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Vintage Electronics Store
Just watched an interesting video in Youtube. This is a large store that sells loads of new old stock computer and electronics items. Looks like somewhere I want to visit, one day. This is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. That is … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, General Engineering, History, Radio Stuff, Technology
Tagged amateur, antenna, computer, ham, historical, history, radio, store, USA
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The Strange Story of DC’s Lost AM Radio Station Still Transmitting Inauguration Road Closures From 2013
The Strange Story of DC’s Lost AM Radio Station Still Transmitting Inauguration Road Closures From 2013 — Read on http://www.thedrive.com/tech/39549/the-strange-story-of-dcs-lost-am-radio-station-still-transmitting-inauguration-road-closures-from-2013
The chips are down for Moore’s law
09 February 2016: The semiconductor industry will soon abandon its pursuit of Moore’s law. Now things could get a lot more interesting. Next month, the worldwide semiconductor industry will formally acknowledge what has become increasingly obvious to everyone involved: Moore’s … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, General Engineering, History, Re-Blog, Technology, Windows
Tagged chip, chips, computer, historical, history, intel, law, moores, radio, smartphone, USA
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In This Day In History – 1838 – Morse demonstrates telegraph
Okay, so I am a day late with this item. But this would be of interest to Ham Radio Operators, around the world. From http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/morse-demonstrates-telegraph On This Day In History, January 6th, 1838. On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse’s … Continue reading
Posted in History, On This Day In History, Radio Stuff, Re-Blog
Tagged 1838, amateur, code, day, ham, historical, history, in, morse, on, radio, telegraph, telegraphy, this
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BBC News – The BBC’s Laurie Margolis broke news of Falklands invasion
An interesting BBC video clip, explaining one use of Amateur Radio. How Amateur Radio communication got information, not available by more conventional means. 28 December 2012 Last updated at 06:42 ET The 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina … Continue reading
