Goodreads Deal Monitor

Goodreads will monitor your "Want to Read" bookshelf and if it finds a deal on one of your books, it will send you an e-mail to let you know. (Login and look for "Deals" under Account Settings.) You can select which ebook retailers to monitor, so if you only want Kindle books, you can turn off all the others. You can also get deals by author or genre.

Via LifeHacker

NooElec and AmateurRadio.com Giveaway

NooElec and AmateurRadio.com are teaming up to give away 50 prizes including a HackRF One SDR Transceiver Package. The giveaway is open to licensed ham radio operators worldwide and NooElec will pay for the shipping. The deadline to enter is Sunday 25 February 2018 at 20:00 UTC.

Morse Code Tools

I love this RSS newsfeed/Twitter morsereader. I asked for support of international letters a while ago and @dc3dreamer implemented it. Works perfectly for Norwegian æ ø å, as well as Swedish ä ö. #hamr https://t.co/kHCnppttIE

— Sverre Holm, LA3ZA (@LA3ZA) February 18, 2018

Not 18

BB guns shouldn't be counted in this number.

Falcon Heavy

I came across a good video of the Falcon Heavy launch (via Ace of Spades), so I'm posting it so I can find it again easily. (As a reminder, some number of my posts are created b/c I have CRS (Can't Remember Stuff) Syndrome.

The engineers are just showing off around the 30 min mark when the two boosters land.

Skills That Come in Handy

Brazilian Checkout pic.twitter.com/5NQkAJmzn3

— World and Science (@WorldAndScience) February 14, 2018

Via  LA3ZA

Eufy Genie $20 - Vizio and Alexa

I got an e-mail saying that the Eufy Genie was on sale for $20 for Valentine's Day.

On a related note...

I bought a Google Home Mini just to control my Vizio TV. Vizio announced an Amazon Alexa skill to do the same. Cool!

HamRadio 360 Podcast SK

I know how he feels... it's hard to blog sometimes and it doesn't require a fraction of the effort to produce a podcast. Good luck Cale on your next endeavor!

All Good Things:

"However, I began to realize just how much of me it took to produce quality content and maintain the brand. In October of 2017 I took a break from my regular show production with a promise to return in 2018. I upheld that promise but soon realized that the continued pressure to perform and create was more than I was willing to maintain anymore. 

With that understanding I have decided to discontinue, in it’s entirety, the Ham Radio 360 Podcast. I plan to maintain the HamRadio360.com Website and Podcast Feed of past shows and content as a contribution to the Amateur Radio Hobby."

Yaesu FT-818: Update

Almost 6 years since this post... maybe the FT-818 is real.

Thanks to Razvan for the heads up.

Ham Radio for the Win

Some good press...