Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Welcome to Handiham World.

In this edition: 

• The lazy logger
• The week's question!
• Audio production delays blow in with March winds
• A handy computer recovery tool meets an old wrench.
• Check into our daily nets.
• Take a dip in the pool: "Should" vs. "Must".
• The Remote Base HF report:  A new record comes out of last weekend's DX contest, the Luddite net, progress on the TS-590 testing setup.
• ...And more!

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But first...  The lazy logger - When you just don't care that much about keeping records.

Read or listen to the entire episode here.

Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Welcome to Handiham World.

In this edition: 

• Making science and technology interesting
• This week's question!
• Keep your smartphone safe.
• Check into our daily nets.
• Echotest is your friend.  Really.
• Take a dip in the pool: PSK-31.
• The Amazon Echo®; Assistive Tech device?
• The Remote Base HF report
• ...And more!

What first tickled your interest in science?

For me science and radio went hand in hand when I was a kid.  Growing up in the 1950s meant that broadcast radio was still a powerhouse of news, drama, and musical entertainment.  Television was getting started in markets across the USA but the signals were hard to receive and there were not that many stations.  The stations that we could receive with a rooftop antenna didn't even broadcast through the night.  They would begin and end the broadcast day with a "test pattern" that was supposed to help you adjust the picture.  

Entire episode here.

Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Welcome to Handiham World.

In this edition: 

• Ice Station W0JH Special Event begins this week!
• Safer Internet Day.
• This week's question!
• Check into our daily nets.
• Take a dip in the pool.
• A wire antenna that fits your needs AND your yard.
• QST antenna issue is out.
• The Remote Base HF report and a handy operating tip.
• ...And more!

Time to get on the air!  Make your plans to contact W0JH on President's Day weekend.  It's like a polar vortex without YOU having to step outside.

Read or listen to the entire podcast here. 

Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of Wednesday, 04 February 2015

Welcome to Handiham World.

In this edition: 

• The Paperless Amateur Radio license:  Should you worry?
• You might need an old-fashioned file folder after all.
• Check into our daily nets.
• Take a dip in the pool.
• Amateur Radio Newsline is now on Facebook
• The Remote Base HF report.
• Looking for an existing HF net?  Try PICONET.
• ...And more!

The Amateur Radio license goes paperless:  It happens this month.

I'm sure you've heard it by now:  The FCC will no longer be issuing paper copies of Amateur Radio licenses.  This cost-saving change goes into effect this month - February 17, in fact - and will save both money and staff time for the FCC.  It affirms what has already existed in practice, which is that the FCC's ULS record is the official proof of licensure, not the printed paper license.  

Read or listen to the entire podcast here.