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The 2007 ARRL Periodicals on CD-ROM Now Shipping
The 2007 ARRL Periodicals on CD-ROM includes all 2007 issues of QST, NCJ and QEX -- every word and photo published
throughout the year is included. Search the full text of every article by entering titles, call signs, names or
any word. See every word, photo (most in color), drawing and table in technical and general-interest features,
columns and product reviews, plus all advertisements. Print what you see, or copy it into other applications. The
CD also includes Section News and ARRL Contest Results, including individual scores and Contest Soapbox. System
Requirements: Microsoft Windows and Macintosh systems, using Adobe Acrobat Reader (included).
New EMCOMM Software for Windows Now Available for Beta Testing
The NarrowBand Emergency Messaging System (NBEMS) development team announced earlier this week that a Windows NBEMS software suite for beta testing is now available. NBEMS for Windows is a suite of software programs designed for point-to-point, error-free emergency messaging up to or over 100 miles distant. According to developers Skip Teller, KH6TY and Dave Freese, W1HKJ, the NBEMS system is designed primarily for use on VHF and up, or on HF with Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) antennas. The system uses the computer soundcard as the modem. Other than a simple interface connection between the computer and transceiver, no additional hardware is needed. Composing and sending emergency messages on NBEMS is no more difficult than sending e-mail via the Internet. All forwarding is done by stations manned by live operators on both ends who can confirm that a frequency is clear locally, or negotiate a frequency change to avoid causing interference. The NBEMS software can also be used for daily casual communications on PSK31, PSK63, RTTY or MFSK16 and is capable of sending flawless, high resolution, passport photo-sized color images in less than 10 minutes over any path that can sustain PSK250 without excessive repeats. Radio amateurs are invited to participate in the beta test of the NBEMS. The NBEMS suite can be downloaded for beta testing from the NBEMS Web site. Send comments and bug reports via e-mail.
Motorola Completes Tender Offer for Yaesu’s Parent Company
On Wednesday, January 16, Motorola, Inc announced that its subsidiary, MI, Inc, has successfully completed its tender offer to acquire a controlling interest in Vertex Standard, parent company of Yaesu. The tender offer period expired on January 15 with approximately 5.4 million shares tendered and accepted. On November 5, 2007, Motorola launched the tender offer, in cooperation with Tokogiken (a privately held Japanese company controlled by Vertex Standard’s president and CEO Jun Hasegawa) with the intention of forming a joint venture to develop and sell Vertex Standard products and develop select Motorola products. All regulatory clearances required for the completion of the transaction have been obtained.
Hiram Percy Maxim II, Silent Key, 1935-2008
He was a grandson of Hiram Percy Maxim, Hartford-based inventor and founder of the American Radio Relay
League, and a great-grandson of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim machine gun.
Flash Drive Available
AMSAT Store Manager, Bruce, KK5DO, suggests you check out the new 2GB USB Flash Drive in an aluminum finish with the
AMSAT logo in the store. Bruce says, "This has to be one of the best items we have carried. It's something that all
of us can use."
BRATS MARYLAND HAMFEST AND COMPUTER FEST
Sunday, July 20th, 2008 at the Howard County Fairgrounds!
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