What’s on TV now? Looking for that sports event? Maybe you’d just like to browse and see what’s on the tube tonight. Where’s a good website to find out? Here’s one that is very useful. Titan TV — Find out what’s on now! Titan TV offers free local TV listings, program schedule, show and episode, […]

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The Hilberling amateur radio is now in the USA. Price: Euro 13.290 — PT-8000A HF/VHF-Transceiver • 200W • incl. Power Supply and Microphone T9 (black) RAL7016 Anthracite gray RAL5007 Brilliant blue RAL6031 Bronze green RAL4004 Claret violet RAL7045 Tele grey1 For more information, click on the Hilberling link.

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Free desktop streaming application by Ustream Cairns Eclipse 2012 The total solar eclipse will be streamed online at Cairns and Great Barrier Reef, Australia. You can watch it online, if the clouds break that is. Hello to Australia! This will be live from 5 AM November 14th 2012 (AEST). And this would be November 13, […]

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Which is best? Ethernet cable vs wireless. Wireless has become commonplace in homes across America. Is it really more efficient and is it faster? I had put a desktop computer in another room, which is approximately 50 feet from the modem and wireless router. For the first year the wireless connection worked great. All of […]

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I saw a few pictures online about the DIY bowtie antenna and I was curious. Could it be possible to construct an antenna that would pull in the digital channels on the cheap? I found some excellent information on how to build an HDTV bowtie antenna. Will the coat hanger antenna work at all? At first I […]

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There are groups out there that want to save this, expose that, and rescue the human race out of destruction. It is often the most simple things that are overlooked and that are the most important. Take EMF for example. How many people are aware of the dangers of EMF? How can we protect the family […]

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In my quest of learning electronics, I try to understand radio propagation. All of the numbers, terminology, and charts can be somewhat overwhelming. Is there a simple, quick reference to better understand the HF progation numbers? 1. K-Index — 0-9. Overall, low is better. Some VHF operators like to see an increasing K Index, because aurora […]

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The equinox (around March 20 and September 22) brings us better DX propagation, especially the upper bands. The ten meter band (28000 to 29700 kHz) tends to be at its best near the spring or fall equinox. In fact, the equinoxes are when geomagnetic storms are the strongest. These strong geomagnetic storms can actually be very disruptive to the […]

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Source:OurAmazingPlanet In the spring or autumn, the pole is tipped neither toward or away fro the sun. Days and nights are about equal in length. These times are called equinoxes. As the seasons change, the apparent path of the sun in the sky changes. In summer, the sun arcs high, and the days are longer […]

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Today at 10:49 EDT we officially enter the Autumn season. The Autumnal equinox gives us the same amount of day and night; sunset and sunrise become exactly 12 hours apart. On September 22, 2012, the Fall season brings us cooler temperatures as we move closer to Winter. In the Spring, we call this the Vernal […]

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