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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1343 – Full Version

Release Date: November 23, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
Amateur radio, Amazon, AMSAT, AO-7, ARRL, Australia, Board of Directors, Brendan Carr, Bruce Paige, by-laws, Cargo Dragon, Commemoration, committee, communications, cubesats, Drones, DX, election, extra class, facebook, FCC, Foundations, General Class, geostationary, Germany, Green County, Ham Radio, Hamvention, Hawaii, History, IARU Region 3, International Space Station, internet archive, ISS, Jessica Rosenworcel, microsatellite, NASA, NCVEC, New Zealand, News, NOAA, obituary, Ofcom, OHIO, Onno Benschop, Pearl Harbor, Podcast, POTA, President Trump, Propagation, QCWA, question pool, rac, radiosport, reentry, regulatory, resignation, results, rsgb, SAQ, section managers, shortwave, SKYWARN, SKYWARN Recognition Day, SOTA, Space, SpaceX, Special Event, telethon, tower climbing, Tracher's Institute, TWIAR, Twitter, Utah, VK6FLAB, VLF, VOA, VOTA, wia, WiFi, WWI, WWII, X, YOTA, Youtube, ZDF

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1343 – Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….
Amateur radio, Amazon, AMSAT, AO-7, ARRL, Australia, Board of Directors, Brendan Carr, Bruce Paige, by-laws, Cargo Dragon, Commemoration, committee, communications, cubesats, Drones, DX, election, extra class, facebook, FCC, Foundations, General Class, geostationary, Germany, Green County, Ham Radio, Hamvention, Hawaii, History, IARU Region 3, International Space Station, internet archive, ISS, Jessica Rosenworcel, microsatellite, NASA, NCVEC, New Zealand, News, NOAA, obituary, Ofcom, OHIO, Onno Benschop, Pearl Harbor, Podcast, POTA, President Trump, Propagation, QCWA, question pool, rac, radiosport, reentry, regulatory, resignation, results, rsgb, SAQ, section managers, shortwave, SKYWARN, SKYWARN Recognition Day, SOTA, Space, SpaceX, Special Event, telethon, tower climbing, Tracher's Institute, TWIAR, Twitter, Utah, VK6FLAB, VLF, VOA, VOTA, wia, WiFi, WWI, WWII, X, YOTA, Youtube, ZDF

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1342 – Full Version

Release Date: November 16, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
AI, Amateur radio, AMSAT, Antarctic, AO-7, Arecibo, ARISS, ARRL, Australia, award, ballooning, Board of Directors, Bruce Paige, China, communications, conference, Contesting, DX, EAS, election, extra class, facebook, FCC, Field Day, Foundations, General Class, grant, Ham Radio, Hamvention, History, IARU Region 3, International Space Station, internet archive, Jessica Rosenworcel, microsatellite, NASA, NCVEC, News, NOAA, November Sweepstakes, Ofcom, Onno Benschop, picoballoon, Podcast, POTA, Propagation, Puerto Rico, question pool, rac, radiosport, regulatory, results, Rotuma Island, rsgb, Russia, Satellites, shortwave, Singapore, SOTA, Space, Teacher's Institute, telethon, tower climbing, TWIAR, Twitter, VK6FLAB, VOTA, Voyager 1, Voyager One, wia, WWI, X, Youth, Youtube

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1342 – Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….
AI, Amateur radio, AMSAT, Antarctic, AO-7, Arecibo, ARISS, ARRL, Australia, award, ballooning, Board of Directors, Bruce Paige, China, communications, conference, Contesting, DX, EAS, election, extra class, facebook, FCC, Field Day, Foundations, General Class, grant, Ham Radio, Hamvention, History, IARU Region 3, International Space Station, internet archive, Jessica Rosenworcel, microsatellite, NASA, NCVEC, News, NOAA, November Sweepstakes, Ofcom, Onno Benschop, picoballoon, Podcast, POTA, Propagation, Puerto Rico, question pool, rac, radiosport, regulatory, results, Rotuma Island, rsgb, Russia, Satellites, shortwave, Singapore, SOTA, Space, Teacher's Institute, telethon, tower climbing, TWIAR, Twitter, VK6FLAB, VOTA, Voyager 1, Voyager One, wia, WWI, X, Youth, Youtube

via Hackaday: Classic Heathkit OL-1 Scope Gets Some TLC

These days, not only are oscilloscopes very common, but even a cheap instrument today would…
Hackaday, Heathkit, History, oscilloscope, restoration, vintage

via Amateur Radio Daily: Special Event Celebrates First Trans-Global Two-Way Radio Communication

