Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Cyanogen: Windows Android Phone

"But, these people say, Microsoft and Cyanogen are close to finalizing a wide-ranging partnership to incorporate several of Microsoft’s mobile services, including Bing, the voice-powered Cortana digital assistant, the OneDrive cloud-storage system, Skype and Outlook, into Cyanogen’s devices."

Monday, March 23, 2015

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Glock 43

Speaking of guns, it does exist!

Guns and Radios

ARRL ARES E-letter:
Weapons, Safety and Personal ResponsibilityRecently, I've seen questions on carrying weapons on ARES deployments. Here is the statement of Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, released March 31, 2014 and supersedes any prior communication on the subject. 
"Anyone seeking permission to carry weapons during an ARES deployment is to be advised that the ARRL cannot give such permission. Neither does the ARRL prohibit legal weapons, but the ARRL accepts no responsibility or liability for injury or damages to anyone as the result of possession of a weapon by an ARES volunteer. The responsibility or liability for injury or damages to anyone as a result of an individual's possession of a weapon remains with the individual. ARES volunteers must obey all federal, state, and local laws while on deployment. When supporting a served agency, ARES volunteers must also adhere to the policies of the served agency. The ARRL does not expect volunteers to participate in a dangerous activity or to place themselves in what they perceive to be a dangerous or unsafe environment. Volunteers should avoid or cease participating in any ARRL activity or deployment under circumstances which make them uncomfortable."
Via AR-15.com

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Vibroplex acquires Bencher

I'm not a CW guy, but I read this post about Vibroplex acquiring Bencher and discovered that Vibroplex was located in Knoxville. I had no idea. Ten-Tec, that I posted about earlier today, is just down the road a piece and Vibroplex is basically in my backyard. Small world.




Ten-Tec Changes

They've got a new home and a new website:
"Change is in the air. As you can see, we have a new, updated website. We have also made staffing changes recently that were necessary to align our strengths with the talents in Colorado and TN. As always we will continue to design, service and support our high performance, Made in the USA products. The changes will allow us to continue to give world class support on both transceivers and receivers in Tennessee and amplifiers in Colorado. 
We are finally caught up filling our back orders from our extremely successful summer sale. We currently have inventory on most radios and amplifiers, and are excited to be able to ship in a timely manner. 
73,
Ken Long N0QO
President and CEO
RF Concepts"

Vero Telecom VR-6600PRO: Unboxing

Danny of BuyTwoWayRadios.com walks through an unboxing of the Vero Telecom (VGC) VR-6600PRO. It looks like he did the video and then put the radio in the mail to me.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Vero Telecom VR-6600PRO

Hope to be back posting more tomorrow - been a busy couple of days with work, life, etc. Heck, I think we are the only family that didn't leave town on spring break. We're cat sitting and picking up the mail for three of our neighbors.

A bit of good news, a package showed up today - thanks to BuyTwoWayRadios.com for sending me a Vero Telecom (VGC) VR-6600PRO to test!

Sunday, March 15, 2015

AnyTone TERMN-8R: RX Only Bands

TERMN-8R also has FM/AM (Aviation Frequencies)/SW (Shortwave)/LW (AM Radio Frequencies) for a total of 4 additional RX radio bands.

Press "A Function" key then press "1 FM" key to turn on the FM radio.

In the AM/FM Mode you can press the "A Function" key and then the "* Band" to switch between FM/AM (Aviation Frequencies)/SW (Shortwave)/LW (AM Radio Frequencies) bands, pressing the "B Main" key will mute/un-mute the radio functions.

FM (broadcast):
64 - 108 MHz (RX)
100 memory channels CH00-CH99 by software or manual programming

AM (air/aviation):
118 - 136 MHz (RX)
100 memory channels CH00-CH99 by software or manual programming

SW (shortwave):
2.3 - 29.99 MHz (RX)

LW (longwave AM):
0.52 - 1.71 MHz (RX)