BUFFALO, N.Y. — The air traffic controller’s words were pointed but steady as Flight 3407 burned on the ground near Buffalo.
“Either state police or sheriff’s department. You need to find out if anything is on the ground. This aircraft was five miles out and all of a sudden we have no response from that aircraft.”
The [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 22, 2009
Innovative Web site posted crash’s radio traffic
February 22, 2009
Radio club hams it up on long-range airwaves
Students in the Amateur Radio Club at SJSU are communicating with people all over the world and beyond with various types of wireless communication equipment. The club, which started in 1929, uses high frequency transceivers connected to large antennas on the Engineering building.Club president Eric Stackpole, a senior mechanical engineering major, said the equipment works [...]
February 22, 2009
3rd person ‘guilty’ of ham radio couple’s murder
A jury in Santa Ana, California, has found a third defendant, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, guilty of the murders of Thomas and Jackie Hawks, KD7VWJ and KD7VWK.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has released the following statement on the case:
February 19, 2009
An Orange County Jury convicted a hardcore, documented gang member today for [...]
February 22, 2009
ARRL National Convention to Feature Richard Garriott, W5KWQ
RL National Convention to Feature Richard Garriott, W5KWQ
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, will be attending the 2009 ARRL National Convention – hosted by the Dayton Hamvention® — as a special guest of the ARRL and AMSAT. Garriott, who took off for the International Space Station (ISS) on October 12, became the sixth [...]
February 9, 2009
Apple MobileMe adventure Part II
Well… I got excited today. I read that Google launched a new service for pushing content to your iPhone and other platforms much like MobileMe. I said yes!!! No $99 a year to get what I want.
Wrong. They are only pushing contacts and calenders right now. You still have to use [...]