To commemorate the centenary of this historic contact made by Goyder and Bell, Mill Hill…
centenary, General, History, New Zealand, News, Newsreel, radio, shortwave, UK

via Hackaday: Access the Information Superhighway With a Mac Plus

For some time now, Apple has developed a reputation for manufacturing computers and phones that…
Apple Computer, Computers, Hackaday, History, Internet, Mac OSX, MacOS, vintage

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1341 – Full Version

Release Date: November 9, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
Alaska, Amateur radio, AMSAT, anniversary, AO-7, Arecibo, Armed Forces Day, ARRL, auction, Australia, Broadcast, Bruce Paige, California, China, communications, CUBESAT, DX, facebook, FCC, Field Day, flooding, Foundations, FreeDV, grant, Gulf of Mexico, Ham Radio, HamSCI, Hamvention, History, Hurricane Rafael, IEEE, internet archive, Japan, NASA, net neutrality, News, NOAA, NSF, Ofcom, OHIO, Onno Benschop, Podcast, POTA, Propagation, Puerto Rico, rac, radio telescope, radiosport, Rafael, Reflect Orbital, regulatory, rsgb, Satellites, scholarship, shortwave, Singapore, SOTA, Space, Spain, Starlink, stealth, STEM, Teacher's Institute, tower climbing, TWIAR, Twitter, VK6FLAB, VOTA, Voyager 1, Weather, wia, X, Youtube

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1341 – Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….
Alaska, Amateur radio, AMSAT, anniversary, AO-7, Arecibo, Armed Forces Day, ARRL, auction, Australia, Broadcast, Bruce Paige, California, China, communications, CUBESAT, DX, facebook, FCC, Field Day, flooding, Foundations, FreeDV, grant, Gulf of Mexico, Ham Radio, HamSCI, Hamvention, History, Hurricane Rafael, IEEE, internet archive, Japan, NASA, net neutrality, News, NOAA, NSF, Ofcom, OHIO, Onno Benschop, Podcast, POTA, Propagation, Puerto Rico, rac, radio telescope, radiosport, Rafael, Reflect Orbital, regulatory, rsgb, Satellites, scholarship, shortwave, Singapore, SOTA, Space, Spain, Starlink, stealth, STEM, Teacher's Institute, tower climbing, TWIAR, Twitter, VK6FLAB, VOTA, Voyager 1, Weather, wia, X, Youtube

via Hackaday: PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Corporation Prolok

In the 2020s we’re used to software being readily accessible, and often free, whether as-in-beer…
anti-piracy, Computers, copy protection, floppy disk, General, Hackaday, History

via Hackaday: On the Nature of Electricity: Recreating the Early Experiments

Bits of material levitating against gravity, a stream of water deflected by invisible means, sparks…
electricity, experimental, General, Hackaday, History, Newsreel

via Hackaday: The Nixie Tube Multimeter That Almost Made a Comeback

In a world of digital monotony, the Avo DA14 digital multimeter, with its vintage J…
General, Hackaday, History, multimeters, nixie tubes

Via AMSAT: ANS-308 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org
AMSAT, ARISS, CSLI, cubesats, CubeSatSim, Fox Plus, GOLF-TEE, History, keynote, LilacSat, MESAT-1, Nanosatellites, NASA, Newsreel, smallsat, Space, Space Symposium, telemetry, Voyager, VUCC

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1339 – Full Version

Release Date: October 26, 2024 ATTENTION: Due to the DDOS Cyberattack on Internet Archive, our…
40m, Air Force MARS, Amateur radio, AMSAT, ARDC, ARRL, Australia, Austria, bandwidth, boot camp, Bruce Paige, centenary, code talkers, communications, crash, cyberattack, disruption, DX, EAS, ESA, espn, essay contest, Europa Clipper, FAA, facebook, Falcon Heavy, FCC, Foundations, geostationary, geosynchronous, grant, Ham Radio, handbook, helicopter, History, IARU, Intelsat, internet archive, Jupiter, NASA, Navajo, New Zealand, News, obituary, Ofcom, Onno Benschop, PACIFICON, Podcast, POTA, Propagation, rac, radiosport, regulatory, RIP, rsgb, Russia, Satellites, science fiction, shortwave, SOTA, Space, SpaceX, Special Event, Starship, Texas, tower, tower climbing, Tunisia, TWIAR, Twitter, VK6FLAB, volcano, VOTA, wia, WWI, X, Yasme, Youth

