There he goes again. Stomp, stomp, stomp across the roof. How can he stay up there for hours? What could possibly consume so much of his time? I’ve helped him put up and take down antennas, but that never took more than ten minutes. He spends half the day up there. What is he doing?
On Tuesday, August 18, the Federal Communication jumped on the technological bandwagon and began "Twittering." Twitter allows text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to the author’s subscribers; to date, the FCC’s Twitter page has almost 1200 followers. The FCC has also started a blog called Blogband. According to [...]
Now that Tropical Storms Ana and Claudette have dissipated, Hurricane Bill — now labeled a Category 4 storm — is churning its way across the Atlantic with sustained winds near 135 miles per hour. Even though the storm’s projected path does not make landfall in the US, hams affiliated with the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) [...]
Of the nine Sections holding Section Manager elections this month, three will be getting new Section Managers: Los Angeles, South Texas and Georgia. The Sacramento Valley, Eastern Washington, Colorado, Western Washington, West Virginia and San Francisco Sections will keep their incumbent Section Managers. The new terms of office start October 1, 2009. Ballots were counted [...]
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