Amateur Radio

“In case anyone here is a CW fan - The FCC will soon drop the requirement for morse code for all license classes. I almost got my Tech license 10 years ago but life always got in the way of getting to a test... someday.

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/12/15/104/?nc=1”

“I thing Semaphore is a lost art too.”

“Maybe not if you work on a railroad.


:-)”

“Well then I guess it would work.”

“Interesting”

“What ever happened to 73 Amateur Radio magazine? I used to love reading that mag years ago.”

“the end of 73 - simple matter of economics, not enough advertisers

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/10/10/6/?nc=1”

“I liked 73 mag for all the homebrew projects.
Wayne Green was an early microcomputer pusher.
His mag had great anti ARRL stuff. LOL”

“tecntrek,

Take a minute and take the test. You'll have lots of fun on the bands. Usually carry a QRP rig mountain-topping. Learn the code. More fun than voice and better carry distances on CW.

KA1QZE

oldhoofer”

“Better chance of me getting a ham license than finishing my pilot's license any time in the near future. I still have my file with all of my notes - I read that 4-inch-thick book that ARRL publishes annually, several years in a row. A little light reading, LOL.”

“do we really need two Amateur radio threads?
last edited: 12/19/06 8:55:47 AM”

“Do we really need another busted link?”

“All better! And sorry, but I couldn't resist. LOL!”

“Very funny, Nigal!”

“It's good for people without a trail name, too...”

“Some day your 2-way radios will work like this...

Communication via quantum entanglement successful over 144 km.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11985-new-distance-record-for-quantum-communication.html”