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1339 – Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….
40m, Air Force MARS, Amateur radio, AMSAT, ARDC, ARRL, Australia, Austria, bandwidth, boot camp, Bruce Paige, centenary, code talkers, communications, crash, cyberattack, disruption, DX, EAS, ESA, espn, essay contest, Europa Clipper, FAA, facebook, Falcon Heavy, FCC, Foundations, geostationary, geosynchronous, grant, Ham Radio, handbook, helicopter, History, IARU, Intelsat, internet archive, Jupiter, NASA, Navajo, New Zealand, News, obituary, Ofcom, Onno Benschop, PACIFICON, Podcast, POTA, Propagation, rac, radiosport, regulatory, RIP, rsgb, Russia, Satellites, science fiction, shortwave, SOTA, Space, SpaceX, Special Event, Starship, Texas, tower, tower climbing, Tunisia, TWIAR, Twitter, VK6FLAB, volcano, VOTA, wia, WWI, X, Yasme, Youth

via Hackaday: What Would It Take to Recreate Bell Labs?

It’s been said that the best way to stifle creativity by researchers is to demand…
AT&T, Bell Labs, CCD, charge coupled device, General, Hackaday, History, photovoltaic cell, Western Electric

via Hackaday: Winamp Taken Down: Too Good For This Open Source World

If you picked today in your hackerspace’s sweepstake on when Winamp would pull their code…
Follow-up, General, GitHub, Hackaday, History, Newsreel, open source, open source software, winamp

via Hackaday: A Brand New USB Modem In The 2020s

The dulcet tones of a modem handshake may be a thing of the distant past…
analog, Computers, Hackaday, History, modem, PCB, telephony

via Hackaday: PC Floppy Copy Protection: Electronic Arts Interlock

Continuing the series on floppy copy protection, examines Electronic Arts’ Interlock system. This was…
Computers, copy protection, Electronic Arts, emulator, floppy disk, Hackaday, History, IBM, Newsreel

via Hackaday: Remembering John Wheeler: You’ve Definitely Heard of His Work

Physicist John Archibald Wheeler made groundbreaking contributions to physics, and has a fantastic…
Astronomy, astrophysics, General, Hackaday, History, obituary

via Hackaday: Usagi Electric’s Paper Tape Reader is Ready to Hop With the Tube Computer

After previously working out a suitable approach to create a period-correct paper tape reader for…
3D printing, computer tape, Computers, FreeCAD, Hackaday, History, Offbeat, vintage

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1337 – Full Version

Release Date: October 12, 2024 ATTENTION: Due to the DDOS Cyberattack on Internet Archive, our…
Air Force MARS, AM Radio, Amateur radio, AMSAT, AMSAT UK, applications, Arecibo, ARRL, Artificial Star, Australia, awards, Belarus, Bruce Paige, communications, disqualification, DX, Europa Clipper, facebook, FCC, FLORIDA, Foundations, FUNcube, Georgia, grants, Ham Radio, History, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, IARU, internet archive, JOTA, JOTI, Jovian-1, legislation, NASA, News, North Carolina, Northwestern Division, obituary, Ofcom, Onno Benschop, Podcast, POTA, Propagation, Puerto Rico, QSO Party, rac, radiosport, regulatory, rescue, robotics, rsgb, Russia, Scouting, SET, shortwave, SOTA, South Carolina, Space, Tennessee, tower climbing, TWIAR, Twitter, VK6FLAB, volunteers, VOTA, West Texas Section, wia, X

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1337 – Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….
Air Force MARS, AM Radio, Amateur radio, AMSAT, AMSAT UK, applications, Arecibo, ARRL, Artificial Star, Australia, awards, Belarus, Bruce Paige, communications, disqualification, DX, Europa Clipper, facebook, FCC, FLORIDA, Foundations, FUNcube, Georgia, grants, Ham Radio, History, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, IARU, internet archive, JOTA, JOTI, Jovian-1, legislation, NASA, News, North Carolina, Northwestern Division, obituary, Ofcom, Onno Benschop, Podcast, POTA, Propagation, Puerto Rico, QSO Party, rac, radiosport, regulatory, rescue, robotics, rsgb, Russia, Scouting, SET, shortwave, SOTA, South Carolina, Space, Tennessee, tower climbing, TWIAR, Twitter, VK6FLAB, volunteers, VOTA, West Texas Section, wia, X

via Hackaday: Braun TS2 Radio Turns 68, Gets Makeover

The Braun TS2 radio was a state-of-the art tube set in 1956. Today it still…
Braun, Hackaday, History, solid state, vintage

via Hackaday: Remembering CompuServe: the Online Experience Before the World Wide Web

July 1981 cover of CompuServe’s magazine. Long before the advent of the Internet and the…
compuserve, Computers, Hackaday, History, Internet, OHIO
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