If you’ve ever planted a vegetable garden or designed a landscape bed, then you know how much hard labor that is involved. You are aware of the detail and the time invested in an important yard project. Only after planting you discover that the deer are roaming the neighborhood. How do you keep the deer […]

• 0 Comments

The Hammarlund Super Pro was an American made high-frequency receiver used during World War II. “The SP-600 Super Pro covered the frequency range of 540 kHz to 54 MHz.” In 1936 the first of the Super Pro series were manufactured. According to a November 1940 QST Magazine ad, “The fact that ‘Super-Pro’ receivers are used […]

• 0 Comments

The Germans used a device called the Enigma Machine. This Enigma Code was thought to be unbreakable, but the Poles had some success, and later the British would take it even further. Alan Turing, a British computer scientist, was very influential and he was critical in helping to decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted signals during World War […]

• 1 Comment

Solar Cycle 24 has arrived but the benefits to amateur radio operators have not been so great. This is my first solar cycle and I have made some very nice contacts, so I’m not totally upset by the lack of conditions but I must admit, I am a bit disappointed. Where are the conditions that […]

• 0 Comments

Didn’t anybody ever tell you not to butt-dial 911 if you’re going to do an illegal activity? A couple of suspects in California learn their lessons the hard way. What did I do wrong officer?

• 0 Comments

Tomorrow with Tom Snyder and John Lennon, April 28, 1975 On April 28, 1975, television would present an important celebrity for the very last time. The late night talk show program called Tomorrow aired what would become one of its most famous moments: presumably the last television interview with music legend John Lennon. Tomorrow host Tom […]

• 0 Comments

Full solar eclipse in Northern Australia (UTC) On May 9-10 UTC, 2013, there will be an Annular solar eclipse that can be viewed from northern Australia and the southern Pacific Ocean, with 6 minutes of visibility from the Pacific Ocean east of the French Polynesia. Viewers in these areas will see the full effect of […]

• 0 Comments

The Wullenweber Array

• 2 Comments

Climbing the pole At Elvis Presley Boulevard on Monday! Oops! A Memphis police cruiser ended up on the side of a pole after an officer lost control of the vehicle. No other cars were involved in the accident and the officer made it out without any injuries. “I can certainly say that it was a […]

• 1 Comment

The POW/MIA issue won’t go away. There’s also an Opacity Problem in Journalism. Some Journalists are Dining in the Dark with Members of the United States Congress. Vietnam is not a very popular topic in America these days. It has become another problem in the political arena to be sure, in more ways than you […]

• 0 Comments