KU5E

In the meantime, I was listening to the 442.100 repeater tonight. It was playing the ARRL news. They were reporting about Pennsylvania passing PRB-1 laws. This makes Pennsylvania the 27th state to adopt this HAM friendly federal law. Listen to the mp3 HERE. For those who are involved in a struggle to exercise your rights here is a link to the PRB-1 ARRL information page. (http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/PRB-1_Pkg/) And here is the link to the list of states that have adopted PRB-1 with the pertinent laws referenced. (http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/statutes.html)

Yes, Florida has adopted PRB-1 (See State Statutes Chapters 125.561 and 166.0435) Additionally, the ARRL provides Volunteer Lawyers to help their members.  (see http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/local/vci.html)

Just a little commentary:

Although some HAMs in my area believe that exercising your rights is not necessary (”after all it’s just radio”), I believe that if we do not protect the rights afforded to us, they will be taken away. It is not just radio, it is our rights, and I will fight to protect yours and mine.

Stay tuned John KI4WMI has done a lot of work and you will be able to see it soon.

73 KU5E

Art Bell, W6OBB, has created a live feed of his Icom 756 Pro II at his broadcast station in Pahrump, Nevada. Audio is sent from there to the S-Meter site via a private feed. The receiver uses an inverted-v dipole antenna with the apex at 100-feet above ground. It is fed with 450 Ohm ladder line all the way to the rig.

This site has provided me hours of enjoyment. I was an avid fan of Art when he was on Coast to Coast. Now in his retirement you can enjoy his frequent ragchews much like you did his show.

By the way the site that hosts this feed is also very informative. It houses tomes of radio and antenna information. Smeter.net is where I found MMANA. MMANA is an antenna-analyzing tool based on the moment method first introduced in the MININEC Version 3. I other words, it is an antenna analysis and modeling program, that is FREE. I used the version I found here (or Direct Download Link) for a while until I found out that the makers of it had come up with a newer version. The new version, MMANA-GAL, (or Direct Download Link) has been updated with a 3d renderer for field plots, and a more robust optimization routine. Of particular interest is this link which contains archives of .maa (antenna files) for use with the MMANA program.

73 de KU5E

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