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Nasa.Gov
Tue, 25 Aug 2009

Poor Weather Delayed Tuesday’s Launch Attempt

The mission management team will meet at 3 p.m. EDT today to give the “go- no go” for fueling Discovery. Weather for tanking and launch is currently at 70 percent acceptable for a 1:10 a.m. Wednesday morning launch.

Tanking coverage of Discovery will begin at 3:30 p.m. and launch commentary at 8 p.m. on NASA TV.

Get the latest Space Shuttle News.

When up, the NASA Space Shuttle audio is retransmitted on IRLP node 9877.

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theFederalRegister.com
August 24, 2009

Notice For Proposed Rule Making for changes to Part 15 regarding measurement for BPL

SUMMARY: This document addresses certain issues from the Commission’s Report and Order on rules for broadband over power line systems and devices (BPL Order) that was remanded by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In the BPL Order, the Commission established technical standards, operating restrictions and measurement guidelines for Access Broadband over Power Line (Access BPL) systems to promote the development of such systems while ensuring that licensed radio services are protected from harmful interference. In ARRL v. FCC, the court remanded the BPL Order to the Commission for further consideration and explanation of certain aspects of its decision. Specifically, the court directed the Commission to provide a reasonable opportunity for public comment on unredacted staff technical studies on which it relied to promulgate the rules, to make the studies part of the rulemaking record, and to provide a reasoned explanation of the choice of an extrapolation factor for use in measurement of emissions from Access BPL systems.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 23, 2009, and reply comments must be filed on or before October 8, 2009.

The complete fr24aug09-18 proposal can be viewed at the theederalregister.com.

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FTM-350 Yaesu’s answer to the Kenwood TM-D710 was on display at the 2009 Japan Ham Fair. 

JA7UDE also posted some pictures of the Yaesu/Standard booth.

Features (from Standard spec sheet)

• Dual-Band 2m/70cm
• GPS option (FGPS-1)
• Bluetooth option (BT-1)
• 1200/9600 baud packet
• 8 color options for front panel
• dual speaker
• APRS
• Wide band receive (0.5-1.7, 76-250, 300-1,000 MHz)

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HamCity a ham radio equipment vendor out of southern California has been added to our Links page.

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MFJ ENTERPRISES, INC.
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate release please!
Contact: Richard C. Stubbs, Jr.
PHONE: 1-662-323-5869
FAX: 1-662-323-6551
E-MAIL: mfjcustserv@mfjenterprises.com

MFJ Purchases Cushcraft Amateur Radio Antennas Product Line

MFJ Enterprises, Inc., Starkville, Mississippi has purchased Cushcraft Amateur Radio Antennas Product Line from Laird Technologies, St. Louis, Missouri effective July 31, 2009.

Cushcraft Amateur Radio Antenna products will continue to be manufactured in Manchester, New Hampshire.

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ARRL.org
August 12, 2009

ARRL Responds to FCC’s Proposed Allocation for Medical Devices in 70 cm Band

ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, on behalf of the ARRL, filed comments on August 11 regarding a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), ET Docket 09-36, issued by the FCC in March 2009. In the NPRM, the FCC proposed to allocate spectrum and adopt service and technical rules for the utilization of new implanted medical devices that operate on 413-457 MHz (70 cm). Continue Reading »

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Free Internet Press
by: Intellpuke
August 13, 2009

Les Paul, the virtuoso guitarist and inventor whose solid-body electric guitar and recording studio innovations changed the course of 20th-century popular music, died Thursday in White Plains, N.Y.  He was 94.

The cause was complications of pneumonia, the Gibson Guitar Corporation and his family announced. .

Mr. Paul was a remarkable musician as well as a tireless tinkerer. He played guitar alongside leading prewar jazz and pop musicians from Louis Armstrong to Bing Crosby. In the 1930s he began experimenting with guitar amplification, and by 1941 he had built what was probably the first solid-body electric guitar, although there are other claimants. With his guitar and the vocals of his wife, Mary Ford, he used overdubbing, multitrack recording and new electronic effects to create a string of hits in the 1950s.

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Examiner.com
by: Melissa Good – Miami Information Technology Examiner
August 14, 2009

Powerline Networking

Many homes and businesses are being built today with networking in mind. Homes are now built with category 5e cabling and are ready to go in terms of setting up your home network  to provide Internet or let you share files and audio visual material.

However, in older homes and offices this is often not as easy. Depending on the structure it could be difficult to install category 5e cabling, and if the walls are thick or metal wireless coverage can become a problem.

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ARRLWeb: ARRL News

Amateur Radio Station WX4NHC Featured in National Commercial

WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, is featured in a 60 second radio spot for Duracell batteries. The commercial, which begins airing this month, highlights the efforts of an all-volunteer army of ham radio operators for WX4NHC. Narrated by actor Jeff Bridges, it describes the important role that radio amateurs play during severe weather conditions — enabling communications with emergency medical teams, police and fire departments — when the power goes out. The narration underscores the importance of a reliable battery to power the portable ham radios, which are crucial to WX4NHC’s work.

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ARRLWeb: ARRL News

ARRL President Presents League’s Views on Distracted Driving Laws to Safety Advocacy Group

To ensure that Amateur Radio is not an unintended victim of the growing public debate over what to do about distracted drivers, ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, has written a letter to the National Safety Council (NSC), highlighting issues regarding the use of Amateur Radio emergency communications devices in vehicles. Many states have outlawed the use of cell phones while driving; some states with these laws have ambiguous wording (such as “mobile communication devices” or “mobile electronic devices”) concerning the use of Amateur Radio while driving.

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