Thursday, March 28, 2013
Extra Class Study Materials
My father-in-law loaned me this, so I could study for my Extra Class exam.
Maybe if I pass, I can reward myself by buying some new gear.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Google Reader - Google Takeout
Google Takeout of your Google Reader data:
"If you'd like to download a copy of all your Reader data before then, you can do so through Google Takeout. You'll receive your subscription data in an XML file, and the following information will be downloaded as JSON files:
- List of people that you follow
- List of people that follow you
- Items you have starred
- Items you have liked
- Items you have shared
- Items shared by people you follow
- Notes you have created
- Items with comments"
Financial Disclaimers
This may be a while over due, but I have created a page that will list my current financial relationships through this blog.
It will stay at the top as the ReadMe page.
To save you a click, here is the meat:
Google AdSense - you will see the ads on my pages. If you click them, then Google pays me. Please don't click them if you aren't interested in the products. It isn't fair to the advertisers. But if you are interested in something, have at it.
Amazon - I have an Amazon Affiliate account. When I use my account to create links to items on Amazon, Amazon pays me if you buy something. I also get paid if you use the search box and buy something. It doesn't cost you anything extra and I cannot see who buys what. I can see that someone bought a radio or some knitting needles - but not who. Your privacy is protected by Amazon. If you'd like to support the blog, feel free to use the search box - again at no extra cost to you.
I do not have any financial relationship with any of the radio suppliers. We communicate and I share information that I think my readers will enjoy. I have purchased radios, etc. from them, but I've paid the same price as everyone else.
Icom ID-51 D-Star HT
moleculo I'm really liking this Icom ID-51 D-Star HT. Not quite the swiss army knife of HTs like the VX-8, but really good at what it does #hamradioWed, Mar 27 13:40:14 from TweetDeck
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Chinese Radios and Server Names
It will come as no surprise that most of the hits to this site are for the Chinese radio news... but I regularly see hits to this post about server names. It isn't a ton of traffic, but enough to show up in the dashboard as one of the top five some days.
It was something that amused me, but was pretty much a throwaway post.
But now it bugs me because I don't know why it is still getting hits.
Maybe there is an overlap of people who like the Chinese radios, but hate the crazy naming conventions and are looking for comfort in simple, standard server names - like my TNFS01 or TNMAIL01.
I'm gonna actually have to learn how to use the analytics to see if I can see what is driving traffic to it.
The internet is a strange and wondrous place. Be careful out there.
It was something that amused me, but was pretty much a throwaway post.
But now it bugs me because I don't know why it is still getting hits.
Maybe there is an overlap of people who like the Chinese radios, but hate the crazy naming conventions and are looking for comfort in simple, standard server names - like my TNFS01 or TNMAIL01.
I'm gonna actually have to learn how to use the analytics to see if I can see what is driving traffic to it.
The internet is a strange and wondrous place. Be careful out there.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Xiegu X1M: Ed Update
Interesting news about the kit vs. built options:
"Twelve radios, 2 kits and 10 wired, have been shipped from the factory to my office in China. They have been forwarded to the US and hopefully they will arrive next week. The kits are not kits as we usually think of them. There is very little difference in the kit and wired costs, leading me to believe a kit only requires installing the boards, screws, knobs and etc. No actual wiring.
I had not planned for the existence of this radio to be made public until I had a chance to test it myself but the cat was let out of the bag by a friend of mine. I have been working for over a month with the factory for an exclusive US distributorship for their products. This has been somewhat of a chore because no one at the factory speaks English and their production output appears to be very slow right now. Hopefully this will all work out soon.
I have already ordered an additional 50 radios but I don't know how soon they can be produced. It took two weeks to get the first dozen made.
If I have time this weekend I will put a notification list on my web site so that anyone interested will be notified when stock is available. If at all possible, I will try to have some of these for sale at Dayton. I will at leasthave one displayed there.
Regards,
Ed Griffin
Import Communications
www.importcommunications.com"
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