10771
QSLs Received / L0DE Radio
« on: July 23, 2014, 0022 UTC »
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10772
Huh? / What to Do with a Failed $5 Billion Experiment?
« on: July 22, 2014, 1326 UTC »
So you spent 17 years and $5 billion to build a fusion experiment. You built a facility wider than the length of three football fields. You built a 400-foot-long laser with more than 33,000 optical parts; it is currently the highest energy laser in the world. You've been through more budget overruns and management problems than you'd care to admit.
Now, you finally turn the thing on at full power and carry out your experiment. And it fails monumentally. Now what?
This is the dilemma facing the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Built with the promise of providing ignition -- creating fusion energy greater than the energy needed to release it -- NIF fell 28,000 times short of its goal. No one knows how to fix it. So NIF has now been finding other things to occupy its time.
http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/07/what_to_do_with_a_5_billion_failed_experiment.html
Now, you finally turn the thing on at full power and carry out your experiment. And it fails monumentally. Now what?
This is the dilemma facing the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Built with the promise of providing ignition -- creating fusion energy greater than the energy needed to release it -- NIF fell 28,000 times short of its goal. No one knows how to fix it. So NIF has now been finding other things to occupy its time.
http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/07/what_to_do_with_a_5_billion_failed_experiment.html
10774
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0449 UTC 21 Jul 2014
« on: July 21, 2014, 1226 UTC »
SDR recording catch, sign on at 0449 with "The Stars And Stripes Forever". Weak, SIO 222.
Off at 0452.
Off at 0452.
10775
North American Shortwave Pirate / Hard Tack Radio 6930 USB 0037 UTC 21 Jul 2014
« on: July 21, 2014, 0038 UTC »
About an S6 signal, with music, just heard an ID, Hard Tack Radio.
Actual frequency seemed to be 6930.14, based on the SSTV sync frequency.
Actual frequency seemed to be 6930.14, based on the SSTV sync frequency.
10776
North American Shortwave Pirate / MAC Shortwave 6950.4 AM 2334 20 July 2014
« on: July 20, 2014, 2336 UTC »
Jimmy Stewart Show , S9+ signal here, nice audio.
10777
Software / RF ToolBox 4.0.0 Released
« on: July 20, 2014, 1531 UTC »
Version 4.0.0 of RF Toolbox, an antenna design and electronics/electrical tool package, has been released.
It's for Windows and Mac OS X, and can be download from this page: http://www.blackcatsystems.com/download/rftoolbox.html
It takes you step by step through the design of the following types of antennas:
Dipole
Fat Dipole
Yagi
Long Yagi
J-Pole
Super J-Pole
Log Periodic
Cubic Quad
Vertical 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 7/8, and full wave
Helical
It also performs the following calculations:
Transmission Line Calculator
Coil Design
LC Filter Design
Transmission Line Loss
L Matching Networks
Pi Matching Networks
Impedance Calculations
Wire Gauge and Resistance and Voltage Drop
Wire Inductance Calculations
dB Calculations
Resistor Series/Parallel Calculations
Resistor Color Code Calculations
Low and High Pass Butterworth and Chebyshev Filter Design
Thermal Noise Calculator
Pi Network Attenuator Calculator
Tee Network Attenuator Calculator
555 Timer Oscillator Calculator
RF Link Budget Calculator
Gamma Match Calculator
Skin Depth Calculator
It's for Windows and Mac OS X, and can be download from this page: http://www.blackcatsystems.com/download/rftoolbox.html
It takes you step by step through the design of the following types of antennas:
Dipole
Fat Dipole
Yagi
Long Yagi
J-Pole
Super J-Pole
Log Periodic
Cubic Quad
Vertical 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 7/8, and full wave
Helical
It also performs the following calculations:
Transmission Line Calculator
Coil Design
LC Filter Design
Transmission Line Loss
L Matching Networks
Pi Matching Networks
Impedance Calculations
Wire Gauge and Resistance and Voltage Drop
Wire Inductance Calculations
dB Calculations
Resistor Series/Parallel Calculations
Resistor Color Code Calculations
Low and High Pass Butterworth and Chebyshev Filter Design
Thermal Noise Calculator
Pi Network Attenuator Calculator
Tee Network Attenuator Calculator
555 Timer Oscillator Calculator
RF Link Budget Calculator
Gamma Match Calculator
Skin Depth Calculator
10778
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 DSB 1301 UTC 20 Jul 2014
« on: July 20, 2014, 1512 UTC »
SDR recording catch.
1301 sign on with "Son Of A Preacher Man". Appeared to be DSB, extremely weak signal.
1304 "Me And Bobby McGee"
1306 "Barracuda"
1307 Off
Radio Ga Ga perhaps?
1301 sign on with "Son Of A Preacher Man". Appeared to be DSB, extremely weak signal.
1304 "Me And Bobby McGee"
1306 "Barracuda"
1307 Off
Radio Ga Ga perhaps?
10779
European Pirates and Private Stations / Shortwave Gold 6210 AM 0020 UTC 20 Jul 2014
« on: July 20, 2014, 0020 UTC »
Good signal here this evening.
10780
European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Akenzo 6324 AM 0010 UTC 20 Jul 2014
« on: July 20, 2014, 0018 UTC »
Weak signal since around 2330, but coming in better now.
10782
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0535 UTC 19 Jul 2014
« on: July 19, 2014, 1605 UTC »
SDR recording catch, came on with the "Fish Heads" song. SIO 322.
0538 Beastie Boys "Sure Shot"
0542 Black Tie Dynasty "I Like You"
0546 Off
0538 Beastie Boys "Sure Shot"
0542 Black Tie Dynasty "I Like You"
0546 Off
10783
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0519 UTC 19 Jul 2014
« on: July 19, 2014, 1600 UTC »
SDR recording catch.
OM talking, heard some music as well, fairly weak. Seems to have been on the same time as l0de was logged on 6930, so perhaps someone else?
OM talking, heard some music as well, fairly weak. Seems to have been on the same time as l0de was logged on 6930, so perhaps someone else?
10784
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0647 UTC 18 Jul 2014
« on: July 18, 2014, 1651 UTC »
SDR recording catch. Weak signal, some static, SIO 222.
0647 Sign on with AFI "He Who Laughs Last"
0710 Off
0717 Brief burst of music, then off
0647 Sign on with AFI "He Who Laughs Last"
0710 Off
0717 Brief burst of music, then off
10785
North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6924.4 AM 0043 UTC 18 Jul 2014
« on: July 18, 2014, 0043 UTC »
Just signing on now with Soviet Anthem, and into the comrades with an ID. Fair, SIO 322.