iPad Madness around the globe
No wonder Apple passed M$ as the most valuable tech company in the world. What other product/company has this happen?
Google SSL
Well, now you can narrow it down to only Google knowing your business. Ouch, guess that is not so narrow.
Google-SSL
Dayton 2010
Probably the first time I ever went to Dayton not looking for anything. I figured if something jumped out at me then I would entertain it but I have spent so much time building out the station over the last couple years I am just about done. Well, you are never done but you know what I mean. Myself, Ray W2RE, Frank W2IX and newcomer Bobby KC2UPN (Rays son) flew out Wednesday and had a nice couple days to relax, drink lots of Guinness and eat poorly. As always we stay at the Crowne Plaza which is the ONLY place to stay when you go to Dayton. There is always so much going on with everyone hanging out and partying it really is a great time! I took a few pictures which I was ...
My First Hackintosh
Decided to play with a cheap Dell mini 10v off of Ebay and install OSX. Has the latest version of OSX 10.6.3 and I also installed VMware Fusion to play with an Array Solutions AIM4170 antenna analyzer for field use. Update: The Howto Here is the guide I followed, works flawlessly (just double check your bios) http://gizmodo.com/5389166/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-10v-into-the-ultimate-snow-leopard-netbook The first install will take about an hour After initial install, run netbook installer 0.8.3 inside your app folder then reb...
Nice propagation to Asia
Past few morning have developed some very good openings into Asia to the East coast U.S. Each morning Jimmy BX5AA has been a beacon with a very strong 59+ signal. I found a spot just above 14.200 and called CQ, worked JA, DV9, VR2, WH2 and BA4's. Had a nice little pileup going :) Here is a video of Jimmy BX5AA on 20M.
Lightning Strike at N7US
Caught this on the Tower Talk reflector. I think this is a perfect (but unfortunate) example that even with the best protection there is really nothing you can do when you have a direct strike. I was really amazed with the cracked foundation, I never thought that would/could happen.
Google Gets Ready to Take on Skype
NPR Segment on Amateur Radio
Always nice to see articles on Amateur Radio, this was sent to me from W2PA and I thought it would be nice to share with those who missed it. National Public Radio (NPR) did this nice article recently. There is also an interesting comment made at the bottom of the article from Laura Drake.
King Conversions LK-500 and AL-1500
Lou W1QJ stopped by a few nights ago and dropped off a couple goodies for me to play with. The first one was this Amp Supply LK-500 that Lou converted to monoband 50mhz. Take a look at the demo. Here is the LK-500 conversion: Here is the AL-...