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Thursday, February 05, 2009

NDB Update - 2/4/2009

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WARREN, AR NDB - MHW 226.000 REN N33°32.82' W92°05.76' 180/1°17.9'E This beacon will decommission effective 12 March 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009

NASA Sees the 'Dark Side' of the Sun

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An artist's concept of one of the STEREO spacecraft. Note for my readers who have X-band capability, you can participate in monitoring t...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Severe Space Weather

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Auroras over Blair, Nebraska, during a geomagnetic storm in May 2005. Photo credit: Mike Hollingshead/Spaceweather.com That's the surpri...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Naval Observatory Soon Will Track Time to 100 Trillionths of Second

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By John Ohab, Special to American Forces Press Service The ultra-precise timing technology that enables NAVSTAR Global Positioning Systems a...

NASA debuts Global Hawk autonomous aircraft for Earth science

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One of two Global Hawk aircraft that were transferred from the Air Force to NASA in December 2007 will begin missions to support NASA's...

Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months

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A new study from the National Academy of Sciences outlines grim possibilities on Earth for a worst-case scenario solar storm. Damage to powe...
Saturday, January 17, 2009

Btown Blog Logs - 1/17/2009

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Here are the latest active civilian aero freqs intercepted this morning here in Btown. **Need some help from my readers. Does anyone have an...

Congress unprepared for Jan. 20 emergency

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By Jordy Yager http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/unprepared-for-emergency-2009-01-15.html Many lawmakers do not know how to use a critical...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

President Announces Declaration For The District Of Columbia

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The President today declared an emergency exists in the District of Columbia and ordered federal aid to supplement the D...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

CHM Scanning the 56th Presidential Inauguration

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If you plan on attending the Prez Inaug next week (personally I wouldn't be within 500 miles of that mess), here is an online PDF guide ...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Solar Weather Threat To Wired Earth

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U.S.-commissioned report sees possibility of 'space weather [hurricane] Katrina' that could cost up to $2 trillion. See full story h...

NY State Said to Be Close to Dropping Police Radio Project

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By KEN BELSON and AL BAKER State officials are close to canceling a $2 billion contract to build a statewide wireless network for emergency ...
Friday, December 19, 2008

ARISS Finalizes Plans for Silver Anniversary of Amateur Radio from Space

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SB SPACE ARL ARLS009 ARLS009 ARISS Finalizes Plans for Silver Anniversary of Amateur Radio from Space The Amateur Radio on the International...
Thursday, December 11, 2008

Shuttle Endeavor & Carrier 747 Land at JRBFW

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The space shuttle Endeavour lands at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas atop a modified Boeing 747. The shuttle is en r...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

International Callsign Handbook v2 Now Available

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This blog is supported and sponsored by Teak Publishing, and the sale of its radio hobby publications. We appreciate your support by purchas...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Observatory's Master Clock Precision Vital to Current Ops

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WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) formally dedicated its new Master Clock Facility Nov. 7, which will be the re...
Saturday, November 08, 2008

Hamburg German Meteo Audible in Btown

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I love to work the ute bands during the winter months. Had a nice long path reception this morning of DDH 9 - the Hamburg Meteo on 11039.0 k...

CFH CanForces Halifax

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Had CFH Halifax on 10945.0 kHz RTTY 850/75 sending the following marker: NAWS de CFH ZKR F1 2822 3394 4155 6254 8303 12830 AR Also saught a ...
Sunday, November 02, 2008

Homeland Security Equipment Missing: Worth Millions

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Well, the US Government agency I love to hate is in the news again. So what has the infamous Department of Homeland Security done this time?...
Friday, October 10, 2008

Willis Island Dxpedition Website

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For those who will be keeping track of the WIllis island DXpedition, here is their website: http://www.vk9dwx.de/index.php