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DIY recordings of awakening sun
09-Feb-10, 10:00:00
Wired Science - As the sun emerges from a long lull in activity, the star's emissions in the radio band of the spectrum have also picked up

Haitian doctors use ham radio to contact distant colleagues
09-Feb-10, 10:00:00
The New York Times - The Haiti field hospital is making do with high-speed internet connections donated by a Miami philanthropist and connections through Access Haiti, a wireless regional network linked through the neighboring Dominican Republic. It is also getting help from a network of volunteer ham radio operators like Jack Satterfield, a fisherman from St. Petersburg, Florida.

The lost souls of telecommunications history
09-Feb-10, 10:00:00
Ars Technica - When Tim Berners-Lee arrived at CERN, Geneva's celebrated European Particle Physics Laboratory in 1980, he'd been hired to help replace the control systems for several of the lab's particle accelerators. Almost immediately, the inventor of the modern web page noticed a problem

The 'killer app' for mobility isn't an app at all
09-Feb-10, 10:00:00
Network World - Don't hold your breath waiting for the killer app for mobility. Because there isn't one, according to tech pundit Michael Gartenberg

US closes down WWII-era navigation system
09-Feb-10, 10:00:00
CNN - In a series of small ceremonies, the US Coast Guard on Monday shut down Loran-C, a navigation and timing system that has guided mariners and aviators since World War II

The 'inside-out' antenna installation
09-Feb-10, 10:00:00
Radio World - Have you ever seen an FM transmitting antenna mounted inside its supporting tower? It was not a case of installers misreading blueprints. The job was intentional and planned at every step

Giant sunspot giving out powerful radio emissions
08-Feb-10, 16:15:08
SpaceWeather.com - 'There have been many loud shortwave radio bursts over the past two days.'' Reports amateur radio astronomer Thomas Ashcraft of New Mexico. ''Some of the bursts have completely saturated my receivers.''

Last night-time Shuttle launch carries ISS components into orbit
08-Feb-10, 13:23:07
NASA - Docking is set for flight day three with three spacewalks planned to install the Tranquility node and then cupola permanently to the International Space Station

Berkshire radio ham appeals for funds to keep Vulcan bomber flying
08-Feb-10, 11:20:00
Newbury Today - Graeme Miller, a member of the Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society, has been involved in the Vulcan Trust for more than two years and has often persuaded the pilot to fly over the district in the past

US Army's new ''Smart Radio'' may revolutionize communications
08-Feb-10, 11:20:00
Armed with Science - What if there were a computer program that would allow your smartphone to not only receive phone calls, but also to automatically adjust to receive WiFi signals and television broadcasts, track GPS, access HAM radio or walkie-talkie frequencies?

Colorado University launches satellite to probe extreme space weather
08-Feb-10, 11:20:00
The Denver Post - Set for launch Tuesday, a $32 million instrument package devised by the University of Colorado at Boulder should yield a better understanding of how the sun can violently affect Earth

Australian radio amateur who helped put man on the moon
08-Feb-10, 11:20:00
Amateur Radio Victoria - An article in the December, 2009 issue of Lo-Key, the journal of the Australian CW QRP Club, noted the important work of an Australian radio amateur