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FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cardsCo-optingIf the new frequencies are open to any company and if some companies are threatened by competition using the new frequencies, then why shouldn't the threatened companies jam the new frequencies?That seems one of the points of this quoted quote:The...

Tags: Federal government, Wi-Fi, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Amateur Radio, white space, spectrum, FCC, wireless

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Some lessons from my WiFi screwup

Some lessons from my WiFi screwupHey, we all make mistakesI should know ;-).wifi "other spectrum"Hey Dana;You have inadvertantly entered a really neat subject by mentioning what I take to be a frequency band that requires an FCC license. You're talking about ham radio, I think, and there is an entire...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Amateur Radio, radio, repeater, IRLP, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2006-02-08

Additional Resources

Elmer Technician for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

Elmer Technician for iPhone will help you study for your amateur radio exams. It covers all elements, and prepares actual sample exams. Each exam is graded, and you get to see which questions you missed, and the correct answer. Each test is prepared from the exact same question pool as...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Exam, Black Cat Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-14

WSJ challenges NFL's ridiculous policy by live-blogging game

NFL is Not AloneThe SEC sent out a similar message banning twitter, blogging, cellphone videos etc from football games. Good luck enforcing that in a stadium filled with 90,000 mostly drunk Florida and Georgia fans. Won't be a problem in Arkansas though. :)link http://mashable.com/2009/08/17/sec-new-media-policy/Sorry but you've got...

Tags: Games, NFL, game

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

TrueTTY 2.76 (Windows)

A program for amateur radio digital communications via a sound card. Supported modes are RTTY Baudot code, ASCII (7 or 8 bits), PSK31 BPSK and QPSK, BPSK63, QPSK63, BPSK125, AMTOR-FEC (SITOR-B, NAVTEX), MFSK16, MFSK8. HF-PACKET and UHF-PACKET (AX25) are supported in KISS-TNC emulation mode. SELFEC SITOR, AMTOR-ARQ (SITOR-A) and DTMF-code...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Audio Card, DXsoft

Software downloads 2009-09-02

Morse Mania 3.5.1 (Mac)

Morse Mania is a morse code tutor for the Macintosh. The software packagehelps you learn morse code at speeds ranging from 5 to 30 words per minute. Morse Mania is ideal for amateur ham radio operators who desire to learnor improve their morse code proficiency, especially in order to upgrade...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Morse Plc., Black Cat Systems, Morse Mania, Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-25

Should RadioShack change its name to The Shack?

Should RadioShack change its name to The Shack?I would rename it toRadio ShackRE: Should RadioShack change its name to The Shack?Radio Shack started out in Boston with just 7 stores. They catered to radio amateur operators who bought equipment for their "Ham Shack".This is where the company got it's...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Shack, RadioShack Corp., Radio Shack

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Michael Jackson's death themed malware campaigns spreading

The sudden death of Michael Jackson quickly opened a window of opportunity for cybercriminals to capitalize on. With a malicious spam campaign, blackhat SEO search results poisoning which is serving scareware within the first 100 search results for Michael Jackson's death, and an opportunistic participant in Zango...

Tags: Malware, Social Engineering, Spam, Michael Jackson, Malware Campaign, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-26

BamLog 2.0 (Windows)

BamLog is designed to take the work out of logging so you can focus your energy on the radio and QSO, instead of the overhead. By using a unique technology, BamLog will provide for you, automatically, the address of any amateur station you contact. By using the internet, there is...

Tags: Station, BamSoft, BamLog, Federal Government, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Government, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-24

MacDoppler 2.0.7 (Mac)

MacDoppler for Cocoa was re-written from the ground up to take full advantage of all the great Cocoa capabilities in OS X on PPC as well as Intel hardware. MacDoppler will provide any level of station automation you need from assisted Doppler Tuning and Antenna Pointing right on up to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-05-11

Beyond E-Tech Duet D888 (Cellular Abroad)

The Duet D888 from Beyond E-Tech is appealing for just one reason. It's not a particularly handsome device, it feels a little cheap, and it doesn't offer any outstanding features. Call quality is decent, but even that doesn't make the D888 special. What makes the D888 notable is that it...

