Had a fun day at the AES Superfest. Very interesting presentations. Scott Ford made me think seriously about getting an Icom radio to get D-Star capability.
Gordon West as entertaining with his presentation on how to teach a class on radio operation.
Michael Fish from WTMJ4 had an awesome presentation on weather.
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
HamLinks: The Ham Radio Toolbar for Firefox
I just downloaded the Hamlinks Radio Toolbar for Firefox. The plug in installed easily and seems to work fine. I'll try it for a month or so and see if I like it.
It's kind of a drag having the Facebook, Stumble, and Hamlinks toolbar installed and running all at once. I may need to disable one so I don't have this huge toolbar above every webpage I'm viewing. Thank all that is coded for F11!
For those of you still enslaved to Internet Explore, there is an IE version of the toolbar as well.
If anyone else tries it out, or has used it in the past, please give me shout regarding your experiences.
Saturday, April 1, 2006
AES Superfest - Gordon West
Got up early after the fire department meeting last night to go to the AES Superfest on Good Hope Rd. in Milwaukee. Gordon West gave an animated discussion on how increases in GPS technology have impacted HAM radio in a positve way. Even though he was pressed for time, had to catch a flight back to California; he took the time to play tapes of older GPS signals. The current state of GPS technology began on June 26, 1993. On that date, the U.S. Air Force launched the 24th NavStar satellite into orbit, completing a network of 24 satellites known as the Global Positioning System, or GPS. With a GPS receiver that costs less than a few hundred dollars you can instantly learn your location on the planet--your latitude, longitude, and even altitude--to within a few hundred feet.
I found a vendor at the Superfest that sells hats for $15 and will embroider them at no additional fee. So I just had to get my call sign put on a hat.
The American Red Cross' Response Technology Team (RTT) has a pretty SWEET rig, a totally pimped out Ford Excursion.
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