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04/29/2011 | Surfin’: Moving Packets with DDPThis week, Surfin’ looks at a new protocol for moving packets through the ether.
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11/15/2010 | John Champa, K8OCL (SK)
John Champa, K8OCL, of Richardson, Texas, passed away from complications of cancer on Friday, November 12. He was 66. An ARRL Life Member, Champa was the former Chairman of the ARRL HSMM (High Speed Multimedia) Working Group and Executive Vice President o
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07/06/2010 | The Amateur Amateur: APRS Sneaks Into the ShackAs I stated in my last column, APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) had interested me for some time. I just couldn’t seem to find any documentation that was simple enough for me to understand. Nor did there appear to be any “starter kits” on the marke
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05/01/2010 | The Amateur Amateur: Not Exactly Plug-And-PlayI often hear people say, “Oh yes, I know how to program a computer”, when what they really mean is that they know how to invoke some esoteric feature of Excel or Word. As a software professional, I do not consider that sort of ability to be anything remot
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02/17/2010 | Grant Hopper, KB7WSD, Appointed Northwestern Division Vice Director
ARRL President, Kay Craigie, N3KN, has appointed Grant Hopper, KB7WSD, of Everett, Washington, as the new Northwestern Division Vice Director. The position became vacant when no one submitted the necessary election materials needed to run for the Vice Di
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05/16/2009 | Surfin': Radioing Over the Appalachian TrailThis week's Surfin' visits a Web site detailing the effort to traverse the Appalachian Trail by Amateur Radio.
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03/30/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Packet, Part 1I never had much interest in packet radio. It was just one of those "other" modes that was fine for other people, but held no relevance for me. And then one day I looked around my shack and realized that packet had crept in and taken over. There
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03/25/2009 | The 23rd Annual Southwest Ohio Digital SymposiumHomebrew events need grassroots support to survive and thrive.
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