Category Archives: Communications

How to ‘undo’ an ill-advised Gmail message

Source: CNN.com To enable ‘Undo Send’: 1. Log in to Gmail and go to Google Labs. If you’ve never gone to Labs before, click the word "more" in the very top left corner, then scroll down and click "even more." 2. In the column on the right, click "Labs." It’s next to the icon of a beaker [...]
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From a Porch in Montana, Low-Power Radio’s Voice Rises

Text of H.R. 1147: Local Community Radio Act of 2009 The floor of the broadcast booth at KXZI radio, which is, truth be told, really just Scott Johnston’s front porch, slopes gently down toward the yard, as 90-year-old farmhouse porches tend to do. Mr. Johnston, once a folksinger, says that small stations like his, if royalty payments [...]
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Brazilian satellite hackers use high-performance antennas and homebrew gear to turn U.S. Navy satellites into their personal CB radios.

The crackdown, called “Operation Satellite,” was Brazil’s first large-scale enforcement against the problem. Police followed coordinates provided by the U.S. Department of Defense and confirmed by Anatel, Brazil’s FCC. Among those charged were university professors, electricians, truckers and farmers, the police say. The suspects face up to four years and jail, but are more likely [...]
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Armchair Survivalist offers good advice

I highly recommend Wealth, War and Wisdom, by Barton Biggs, and I also recommend that you pick up a good shortwave radio, if you don’t have one.  I have had great success with Grundig shortwaves over the years, but get whatever your budget will allow. [HTML1] Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com The Armchair Survivalist believes the nation is falling into [...]
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US Army Antenna Group OE-254 Technical Manual 1991

US Army Antenna Group OE-254 Technical Manual 1991 Source: Wikileaks US Army Antenna Group OE-254 Technical Manual 1991
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RESOURCE: Do-It-Yourself Wireless Antennas Update and Resource Center

Do-It-Yourself Wireless Antennas Update and Resource Center Looking for an affordable way to increase the range of your wireless network? Trying to reach dead spots inside or outside a home, sharing a signal with your neighbors, or maybe for a point-to-point link with another network? Are you suffering from weak cell phone (photo) reception? You have [...]
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