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Bet you didn't know the "Y" offered radio classes!
The YMCA actually offered radio-electronics classes, and they advertised them in a 1933 QST magazine. Can you say "YMCA" in Morse?
The text of the ad reads:
Radio Operating, Radio Servicing. Prepare for the new Government Radio Operating license examinations. Radio Operator, Marine & Broadcasting. Also Radio Amateur Telegraph & Telephone. Resident courses. Write for booklet "Opportunities in Radio". West Side YMCA Trade & Technical Schools, 4 West 63rd Street, New York City.
Don't bother applying for this class in 2010!
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Handiham World for 28 July 2010
Courage Center Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of Wednesday, 28 July 2010
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Update: Larry Huggins, KA0LSG, Handiham Volunteer, holds the Wouxun HT on cover of Worldradio
Last week's mention of the Wouxun talking dual band handheld radio created quite a stir, so we are devoting some time to a follow up. I heard from a number of our readers and listeners who said that the PDF online version of the "With the Handihams" article was difficult to read because of the PDF layout. Although the magazine has done a great job making the layout easy to follow for sighted readers, I have heard that there is a need for a more straightforward text version for our blind readers and listeners. I have placed the text of the article on the Handiham website, as well as a link to an audio version of the article read by Bob Zeida, N1BLF, who reads for us and for The Talking Information Center of the Massachusetts Reading network. Since we didn't specify retailers, we also provide you a link to some sources.
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Handiham World for 21 July 2010
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Old spark gap transmitters explained
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Larry Huggins, KA0LSG, Handiham Volunteer, makes the cover of Worldradio
Larry Huggins, KA0LSG, is right there on the cover of the latest Worldradio magazine. Way to go, Larry!
The photo is from Handiham Radio Camp, where Larry volunteered as an instructor. In the Worldradio article, you can read about the blind-accessible HT that Larry demonstrated to our Operating Skills group.
http://www.worldradiomagazine.com
Regards,
Patrick Tice
wa0tda@arrl.net
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International Living with a Star (ILWS) meeting ponders solar WX prediction science
16 July 2010: At the International Living with a Star (ILWS) meeting in Bremen, Germany, representatives from more than 25 of the world's most technologically-advanced nations have gathered to hear what scientists studying in the field have to say.
"The problem is solar storms—figuring out how to predict them and stay safe from their effects," says ILWS Chairperson Lika Guhathakurta of NASA headquarters. "We need to make progress on this before the next solar maximum arrives around 2013."
Read more on the NASA Science News website:
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Cody Anderson, KI4FUV, gets 25th ARNEWSLINE "Young Ham of the Year" Award
Cody Anderson, KI4FUV, A 17 year old radio amateur from Harriman, Tennessee, whose quick thinking likely saved the life of a downed runner in a 2009 marathon, has been named as the 2010 Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year. This marks the 25th anniversary of the Young Ham of the Year Award program.
Cody is the son of Benny Anderson and Jane Ann Edwards. He is an honors graduate of Rockwood High School in nearby Rockwood, Tennessee.
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Worth a listen: NPR Science Friday's story about how the sun is behaving strangely
This July 2, 2010 segment on the Science Friday podcast had some interesting tidbits for ham radio operators, including speculation on larger solar cycle fluctuations than the familiar 11 year cycle that we all know and love. Guest Dr. David Hathaway, a solar astronomer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, talks about some of the more difficulties in forecasting solar activity trends, and even apologizes to ham radio operators for missing the mark in his several years ago prediction that the coming solor cycle would produce much more activity!
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Worldradio: FCC Okays Employee Participation in Emergency Drills
From the WorldRadio Online Newsroom:
FCC Okays Employee Participation in Emergency Drills
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Handiham World for 14 July 2010
Courage Center Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of Wednesday, 14 July 2010
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A volunteer summer
Eliot, KE0N, gets the remote base project underway
Eliot, KE0N, at the new remote base control point.
The Handiham Remote Base at Courage North has proven to be reasonably reliable and quite popular with the Handiham membership. Just in case you need a refresher, our Camp Courage North location is in far northern Minnesota near the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The station is at the location where we held many Handiham Radio Camp sessions over the past two decades. It consists of a Kenwood TS-480SAT, a rig control interface and computer,
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