and student signatures.

For more information, see article "This is SuitSat-1 RS0RS!" by Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, on the AMSAT Web site. The Science@NASA Web site also has posted an informative article about SuitSat.
 
NASA honors TV journalist, anchor Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD (Feb 16, 2006) -- NASA is honoring legendary CBS TV news anchor Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD, for his coverage of the US space program. Cronkite, who has narrated two ARRL Amateur Radio videos (photo), will receive the Ambassador of Exploration Award February 28 during a ceremony hosted by the University of Texas at Austin Center for American History at the studios of KLRU-TV. "His marathon, live coverage of the first moon landing brought the excitement and impact of the historic event into the homes of millions of Americans and observers around the world," NASA said in a news release announcing the award. NASA is presenting the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the 38 astronauts and other key individuals who participated in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs for realizing America's vision of space exploration from 1961 to 1972. Cronkite is the first non-astronaut and only NASA outsider to receive the award, which consists of a small sample of lunar material encased in Lucite and mounted for public display. The material is part of the 842 pounds of moon rocks brought back to Earth during the six Apollo expeditions between 1969 and 1972. Cronkite will, in turn, present the lunar sample to University of Texas President William Powers. He will accept the award on behalf of the Center for American History, the archival home of the Walter Cronkite papers, and the sample will be on display in the Center's exhibit gallery. Cronkite is the best-remembered journalist for his commentary and enthusiastic coverage of the historic progression of missions from the early Mercury launches, through the ground-breaking Gemini missions, to the Apollo 11 and subsequent moon landings.
 
Well I guess I'd better check in...

New Lit member and relativly new ham.

Active ARES member (it was the primary reason for getting the licence), and active Ham.

I've been licenced for about 6 months now, I have my HF privilages and am working on my code...

The prefix here is VE6 and in grid D033

nice to know that theres an active ham community around here! love to atch any of you on irlp, or the bands sometime!

-David
 
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