Fishing
from Radio Artisan by k3ng
It’s been said that the universe could be described entirely with car analogies. Analogies don’t really prove anything, but they’re great for clarifying an opinion or illustrating a complex concept in a more simplified, understandable fashion. Often it’s difficult to describe amateur radio to non-technical family, friends, and co-workers.
I can’t think of a better analogy for explaining amateur radio than fishing.
Why do you call CQ and try to talk to just anyone?… click the link to read more.
The K0NR History of Electronic Communications
21 March 2012 | by Bob KØNR | Share | | Leave a Comment (0)
Humans have always had a desire to communicate. They started out just talking to each other but then found that it was really handy to be able to write things down. This caused the invention of the alphabet and the training of English teachers to explain overly-convoluted rules of grammar.
In 1831, Joseph Henry was playing around with electric circuits and came up with the idea of a telegraph. We can imagine a simple system where ON means “time for dinner” and OFF means “not yet”. This wasn’t good enough forSamuel Morse, who invented the Morse Code which could use ON and OFF… click the link to read more…
Coming Soon: New ARRL Membership Benefits
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03/20/2012
The ARRL is excited to announce two new membership benefits that will be introduced in June 2012.
In addition to the print copy of QST, all members will have access to an online digital edition of QST — at no extra cost. You will be able to access QST from anywhere — on nearly any computer, laptop, mobile device, smartphone and tablet (including Apple iPad, iPhone, iTouch and devices using the Android operating system).
Members will also gain access to archived issues of QST from December 1915…click the link to read more…