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Les Paul, the virtuoso guitarist and inventor whose solid-body electric guitar and recording studio innovations changed the course of 20th-century popular music, died Thursday in White Plains, N.Y. He was 94.
The cause was complications of pneumonia, the Gibson Guitar Corporation and his family announced. .
Mr. Paul was a remarkable musician as well as a tireless tinkerer. He played guitar alongside leading prewar jazz and pop musicians from Louis Armstrong to Bing Crosby. In the 1930s he began experimenting with guitar amplification, and by 1941 he had built what was probably the first solid-body electric guitar, although there are other claimants. With his guitar and the vocals of his wife, Mary Ford, he used overdubbing, multitrack recording and new electronic effects to create a string of hits in the 1950s.
On August 12, ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, announced that after more than eight years, the 7O1YGF operation in 2000 from Yemen has been approved for DXCC credit. Moore cited a review of "recently received information," as well as "additional dialogue" with the leader of the 7O1YGF DXpedition, as reasons for the approval.
We recently expressed our concerns with the state of the government's attempts to increase broadband in the US. Karl Bode, over at Broadband Reports has now hit quite a homerun with his analysis of 5 signs of why the broadband plan is in trouble. The whole thing is worth reading, but I wanted to highlight number 5 on the list, because it's a big problem:
Many homes and businesses are being built today with networking in mind. Homes are now built with category 5e cabling and are ready to go in terms of setting up your home network to provide Internet or let you share files and audio visual material.
However, in older homes and offices this is often not as easy. Depending on the structure it could be difficult to install category 5e cabling, and if the walls are thick or metal wireless coverage can become a problem.
There is a third option that has been coming up in the news lately called powerline networking. This technology has been around for some time, but recently new devices being developed to allow high speed data transfer have been emerging into the market and are now common and easy to find.
ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, on behalf of the ARRL, filed comments on August 11 regarding a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), ET Docket 09-36, issued by the FCC in March 2009. In the NPRM, the FCC proposed to allocate spectrum and adopt service and technical rules for the utilization of new implanted medical devices that operate on 413-457 MHz (70 cm). According to the Commission, these devices -- called implanted neuromuscular microstimulators -- would greatly expand the use of functional electric stimulation to restore sensation, mobility and function to those persons with paralyzed limbs and organs; they would be implanted in a patient and function as wireless broadband medical micro-power networks (MMNs). These devices would be used on the 70 cm band on a secondary basis as part of the Medical Data Radiocommunication Service in Part 95 of the FCC rules. The Amateur Radio Service has a secondary allocation in the 70 cm band.
Boy Scout Troop 427 headed by Scout Master Branden Knuth is working on merit badges. Scouts Alex Robey, Jordyn Miller, Hank Hard, Justin Burks, Ben Thames, Trystan McFarlin, and Robert Goranson have attended weekly learning sessions taught by the Milton Amateur Radio Club aimed at achieving the Radio Merit Badge and conducted at regular troop meetings. The Radio Merit Badge Handbook was used and a total of eight written examinations were given. The scouts were required to turn in a grade of 100 percent on each.
Boy Scout Troop 427 headed by Scout Master Branden Knuth is working on merit badges. Scouts Alex Robey, Jordyn Miller, Hank Hard, Justin Burks, Ben Thames, Trystan McFarlin, and Robert Goranson have attended weekly learning sessions taught by the Milton Amateur Radio Club aimed at achieving the Radio Merit Badge and conducted at regular troop meetings. The Radio Merit Badge Handbook was used and a total of eight written examinations were given. The scouts were required to turn in a grade of 100 percent on each.
Most often than not, amateur radio operators have come to people's rescue during natural or manmade disasters, providing relief to those marooned during floods, earthquakes, building collapse and others.
The Central Coast Miniatures Club, Oregon Coast Emergency Repeater Inc. (Florence's ham radio group), as well as the Florence Area RC Aircraft Association, were just a few of the organizations to set up displays at what Farm hopes will become an annual event at the FEC.
Don Voigt, 89, walks between piles of tools, wire and cables, and sits down between his computer and his black ham radio. He dials in to his standard morning frequency, waits for a pause in the conversation, and clicks the button on his handset.