I frequent the Freewheeler’s net on 3.916 mhz almost nightly. All too often some numbnut gets in there and intentionally disrupts our net. Idiots who do things like this think they are untouchable, right? Read this story and find out about a guy who wasn’t untouchable. It does my heart good to read this.


Here’s part of the article and a link to the full article follows.


British Man Convicted for Deliberate Interference, Operating Without a License
 11/29/2010

Clive McMurray of the British town of Hull (located about 45 miles southwest of York) was convicted and sentenced on November 22 for causing deliberate interference to Amateur Radio users and unlawfully using radio equipment without a license. According to the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) -- that country’s IARU Member-Society -- McMurray caused interference to operators in the Hull region of Humberside between June-November 2009.

LINK TO FULL ARRL ARTICLE

Happy Thanksgiving from KE5UTN

Well, it's time to eat Turkey and/or Ham and all the fixin's.  I hope God blesses you throughout the year.  73;

ke5utn

Signal *** Moonbounce *** Signal Bounced off Moon

HAARP bounces HF signal off moon that is received by Amateurs. Very Cool!

Interview with a Blind Ham Mark, WB6BJN

Tom, K6THM interviews Mark, WB6BJN who is blind.   Mark answers general interest questions pertaining to amateur radio, and gives insight into what amateur radio is. 

Mark, being visually impaired, is an impressive guy who successfully functions as NCS on different nets.


Disability

Latest GOES-15 SXI Image (Image of the SUN) VERY Cool

This is said to be the lates image of the sun and it's solar flux activity.. check it out... really cool image.

You can go to the Solar Weather Website yourself by clicking here.

For today's solar activity forcast, click here.

Mass Solar Ejection (MSE) November 2010 *** VIDEO ***

Currnnt Information indicates a glancing blow to Earth by a Mass Solar Ejection filament.  Watch the video for more details.

Ham Shack Amateur Radio Equipment Video

This is a fun little project I put together that displays the equipment and other aspects on my ham shack. This video is set to the "Airwolf" TV theme, that's why I call it "Airham".

Veterans Honored in Monroe, Louisiana's Chennault Avation Museum 11/06/10

With the traveling Vietnam memorial wall being  a vivid reminder of the sacrifices made on our behalf, thousands of people gathered to pay tribute to veterans (past and present) at Chinnault Avation Museum in Monroe, Louisiana.

Here are some pictures I took Saturday, 6 Nov 10.

The Wall

About the Wall

Air Force Honor Guard

Commo room inside museum.  I used a teletype very much like this one.  This is a TT-74 I think.  I used a TT-76

Museum piece in front of museum

In The Boneyard

Teletype again

Another Boneyard peice.  You could walk up and touch it if desired.

This is a pretty big bird.  The Nose is like 20 feet high.  There's a picture of a starving horse with some grass hanging from it's mouth drawn on the nose, on the other side. 

Another Boneyard Bird

Flag on tip of our Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) tower

NELA ARES & Special Event Operation At Monroe's Chennault Historical Avation Museum 11/06/10 - Pictures

I had a wonderful time helping as much as I could at the Chennault Avation Museum Saturday.  There were thousands of people paying respects to all veterans with special emphesis placed on Veteran's whose service took them to Vietnam.

Many, as reminded by the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall, didn't come home. 

I, a veteran, extend my gratitude for all the work that went into making this day a success.  I'm alos thankful for all those who came out to honor veteran's, and would like to thank those who brought their kids.  It's important that they understand the sacrifices that make our freedom possible.

Here are some pictures I took:

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Chennault Avation Museum

Me (KE5UTN) and ULM Warhawk, ACE

Gonna have to fill me in on the names here photo A.

Chris and Shawn with their main squeezes (KE5HLX & KE5HLY)

This defines an ARES flagpole

Bad Boy "BT", N5EXS

Bad to the bone N5EXS, KERBD & N5ASA

Parked in the bone yard

WA5WX ARES Tower and van - W5KGT's sweat equity on display

The Traveling Vittman Memorial Wall

Duffy, KB5IGZ & Mack, KA5JNL (NCS in the Museum)

Carlos, KB5YEG Prior to calling the LTN Saturday

Mack-daddy, KA5JNL's warm smile

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What Equipment goes into Ham Shacks

Equipment recommendations for ham shacks


Since amateur radio is so diverse, there can be no definitive explanation of what equipment you might decide to put in your shack.


For simplicity sake, I’ll give some suggestions based on most common items.


Some of the most basic equipment:

1. Transceiver(s) - Most hams start out with a VHF radio or an HF radio.

2. Antenna(s) - Whatever radio(s) you have, you’ll need an antenna for each. There are multilane antennas. Additionally, each band you want to use might require an antennas of different lengths. Why is this?

If you divide the frequency by 468, you can get the length of your antenna. (this is not so in every case, but for the sake of this post, we’ll go with it).


There are vertical antennas that are not so long. I have a Butternut that’s 24 feet long (I think). It doesn’t take up as much real-estate as a long wire antenna might.


3. Electrical power/ Power supply- You will need electrical power. Many radios require DC power, so you’ll need a power supply which plugs into a wall outlet. The radio(s) then get wired to the power supply which will convert 120AC to 12VDC.


If you don’t have a power supply, you could use a car battery to directly power your radio. If you use this method, you’ll need a way to recharge the battery as well.


Some things are in ham shacks for pure comfort.
1. Chair
2. Air conditioner/heater
3. Lights
4. Rug
5. A place to sleep
6. Coffee pot
You get the picture.


Other equipment people have in their shacks are computers, antenna tuners, telephone, weather monitoring device, clock, battery charger.


I hope this helps you. Look through my site. I’ve got some videos that show off my peanut whistle station.
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