NYC Marathon and Ham Radio

NYC Marathon: Cancer won’t keep this radio volunteer down - NY Daily News:

"This will be the 36th running of the five-borough marathon. Mendelsohn is the only person who has been on the course for every mile of every one of them, always in the lead vehicle. His official title is Communications Director, which means he’s in charge of 400 ham radio operators who provide the communications pathways for all aspects of the race."

That's an impressive record even if he had been healthy the whole time. I continue to be surprised at all the places ham radio pops up.

Via eHam.net

More Hams!

150 freshmen to get tickets at Cal Poly -KB6NU's Ham Radio Blog:

"Dennis Derickson (AC0P), Cal Poly Electrical Engineering (EE) department chair, conceived the Freshman Licensing Initiative which gives every EE 111 student a chance to get their radio license. As part of the EE 111 curriculum, this test session will be administered during the 50-minute class period and count as one of the midterm exams for the freshmen students."

I wish I had an opportunity* like this when I was in school.

*Maybe I did, but I didn't recognize it at the time.

Game Ball for Brodus

How to play for UT?

1. Fall asleep on the couch.
2. Wake up about an hour before the game.
3. Answer the phone.
4. Get a police escort to the stadium.
5. Suit up.
6. Kick three extra points and a field goal.

An amazing story. The Dooley quotes are, as usual, priceless.

Cheap Tablet

It amazes me that you can get a tablet for $70. The Velocity Micro Cruz 7" Tablet (Android) may not be a great one, but $70.

Baofeng UV-3R: Working Satellites

Making contacts via satellites using your UV-3R. Pretty cool. Making contacts via satellites using your red UV-3R. Awesome!



Via a post on the QRZ Forums

MosZilla

Not bad for a $99 gun - Moszilla:

Via Linoge at Walls of the City

Minus 10 Points for Gearhog

Shame for on Gearhog for promoting the mall ninja crowd with the Concealed Weapon Badge and Case deal. It is their business and they can run it how they want, but the people that want one of these aren't usually the best ambassadors for the 2A group.

Get the bacon. I'll cover you.

Yeah, it is a commercial for Spiceworks. But, I give them credit for:

• a good, free (ad supported) help desk
• decent production quality on the video
• zombies
• guns (NERF)
• I.T. guys
• bacon

Lessons Learned

jsnell Netflix announces that HP will keep its PC division after all, won't spin it off into "Compaqster."Thu, Oct 27 16:43:29 from Twitterrific for Mac retweeted by asymco

Wouxun and Baofeng Group Buy

Anyone interested in a group buy of the Wouxun or Baofeng should meander over to the World Wide DX forum.