By Ron Hege, K3PF In a matter of a few hours, you can easily build a broadband, 2 meter Yagi. The antenna offers a gain of about 10 dB, is lightweight, mechanically strong and rivals the performance of similar commercial antennas. You can modify a RadioShack FM broadcast receiving antenna (RS 15-2163). (Or you can use […]

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The Trust Deficit Grows Exponentially The word is out. Choose your own poll. Phone a friend. Gaze from your own porch. Whatever you decide to think about today, the vote is in that you, not unlike millions of others have lost trust in today’s mainstream media. But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing either. Distrust In […]

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U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson Allows Lawsuit To Proceed Florida now joins the rank of nineteen other states that oppose Obamacare. The states are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Washington. Roger Vinson, a Senior United States District Judge […]

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The Man With The Original Idea Was… You think that Bill Gates was the one with the idea behind Windows software? Better think again. Read on further and you’ll see who had the real brains behind it all. You’ll be surprised. Very surprised. All through the years we bought the computer, surfed the internet, grabbed a virus, […]

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4.3 magnitude earthquake hits Oklahoma Video Clip: by Tulsa World Date/Time: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 14:06:29 UTC Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 09:06:29 AM at epicenter Location: 35.217°N, 97.271°W Region: Oklahoma Distances: 15 km (10 miles) E of Norman, Oklahoma 35 km (20 miles) WSW of Shawnee, Oklahoma 35 km (20 miles) SE of […]

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Wildlife Found In West Virginia Waters What is the habitat of Alligator mississippiensis? Well, the gator is indigenous to Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. West Virginia isn’t included on the list. So how is it that a half-grown alligator is spotted in the Upper Mud River in […]

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The 2010 Victoria Prize was awarded to Dr Voytek Gutowski One problem faced by the car, furniture, and building product industries was the use of paints; with volatile solvents entering the atmosphere and millions of litres of solid waste going to landfill. Dr. Gutowski and his team developed technology which eliminates waste and volatile solvent […]

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The Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm 14 April 1912. The Titanic departed from Southhampton, England on April 10, 1912, with 2,227 people on board. The ship was en route to New York in the United States. The ship was owned by the White Star Line and it was constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard […]

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Consumers Still Against An Economic Wall Current spending is lower than that of a year ago and far below spending in September 2008, at the start of the financial collapse. According to Gallup, the financial collapse has not bottomed out just yet. The average American consumer is desperately searching ways to cut back on everyday spending. […]

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Google TV unveils content partnerships as it gears up for its launch. [From The Official Google TV Blog  Monday, October 4, 2010] Google is partnering with 1. Turner Broadcasting – Includes TBS, TNT, CNN, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. 2. NBC Universal – Bringing you CNBC Realtime. 3. HBO 4. NBA 5. Amazon Video Demand […]

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