Archive for the ‘surfin’’ Category

Surfin’: Calling All Space Cadets

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Surfin': Calling All Space Cadets

This week, Surfin’ recalls an era when we were all space cadets one way or another.

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Surfin’: Software Defined Radioing with a Mac

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Surfin': Software Defined Radioing with a Mac

This week, Surfin’ looks to the Mac OS X for a Software Defined Radio.

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Surfin’: Joining Our Public Weather Service

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Surfin': Joining Our Public Weather Service

This week, Surfin’ discusses the variety of Amateur Radio services related to the National Weather Service.

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Surfin’: Making the Service Short List

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Surfin': Making the Service Short List

This week, Surfin’ visits public service Web sites that should be on everybody’s short list.

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Surfin’: Groundhog’s Viewing

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Surfin': Groundhog's Viewing

This week, Surfin‘s bird’s eye view crashes to the ground in more than one way.

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Surfin’: Finding a Home for Serving the Public

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Surfin': Finding a Home for Serving the Public

This week, Surfin’ relates the story about hams finding a new venue for a public service ham station.

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40°57’39.0″ N, 73°55’21.0″ W

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Armstrong tower

Today’s Live Search Maps bird’s eye view of antenna farms takes us to 40°57’39.0″ N, 73°55’21.0″ W, which is the location of another historic radio site: Edwin Armstrong’s tower in Alpine, NJ. (Click on the photo to magnify it.)

Thanksgiving Day, the family took a bus trip to New York City to view the Macy’s T-Day parade. On the way home, the bus traveled north on I-87, which provided an opportunity to view Armstrong’s tower in person. I quickly spotted the immense tower even though it was over four miles away at the closest point. I was duly impressed!

Here are some pertinent links regarding this impressive edifice:

By the way, if you want to view the tower yourself on Microsoft’s Live Search Maps, use the coordinates 40°57’39.0″ N, 73°55’21.0″ W. (I could not find a street address for the tower, but I found the coordinates and they work just as well as a street address.)

Surfin’: Bird’s Eye Viewing

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Crop Circles

This week, Surfin’ visits a Web site to take a different view of your Amateur Radio station.

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Surfin’: Serving the Public

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Surfin': Serving the Public

This week, Surfin’ suggests visiting the Web site of Web sites for public service.

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Surfin’: Inauguration’s Communications

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Surfin' 416

This week, Surfin’ finds Amateur Radio on the air for the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

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