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Check out the Ham Radio Online Bookstore. You will find all sorts of books for ham radio and other electronics topics, as well as some hardware.

 

Digital Archive of 73 Amateur Radio Magazine Now Available at Internet Archive

73 Magazine (also known as 73 Amateur Radio Today) is now available in full at the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/details/73-magazine. The magazine ran from 1960 to 2003; according to the Internet Archive there are 511 back issues available online.

Full magazine copies are available in a variety of formats, including online-readable, PDF, ePub, and Kindle.

Convert RSS News Feeds to Morse

This is for Windows users. Morse News will read in textual RSS feeds, and convert them to Morse code for you.

While this is a great tool for the visually impaired, I can also envision using it while driving, assuming you can copy Morse in your head. This might be a good way to read RSS newsfeeds during your morning commute while driving.

HAM radio comes to the rescue during Utah wind storm

When severe winds hit northern Utah Thursday, Gary Johnson and his HAM radio friends were called into action.

"We were used to pass information, health and welfare," he said; "be the eyes and the ears of the police department."

Details may be found at http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=18335745&s_cid=rss-148

 

Tampa Bay Hamfest Dec. 3rd and 4th, 2011

Will I see you in Tampa this weekend? I plan to be there.

Details are available at http://goo.gl/hU3te and at http://www.fgcarc.org/

 

Inflatable Ham Towers

This should be a great method of avoiding zoning law problems, especially if you only inflate it at night. Starting at $1139 with up 3 Easy Payments:

 

Details may be found at http://ltaprojects.com/ham.html

 

US Amateurs Now 700,000 Strong!

For the first time, there are more than 700,000 radio amateurs in the US. Details may be found at http://www.arrl.org/news/us-amateurs-now-700-000-strong

Six-year Old Ham

In August Priscilla Harder took and passed her Amateur Radio exam and earned the call sign KD∅PLJ. Details may be found at http://goo.gl/SUpo5.

W∅EEE Kicks of Youth Month on TWiT’s Ham Nation

Catch Ham Nation every Tuesday evening at 9 PM EST/6 PM PST (that’s 0200 UTC on Wednesdays) on twit.tv/live. You can watch previous episodes on twit.tv/hn.

Details may be found at http://goo.gl/ctJ0q

Carry Emergency Information With You at All Times

There are at least a dozen methods of carrying emergency information with you. In these high tech times, I would recommend carrying that information with you electronically, as well as on a piece of paper or in a medical ID bracelet. The electronic method allows for storage of more information.

In this case, I am talking about medical information, next of kin, and other information that you might want emergency responders to find. While my mother convinced me to always have clean underwear, it's probably more important to make sure you have easily-findable information on your body as well.

For those with significant medical problems, such as diabetes or heart problems, a medical ID bracelet is a great idea. Medical personnel always look for those. However, the amount of information you can include in a normal medical bracelet is limited.

Smartphone Can Double as a Radio

The Droid is one of many current smartphones -- devices that are best described as hand-held computers that make phone calls.

The Droid's closest competitor is Apple's iPhone, which I also use, for work. (Please stay with me, this really is a radio article.)

The Droid has been a worthy gadget for making calls, playing games, streaming music, navigating or doing radio activities away from my gear.

That's right -- my mobile phone can be a ham radio. And a scanner. And a QSO (contact) logger. And a call-sign lookup tool. And so much more. What I describe here for the Droid also holds true for the iPhone.