MicroFix Personal Locator Beacon

ACR Electronics has introduced the world’s Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)—the MicroFix, a one-button activated, emergency signaling device for hunters, pilots, hikers, climbers and outdoorsmen. The MicroFix, which has just received FCC approvals, is 35% smaller and 25% lighter than its predecessor, the ACR TerraFix, a PLB that aided in the rescue of a number of…

The Wave Bubble

“The new device I designed, named Wave Bubble, is intended to defend the user’s personal space from unwanted wireless communication by creating a personal “cold spot” bubble where RF devices such as those mentioned do not function.” Attached below is a thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and…

Men in Black and HAM Radio

The South African “Sunday Times” reports that pensioner Greg Roberts ZS1BI has been labeled a threat to US national security. Using a telescope in his back-yard Greg ZS1BI found and recorded footage of a secret space craft, the X-37B, developed by the US Air Force. The SA “Sunday Times” reports that: With the help of…