November 14, 2006

Pile On

ARRLWeb: Broadcasters Intervene to Support ARRL in BPL Court Appeal

"... arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law." That sums it up well, doesn't it?

Posted by WA5ICA at 02:12 PM

November 16, 2006

Just When You Think It's Safe to Get Back on the Air

BBC NEWS | Technology | Physics promises wireless power

6.4 Mhz?? Does anybody think 40 meters will still exist with millions of these things around?

"And because we're physicists we asked, 'what kind of physical phenomenon can we use to do this wireless energy transfer?'."

The answer the team came up with was "resonance", a phenomenon that causes an object to vibrate when energy of a certain frequency is applied.

Resonance?!? Wow! They should get a patent on that, quick! (Ignoring for the moment that Nikola Tesla did this 90 years ago.)

Posted by WA5ICA at 08:56 PM

November 26, 2006

Coming Back to Life

I have been listening to 15 meters lately, and even worked Phil, PZ5ZY, in Suriname last week.

ZF1A has been active on 15, as has HC8N in Galapagos.

So apparently the sun is beginning to smile on the higher bands again.

Posted by WA5ICA at 01:49 PM