Monthly Archives: January 2010

Big Brothers..

.. and space junk. Interesting Visualisation here.

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Vices can be good for you…

I haven’t read the book (to my shame), but here is the post from Jeff, KE9V that explains my title.

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IEEE – Hams in Haiti

27 January 2010—Two weeks after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake devastated Haiti, amateur radio operators are hard at work there connecting rescuers within the country and to the outside world. But they are switching gears from rescue mode to recovery mode … Continue reading

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First tweet from space.

Spotted on the Southgate Amateur Radio club’s website. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station received a special software upgrade last week – personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection. Expedition 22 Flight … Continue reading

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Amateur Satellite – Thesis

I spotted this on the Southgate Amateur Radio Clubs news feed this morning.  Looking forward to learning something by reading it. Pretty cool project though, it has to be said. A thesis based on the work done for the SO-67 … Continue reading

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Speeding fines

I travel one of three different routes into work every day. i tend to follow one most of the time that brings me onto the Waterford City outer ring road. Now, given that I’m not exactly the slowest driver on … Continue reading

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Zeniths back!

Zenith Classic Rock

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Twelve O’Clock in London

From Met Eireann Every day at Twelve O’Clock Greenwich Mean Time, a thousand people from around the world synchronise their efforts in one global act, the launching of meteorological weather balloons. This non-political agreement between all of the world’s governments forms the … Continue reading

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