Author: Scott Westerman
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Dale’s Tales – August, 2015
Dale Williams WA8EFKSPECIAL EVENT: Boy Scouts of America’s National Order of the Arrow Conference Special Event Amateur Radio Station, K2BSA/8, is coming to Michigan State University August 3rd to 7th in East Lansing Michigan.The National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) is the premier event for the Order of the Arrow (OA), (Scouting’s Honor Society)…
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ARRL Great Lakes Division Conference
The ARRL Great Lakes Division Conference is fast approaching, held on August 1st in Dayton, Ohio. Here’s more information.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be4KRZi7vZE
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Remembering Hazen Schumacher
By Scott WestermanOur good friend, Hazen Schumacher, passed away on the morning of July 19, 2015 in Ann Arbor. He was 88 years young.Hazen was one of the world’s leading authorities on the first three decades of recorded American Jazz, served on the Ann Arbor School Board at a pivotal time in the district’s history and…
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Where the Hams are: Reddit
If you’re looking for a place for a robust discussion of all things amateur radio, check out one of the Internet’s most fascinating phenomenons. Reddit is home to hundreds of user created conversations, so it made sense that a Reddit Amateur Radio Page would emerge.
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Russian Christmas Music – January 16, 1971
With the seasoning of the years, I’ve discovered that every human being has a gift. Our job is to seek it out, nourish and develop it in our fellow travelers, nurturing the slippery self esteem that surrounds it.
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Dale’s Tales – July, 2015
Dale Williams WA8EFKConvention: Debra Johnson K1DMJ, ARRL’s Education Services Manager will be our guest and our keynote speaker for the 2015 ARRL Great Lakes Division Convention. Debra joins us from ARRL Headquarters and is directly involved with getting school kids involved with Amateur Radio. Among her many duties, she heads up the Teachers Institute plus…
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IRLP in Michigan
The Internet Relay Linking Project (IRLP) connects repeaters around the world. It’s different than Echolink in that it’s only used to link repeaters. We have a Reflector in Michigan and yup, it’s hosted by a Spartan. Here’s information on IRLP 9610
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DMR Continues to Grow in Michigan
From the CMEN Facebook PageCentral Michigan Emergency Network is at it again, we just connected our multi-site linked APCO P25 Network to the emerging world wide amateur radio P25 network. Brother TJ (KC8LTS) had a QSO with David (NX4Y) in Land O’ Lakes FL and Mitchelle (KH6MP) in Honolulu, HI at 15:30EDT today via the…
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Dale’s Tales – June, 2015
Dale Williams WA8EFKMichigan Section Manager Larry Camp WB8R and I recently had the opportunity to attend The Auto State Young Ladies (TASYLs) 50th Anniversary luncheon in Holt, MI. We were able to present congratulatory letters from the Section Managers from Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan as well as a Congratulatory Certificate from the Michigan Section and a Commemorative Plaque…
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Will chips end up being tastier than pi?
Just launched on Kickstarter, NextThing’s CHIP is a $9 Linux PC with a 1-GHz R8 processor, 512 MB of RAM and 4GB of flash storage. It goes a step beyond the $35 Raspberry Pi with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built in.NextThing also touts $49 Pocket CHIP, a handheld device for the CHIP with a470 x 272 pixels 4.3-inch resistive color touch screen…