Here is a complete description of the changes that are coming for the US #HamRadio Technician exam on 1 July 2026:
https://gist.github.com/taxilian/c6fca675a58fd4b165e…
❗️Zelenskyy and Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro honored fallen servicemen in Kyiv #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/zelenskyy-and-portuguese-prime-minister.ht…
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'Einde van wereldorde': veel lof voor speech Canadese premier in Davos https://nos.nl/l/2598942#UPDATE-91710618
Trump says he's 'surprised' and 'honored' his handpicked board voted to rename Kennedy Center (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/video/trump-says-hes-surprised-and-honored-his-handpicked-board-voted-to-rename-kennedy-center-bb43d2d2a7964929ac441d750abe97b9
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p142#a251218p142
Cowboys Headlines: Dallas navigates injuries; Jerry Jones honored https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/12/18/cowboys-back-on-the-field-as-injuries-mount-and-chargers-loom/87818597007/
It's fun seeing the old amateur radio licensing paperwork my dad had; one of his early (not quite earliest) from 1965, from the GPO (General Post Office) - typed header and hand filled in. Later ones in the 60-70s are still hand filled in; As it moves from one ministry to another. So much hand written/typed stuff - must have been hell!
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The New York Times wins three 2025 Polk Awards, including for its Trump coverage; The Boston Globe, ProPublica, AP, and Business Insider also won (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/business/media/george-polk-awards.html
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Today's #HamRadio project was making elevated radials for an HF vertical. I have a 25' whip, a JPC-12, and some random parts I made. My idea is to have more efficient elevated radials, but unlike ground-coupled radials, elevated radials need to be tuned.
I thought this would take me 1–2 hours.
It took about 5 hours.
When you have ground-coupled radials, you have only o…