The Entitlement Generation
From the monthly archives: February 2011
The selling of part of the Amateur Radio spectrum (HR 607) is a surprise to a lot of people, historically both parties have been good about protecting the Amateur Radio Service. The return has always been greater than the frequencies that had to be set aside and the creation a [...]
This is a full reprint of the HR 607. Introduced by Mr. KING of New York , Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. LONG, and Mr. GRIMM). This bill is another attempt to limit the public’s ability to communicate in the event of an emergency and should be stopped.
Please read the bill which is included in this article and get active!
The US space agency NASA on Wednesday said its Glory climate mission launch has been delayed due to a technical issue and would attempt to launch again on Thursday morning. This is the rocket that the KYSAT-1 is riding up to space on.
The satellite is designed [...]
This information is so oddly useless that when I needed it, I could not find it, so now I have posted it for me (and you) to have. I have flown in and out of this airport many times and find its small and outdated facilities have a ‘hometown’ feel.
Birmingham, Alabama
BHM-Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International airport
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Those people at Urban green energy have again delighted me with a unique product. The Sanya, A street light with a vertical-axis wind turbine built into the top. Talk about redefining the light pole. The Sanya streetlamp uses Urban green energy’s vertical-axis wind turbines, with customers usually picking our trademark eddy vertical axis wind turbine. [...]
Today I was asked what is a ‘vertical-axis wind turbines‘. Good question if you think about it because without a picture it is hard to explain. It is a wind mill that points up but captures wind from the side, right? (that made me grin) See the picture here… kinda like that, but what is [...]
The world needs more forward thinkers such as these people, looking for solar power opportunites in the most wonderful and logical places. For example, I love flying into Denver Colorado and seeing the solar power farm they have there! Airports have vast amounts of open land, although I have heard from piloots that Solar farms can [...]
In Oregon, where organically grown food is almost a given, solar power for farms seems a natural extension of the sustainability ethic. Throw in a handful of government programs that encourage solar – including one opening up and another that might be ending – and that’s enough to mount a solar-power marketing campaign aimed [...]
Thanks to a powerful solar flare, the northern lights are on tour — sort of. Locals and lucky travelers in Northern Ireland this week have seen the dazzling ribbons of color usually reserved for higher lattitudes.
The reason? Particles from the solar flare that have started to rain down on Earth also have made the [...]
The Sun is reaching out to us…Monday’s eruption, considered an X-class flare, is the biggest solar flare in four years. It is already being blamed for disrupting radio communication in China, and could potentially affect power grids and satellite communication around the globe.
