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Chris — Sun, 02 May 2010 08:58:35 +0000

When I started ham-blogs.net about 4 years ago, blogging was fairly new to the Ham Radio community. There existed a bunch of radio blogs but most of them disappeared the the depth of Google. This has changed. Nowadays ham radio blogging has become much more popular. Cheaper webhosting costs and blogging plattforms like blogger.com surely [...]

More Twitter stuff

Chris — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:34:21 +0000

The previously announced weekly twitter updates will no longer be published. This adds to too much noise to the blog, so if you would like to keep track of my twitter updates, please follow me directly on Twitter. Related posts No related posts.

Logitech Quickcam Messenger Drivers

Chris — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:04:43 +0000

Yesterday I had to install a Logitech Quickcam Messenger webcam on a Windows XP machine. As always, the original installation disc was not available, therefore I went to the Logitech website and downloaded the latest webcam driver package (QC1150) assuming that this package includes drivers for ALL logitech webcams. Wrong! Once installed, the computer didn’t [...]

Twitter stuff

Chris — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:25:11 +0000

As you might have noted, I reactivated my Twitter-Account. Until then I never completely understood why somebody would want to expose his “private life” to the world. I admit that blogging is similar , however you won’t find status updates like “Good morning all – I just woke up” from my side. Maybe some weather [...]

CQ WPX SSB 2009 results online

Chris — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:04:12 +0000

Randy, K5ZD just posted on Twitter, that the CQ WPX SSB 2009 results are online. The following files are available for download: Write-Up Scores Expanded QRM (Soapbox) Operators Multi-OP Stations Additionally a searchable score database and a soapbox database are available.A list of the plaque winners are also online. Make sure you check out the photo gallery! Related posts No related posts.

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-16

Chris — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:30:00 +0000

Interesting read: http://bit.ly/6Zp74V # Nice Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm8FJ8la2VU # BSI warnt vor IE Benutzung wg. ungestopfter Sicherheitslücke http://bit.ly/4oxLpz # @xe1rcs bienvenido! in reply to xe1rcs # N0AH on FoxNews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuCw0onPZ-0 # Related posts No related posts.

IARU Region 2 on Twitter

Chris — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:28:52 +0000

Since a few days IARU Region 2 is active on Twitter. The following pages are available and IARU R2 welcomes everybody to follow them. IARU Region 2 Timeline IARU Region 2 Timeline (RSS feed) Until further notice IARU Region 2 will use its Twitter account exclusively for matters related to the situation in Haiti. You may want [...]

Some aviation links

Chris — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:41:22 +0000

As a follow-up to yesterdays twitter post by Peter, 2E0SQL (ex M3PHP), here are some aviation links. http://www.radarvirtuel.com/ http://radar.zhaw.ch/radar.html http://www.flightradar24.com/ http://sbs-madeira.blogspot.com/ http://www.openatc.com/ http://www.airnavsystems.com/RadarBox/index.html http://www.auroraeurotech.com/avionics/ http://www.kinetic-avionics.com/sbs-1.php http://www.liveatc.net/ (Website by KM3T – they also feature an iPhone/iPod app) tnx to Peter M3PHP, Juan Carlos TG9AJR and Ramon XE1KK for the links. http://radar.zhaw.ch/radar.html http://www.flightradar24.com/ http://sbs-madeira.blogspot.com/ http://www.openatc.com/ http://www.airnavsystems.com/RadarBox/index.html http://www.auroraeurotech.com/avionics/ http://www.kinetic-avionics.com/sbs-1.php Related posts No related posts.

Instant Messaging Apps on iDevices

Chris — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:47:12 +0000

Recently I saw a very nice comparison chart of instant messaging apps for newer iDevices (e.g. iPhone or iPod Touch). Beside the chart, the website also offers a “guide” about Instant Messaging Apps. Please note that prices are no longer up to date as they were skewed by Holiday Sales. It’s difficult to tell which App is [...]

Devestating bushfires: VK5ALE ARC clubrooms destroyed

Chris — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:07:32 +0000

Just an example of the incredible force of a bushfire. The bushfire threatened Port Lincoln on December 23, 2009 and took down the clubrooms of VK5ALE Amateur Radio club (Lower Eyre Peninsula). via DXXE Mailinglist Related posts No related posts.