Tags: Flash memory, Cellular phones, SIM card, Duet D888, Duet, phone

Product reviews 2009-05-08

YouTube takes down thousands of fair-use videos

YouTube takes down thousands of fair-use videosIts so sad...Its so sad that Youtube has removed the good works from the database. Even some of my posts in youtube were gone :-(Cheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.comRE: YouTube takes down thousands of fair-use videosSo Warner Brothers and others don't want all this free advertsing?Morons!RE: YouTube...

Tags: Corporate communications, Government, INTERNET, YouTube Inc., fair-use video, video

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Ipox5 1.07.014 (Windows)

Ipox5 is a voip application designed to link your PMR, CB, PMR446, amateur radio networks between sites. It is robust, designed for mobile broadband and emergency IP communications. You can access the networked systems via radio or via PC or Linux under wine Our NHWradio system (designed for UK NHW...

Tags: Radio, Microsoft Windows, Aacnet, Ipox5, Telephony, Advertising & Promotion, VOIP, Linux, Telecommunications, Networking, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-01

Spot 1.9.10 (Mac)

Finally, advanced DXCluster management for OS X amateur radio operators. Spot allows you to chase the DX that really matters by putting you in charge of which DX spots you need to see and alarming you when they appear. Reach your DX'ing goals in record time with Spot, the only...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Radio, Abroham Neal Software, Apple Mac OS X, Advertising & Promotion, E-mail, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Marketing, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-02-15

Morse Mania OSX 3.5 (Mac)

Morse Mania is a morse code tutor for the Macintosh. The software packagehelps you learn morse code at speeds ranging from 5 to 30 words per minute. Morse Mania is ideal for amateur ham radio operators who desire to learnor improve their morse code proficiency, especially in order to upgrade...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Morse Plc., Black Cat Systems, Morse Mania, Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-02-05

Technology initiatives we should demand from the Obama administration

Technology initiatives we should demand from the Obama administrationObama = Socialism...Good luck with that, he is going to tax the living daylights out of the middle class to 'spread' the wealth to people who do not work.Just wait, when summer hits and electricity is mega expensive we will see how...

Tags: Vertical industries, Taxes, Free trade, Broadband Internet, band interference, Technology Initiatives, Obama Administration, goverment, government

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

AALog 3.0 (Windows)

Comprehensive logger program designed for amateur radio station operators. It has convenient interface, a good set of tools, and is fast and very easy to use. It looks like your paper logbook and uses all power of your computer. It can be integrated with the CW terminal program CwType, morse...

Tags: Radio, Microsoft Windows, DXsoft, AALog, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-12-09

Swarms of small satellites coming soon

Swarms of small satellites coming soonAn instance where smaller is better. Seems a good military application tooThe smaller the target the harder it is to hit and they could i assume this be redundant, so if one were to go offline, you have 100 more floating around.Not to...

Tags: Network technology, small Satellite, satellite

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

CwType morse terminal 1.75 (Windows)

The terminal program for CW-operators amateur radio. You can transmit both from the keyboard and from the paddle connected to a joystick or LPT connector. While operating in paddle iambic mode sending the memory of a unit of the symbol is possible. The handle of the transceiver (PTT and CW...

Tags: DXsoft, Keyboards, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Hardware, Peripherals, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2008-09-15

EchoMac 1.16.1 (Mac)

EchoMac is a program written for MacOS X, based on the echoLinux (http://cqinet.sf.net) program by Jeff Pierce (WD4NMQ), that gives licensed amateur radio operators the ability to access the Echolink (http://www.echolink.org) system.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Radio, EchoMac, Advertising & Promotion, Apple Mac OS, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-08-21