Professor Joe Taylor, amateur radio operator K1JT and 1993 Nobel laureate in physics, briefly addresses a plenary session of the 2012 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 3, 2012. Afterward, he is awarded the ITU’s Gold Medal by Dr. Hamadoun Tour?, HB9EHT, Secretary-General of the ITU. On Friday, February 3, delegates and…
The Tworse Key is a standalone device that connects through a standard LAN cable, the Morse signals are decoded by the built-in Arduino Ethernet board, which delivers the final message though the Twitter API. software requirements: Arduino 1.0 (or later) Twitter library by @NeoCat the latest TworseKey sketch for Arduino provided here. hardware requirements: Morse…
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Station personnel at 4U1ITU — the Amateur Radio station at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland — have installed a webcam in the station, allowing anyone with an Internet connection to view live happenings at the station. 4U1ITU will be signing as 4U1WRC during the 2012 World Radio Communication Conference (WRC-12), which runs…
The ARRL International Humanitarian Award: Andrey Fedorov, KL1A (aka RW3AH, ) was named this year’s recipient of the ARRL International Humanitarian Award. Fedorov is the former Chief Coordinator of the Russian Amateur Radio Emergency Service (RARES) and has been involved in providing communications support via Amateur Radio for almost 25 years. He has also served…