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Antenna Spotting Through the Windshield

I admit to consciously scanning for antennas, towers, and other television and radio receive and transmit antennas and equipment, on the road.   Didnt know it was so common!



Surfin': Radio-Spotting Through the Windshield

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
ARRL
January 29, 2010

On the road, Surfin' views the world of radio through the windshield

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Last week, I wrote how as a ham, I see radio everywhere. I cited, for example, spotting ham radios in motion pictures that I happen to be viewing for entertainment -- not for their ham radio content.

I am not alone. Some Surfin' readers wrote to say that they also view the world through radio-colored glasses.

One reader reminded me of a facet of radio-spotting that I do so automatically that I do not even think about anymore. In his memory-rattling comment, he wrote, "I am often reminded by my wife to watch the road as we drive along when I spot an interesting antenna on a house or a hill."

I am in the same driver's seat whenever I am on the road. You probably are, too. I am always making mental notes of new antenna installations that I spot during my travels.

It never gets old. Every day during my morning commute, I skirt West Peak in Meriden, Connecticut; this hill spots an impressive collection of antenna farms resting on its crown. Depending on traffic, I try to sneak a peek to admire the hardware installed up there.

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Cool Site of the Day

EarlyTelevision.org 

This great site of a The Early Television Museum and Foundation in Ohio, has lots of photos and advertising scans of old televisions, television accessories and equipment and antennas.  Below is the legendary dual quad loop with reflector elements VHF Low & VHF High Telesine.

FM Radio Extends Efforts to Help Haiti

 Nothing like terrestrial broadcast radio and televsion in an emergency to get news and information out to help organize the efforts and save lives.  Read it all here...

Radio Extends Efforts to Help Haiti

Via RadioWorld Online


Also this from NPR...

Haitians Find Lifeline In Local Radio Station 

Listen or read on the link...

Tiny Motz Wooden FM Radio

Via Technabob

The Antenna as Art

Move over Charles Eames and Herman Miller.  Antennas Direct's design team has been changing the face of antenna design.  This photograph is from an exhibition last year at Abstrakt Art Gallery, sponsored by Objex Design.  Featuring the ClearStream line of antennas.  Hat's off to the people at Antennas Direct/Terrestrial Digital for bringing this innovative and beautiful line of antennas to market.

Link to original article.

LG's NEW Retro CRT Television

Speaking of mid century retro design....check out the new Series 1 Retro Classic TV from LG!

 

Hat Tip Jim_in_Seattle & Technobob 

WaPo Article on Internet TV - Boxee & Hulu

  
Replacing Your TV Antenna with an Internet Connection by Using Boxee or Hulu

By Rob Pegoraro

Washington Post, Sunday, January 31, 2010 

Last weekend, I caught up on a few TV shows I'd missed, but the experience wasn't a rerun of my usual viewing routines.

Although I watched these programs on the high-definition set in the living room, no digital video recorder or cable on-demand service brought them there.

Instead, I turned to the Web -- but using an Internet connection as a TV antenna didn't mean I had to tap a keyboard to summon my choice of content.

I just had to install two free programs on a computer, Boxee (http://boxee.tv) and Hulu Desktop (http://hulu.com/desktop), that bridge the gap between the Web and the biggest screen at home.

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Apple iPad: Bashed by Bloggers Around the Web

Apple iPad: Bashed by Bloggers Around the Web

The Guardian

The iPad turned out to be, at bottom, an iPod Touch with a big screen. It failed to offer a magical new 3D interface, or an OLED screen, or a built-in projector, or any other revolutionary features. Indeed, it doesn't even have basic features such as a webcam, microphone, USB port, SD card slot, HDMI port, or a standard mobile phone SIM slot, though some of these will be provided at extra cost, via adaptors.

No Flashplayer too?

Ay, yay yay!

The list gets longer and longer...

Lots of links off the article to what the iPad doesnt have (but should or could have had).

Is this the reincarnation of the Apple Newton?

Money line...

Fake Steve Jobs (actually, Newsweek's technology editor Dan Lyons) summed it all up in his live-blog of the launch:

11:01– and i know what you're thinking – we came up with a new device and all we could think to do with it is run the apps that run on your iphone, and have a clone of Kindle, and now run iWork apps? um, yes. that's all we could come up with.

11:04– good lord, did i really say this is the most important thing i've ever done in my life?

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The Return of the Rabbit Ears!

Great article in the LA Times.  Check it out!

Rabbit Ears Make Comeback in Digital TV Era