In this week’s Surfin’, read about Leap Day hams and revisit the good, the bad, and the ugly side of innovations from the past. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.
By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.
It seems that these days a picture is worth $6 million dollars, i.e., if it is a baby picture of a so-called celebrity’s off-spring. So, I decided to spare no expense to bring my blog readers what they deserve and demand.
I hope you get your six million dollars worth viewing this photo!
In this week’s Surfin’, read about a blog that reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly side of innovations from the past. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.
By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.
I was looking forward to viewing the lunar eclipse with my new telescope last night, but K1GF’s 5 PM forecast was not promising (an overcast of clouds), so I did not expect to see much.
I looked out at 9 PM and the sky was not overcast. There were a few thin scattered clouds and the moon was in the clear, so I brought the telescope out and viewed the eclipse until about 10:10 PM. The view was spectacular and I was surprised how well I could still see the features of the moon even though they were in the dark orange shadow of the Earth.
During the eclipse, I momentarily swung the telescope over to Saturn, which was the closest naked eye object northeast of the Moon last night and got a good glimpse of Saturn’s rings.
The air was very calm last night and except for the scattered clouds, it was an excellent night for telescoping. It was a great show!
When I don’t have my iPod for musical entertainment, I have taken to listening to WLNG, 92.1 MHz, out of Sag Harbor, NY. They not only play oldies that I like, but they have jingles, local news, sports, etc. just like the AM radio stations I grew up with in the 1960s and 70s.
It is very nostalgic!
Last night was the first time I listened to LNG during the drive home from work. I was very surprised when I heard the voice of the DJ spinning the platters during the drive time. It sounded just like Rusty Potz, who used to be a DJ on local Connecticut radio stations 30 years ago. When the DJ announced his name, it turned out that it was Rusty Potz. I was shocked.
It is very very nostalgic!
This article is an interesting follow-up to what I wrote here on the 7th.
The Winter 2008, #104 issue of Packet Status Register (PSR) is now online. The new issue of my favorite quarterly contains the following:
In this week’s Surfin’, read all about the ARRL 600 meters/500 kHz experiment on the abandoned maritime band. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.
By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.
In this week’s Surfin’, we suggest other ways to find DX via the Web and how to obtain an excellent piece of test gear for the ham shack. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.
By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.
“If you have ever star-gazed shortly after sunset or before sunrise, you have probably noticed one or two “stars” sailing gracefully across the sky. These are Earth-orbiting satellites, visible due to the reflection of the Sun’s light off their surfaces toward the observer. Hundreds of satellites are visible to the unaided eye; thousands are visible using binoculars and telescopes. Observing satellites has many enthusiasts around the world.”
And many congregate at the Visual Satellite Observer’s Home Page. This is a very interesting Web site and I hope it will solve some of the mysteries I have encountered while stargazing with my new telescope.