Update 1/12/2009: I have confirmed that, at least for the HVR-1600, the registry update below do in fact work on the official public beta of Windows 7 Ultimate released by Microsoft.
I have also confirmed that the TV Pack 2008 update blows chunks, is very unstable, completely rendering my Vista Media Center useless. Microsoft is aware of the issue, and is refusing to offer a fix, except for telling users to upgrade to Windows 7. $150 for two months of Vista Ultimate OEM. Thanks Microsoft!
This week, Paul K2FX discusses the importance of choosing the correct antenna system for an amateur radio station. Also, Lynn KC2PCD announces that the Rochester Hamfest has not been canceled, but has been moved to a new location. The 2009 RARA Rochester Hamfest will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the Barnard Fireman's Field.
Paul K2FX introduces the newest of the newbies to the world of Amateur Radio. He covers the origins of ham radio, who is the "typical" ham operator, the modes of operation, and the appeal of operating. It's the "getting back to basics" edition of the Newbie Net.
The week the N3FE repeater system in Tioga County, Pennsylvania joined the net for the first time, along with the N2HLT repeater group joining the net for the second week.
The Ray Pickens Memorial Newbie Net podcast has been accepted by Apple's iTunes Music Store! Ham and non-hams can find and subscribe to the Newbie Net podcast in iTunes by browsing the Technology podcast category, or by searching "Newbie Net", "Ham Radio", "Amateur Radio", etc.
Thanks to Paul K2FX for his weekly efforts in discussing topics of interest to both new and old hams alike, and Brad KB2CHY / RRRA for use of the flagship repeater, K2RRA 146.880 MHz in Rochester.
This week, Paul K2FX discusses classified ads for the amateur radio operator: DXzone.com, K1DWU.com, eHam.net, QRZ.com, and QTH.com. Hea also reminds radio amateurs to be careful when buying or selling anything on eBay.com.
Also this
week, Leon N2HLT's repeater system carried the Newbie Net for the first
time! Leon went through the extensive list of linked repeater frequencies
and cities in his system, which includes Corning, Bath, Watertown,
Syracuse, Attica, Elmira, Candice/Rochester, Waterloo, Dansville,
Branchport, Penn Yan, and Ithaca.
My computer and technology milestones are usually imprinted on my brain by the
purchase of a new hard drive. For geeks that have what I call the
"Archivist Gene" (like myself) tend to be digital packrats. We file,
store, organize, and keep safe from entropy information because we can.
In
the case of the lossless live music guys (etree.org, Furthur), we, or at
least I, felt a
cultural and historical obligation of preserving digital audio.
Geographic redundancy just happened to be a happy happenstance. But
that's offtopic.
I vividly recall the family's first computer, some 8088 clone, and it's fantastic 20MB harddisk, circa 1988. I think the pricetag was still on the bottom of the drive, $350.
I can remember the joy of having a separate
6GB D:\ drive on my FTP server, sparkle.etree.org, dedicated to sharing
only SHN files, back around 1998 or so. I could literally hosts five
or six
shows at a time!
When hard disks broke the
$1/GB barrier around the end of 2002, I can remember telling non-geek
friends what an important milestone it was. I remember getting the
phonecall
from a buddy in spring 2005 telling me to get my ass over to CompUSA
because
they had 400GB Seagate drives for $150 without a mail-in rebate.
Walking out of a store with over 1TB under your arm was a big deal!
As Richard Garriott W5KWQ starts to go through his checklists and rounding up his stuff after a week aboard the International Space Station (ISS), he's still finding time to make contacts and send down the occasional slow scan TV (SSTV) images.
He's really been a fantastic ambassador for amateur radio and space tourism.
Here's a collection of the sights and sounds I've collected during todays passes.
Update 1/12/2009: I have confirmed that, at least for the HVR-1600, the registry update below do in fact work on the official public beta of Windows 7 Ultimate released by Microsoft. 
The Ray Pickens Memorial Newbie Net podcast has been accepted by Apple's iTunes Music Store! Ham and non-hams can find and subscribe to the Newbie Net podcast in iTunes by browsing the Technology podcast category, or by searching "Newbie Net", "Ham Radio", "Amateur Radio", etc.
My computer and technology milestones are usually imprinted on my brain by the
As Richard Garriott W5KWQ starts to go through his checklists and rounding up his stuff after a week aboard the International Space Station (ISS), he's still finding time to make contacts and send down the occasional slow scan TV (SSTV) images.
