Poor Craftsman

It is a poor craftsman that blames his tools. I agree in general, but would add that the tools do matter - especially at the extremes of quality or skill.

Peyton Manning Press Conference

Baofeng UV-5R: DTMF

Impossible to know for sure until someone gets their hands on one, but it really looks like the UV-5R will have a DTMF capability.

First, we have this form in the UV-5R software:

And from the manual, we have these two sections. The first from the list of menu options and the second the detail about that menu option.

Larry the Bird

Turns out the Twitter bird has a name - Larry the Bird. I wonder if the Fail Whale has a name, too?

$500 Computer or $25 Computer

Pick our fruit:

Apple iPad 3 to be announced on March 7. Or get your Raspberry Pi now.

Jamming

Jamming mobile phones is bad enough, but disrupting speech!?!? Scary!

ExtremeTech link via Slashdot.org

Free Book

Tam reads a lot. Tam seems really smart. When Tam posts about a free Kindle version of a book, I download it.

"You're not on far, Juan Pablo Montoya!!!"

wesrucker247 "You're not on far*, Juan Pablo Montoya!!!" RT @BenVeazey90: @wesrucker247 Is it bad i thought of this? youtu.be/74Obm6bEH80 Mon, Feb 27 22:35:07 from TweetDeck

Video of the actual crash.

* In case you don't speak Southern, far = fire.

How Long is a Nanosecond?

Shorter than you might think... I love when people do something so obvious I would never think of it. Like demonstrating the length of a nanosecond in terms of distance instead of time.


Many thanks to Owen (KF5CZO) (via AmateurRadio.com) for posting the video and notes. Looks like he and I share a like for a simple Blogger template, too.

Editing on 2015-01-30 to specifically mention Grace Hopper, so this will show up in my searches for posts about her.

Ham Radio Deluxe: Support and Version 6.0

Announced on the HRD Yahoo Group:

Tampa, FL February 27, 2012: HRD Software, LLC announced today they have

released version 5.11 of Ham Radio Deluxe. This latest version follows the

release of version 5.1 on Feb 10, 2012 and is another step in the continuing

project of the company to eliminate outstanding issues found in previous

versions of HRD. Rick Ruhl, W4PC, co-owner and lead programmer said, "We'll

continue to update the 5.1x releases with "bug fixes" as the development of

enhancements for the 6.0 release continues.

To facilitate both bug fixes and enhancements to Ham Radio Deluxe, the
development team is to moving the program source code from the obsolete
Visual C++ 6.0 development environment to current Visual Studio 2010
development environment. This major step enables a more straightforward,
bug-free development process and better program integration using the more
powerful VS 2010 and its support tools for enhancements to HRD."

The 5.x releases of HRD are free. HRD Software LLC does have direct paid
support with phone and email for the 5.1x products for an introductory price
of $59.95. This pricing plan includes version 6.0 at no additional charge.
The introductory price expires upon release of Ham Radio Deluxe 6.0.

The scheduled release of Ham Radio Deluxe 6.0 is May 18, 2012 at the Dayton
Hamvention and on line. The MSRP for Ham Radio Deluxe 6.0 with support will
be $79.95 when it is released.

HRD Downloads: http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com

HRD Forum: http://forums.hrdsoftwarellc.com