My subscription to Life expired, but I still have a subscription to Mad.

Friday, August 22, 2008

Surfin': Batten Down the Hatches

This week, Surfin' visits a Web site devoted to hams providing communications to and from areas affected by hurricanes.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Surfin': Conferencing in the Center of the USA

This week, Surfin’ plugs the annual meeting of the movers and shakers of the digital Amateur Radio world.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Surfin': Dig Up Dead Web Sites

This week, Surfin’ finds Amateur Radio Web sites that are no more.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Amateur Radio When You Least Expect It Redux

This morning, I read a couple of e-mails about this week's Surfin' and it occurred to me that the very comprehensive "Morse Goes to the Movies" Web site that disappeared off the face of the net many years ago might be available on archive.org.


Sure enough; I went to archive.org and found the "Morse Goes to the Movies" Web site archived on March 9, 2001 here.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Surfin': Amateur Radio When You Least Expect It

This week, Surfin’ finds Amateur Radio in motion pictures and other unexpected places.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

in the air

Things I don't see too often around here...

Wednesday evening, after washing the cars, I looked up to see the end of a military jet refueling operation. I say "end" because the two planes flew in refueling formation for about 15 seconds, then the plane behind and below the other plane broke formation and flew off to the northeast. That is the third time I have seen a refueling operation; another time, while visiting my mother in Waterbury, and the first time, while walking The Pies on Beecher Road in Downtown Wolcott.

And speaking of walking The Pies, Thursday morning, I was walking The Pies on Beecher Road and looked up to see a snowy egret fly overhead just above tree level.