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FCC Licensing of Personal Computers
by Marvin Johnston 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

April 1, 2004 Associated Press, Washington - The United States Federal Communications Commission, as part of a joint project funded by the Department of Defense, has approved measures to begin requiring US consumers to obtain licenses for all new personal computers purchased after January, 2005. "It's basically the same process that CB radio owners had to go through in the 1970's, only we require a slight amount of additional information.", said Lance O. Onie, director of the FCC's PC Freedom Initiative. Purchasers of new PCs will have to fill out a simple "one step" form, with only the following information: The purchaser's Social Security number, current address, e-mail address(es), date of birth, driver's license number and the computer's CPU's unique serial number. "By requiring the driver's license number, we are able to simplify things by not requiring consumers to be inconvenienced by having their photos taken for inclusion in our database; we can just get that data from the states in which they're licensed.", Onie was quick to point out as a benefit of this simplified procedure. The user will be able to access the CPU's serial number through the use of a computer program distributed on a CD ROM with each new PC sold. The program must remain installed on the computer whenever the computer is used with the Internet. Owners of older computers will be exempt from this new law until December 25, 2006, "giving them plenty of time to upgrade their systems as necessary in order to comply with the new law", says Onie, who commented that this program will also be "very helpful to the economy." After that time, the FCC will work with the CIA, state and local law enforcement officials to conduct random high-tech sweeps throughout the country to check for the illegal possession and use of unregistered computing equipment. Fines and penalties were not specified, but sources say that illegal possession will be considered to be a very serious offense, necessary for the freedom, safety and well-being of all Americans.

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DARPA Grand Challenge
by Marvin Johnston 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

Popular Science has an article in the March 2004 issue on some of the competing vehicles hoping to win the challenge. The online article along with some photos that weren't published in the magazine are located at: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/auto/article/0,12543,591428,00.html

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Chicken wire available
by David Hackleman 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

I have a 5' x 30' length of chicken wire in good condition available free to good home. Contact me by e-mail or by phone at 967-9313 if you are interested. Mounted on the inside of my apartment's patio fence, it worked quite well as a counterpoise for my HF Ham Stick antennas. You might find it useful for your own base station antenna configuration. Or for anything else! David Hackleman K6VML

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April Key-Klix Deadline
by Dennis Morales 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

It is that time again. Monday the 29th is the deadline for articles, pictures, etc for the April Key-Klix edition. Please submit your stuff ASAP so that the finished product can get to the Printer on time! You can send your items directly to my email, dennismo2(a)cox.net Thanks to all - 73 de Denny AD6EZ<><

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ARRL CCE Course Registration
by Marvin Johnston 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Course Registration Registration for the ARRL Radio Frequency Interference (EC-006) Antenna Design and Construction (EC-009) and Technician Class for Ham Radio Licensing (EC-010) courses remains open through Sunday, March 28. Classes begin Tuesday April 6. Students taking Radio Frequency Interference (EC-006) will learn how to identify and take steps to cure various kinds of interference. Antenna Design and Construction (EC-009) covers basic antenna theory and practical construction techniques. With the assistance of a mentor, students in the Technician Licensing course will learn everything they need to learn to pass the FCC Technician license class test. To learn more, visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Web page at http://www.arrl.org/cce/. For more information, contact Certification and Continuing Education Program Department, cce(a)arrl.org.

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Re: [Sbarc-list] Replacement Operator for the MS Walk
by kc6nah＠juno.com 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

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Replacement Operator for the MS Walk
by kc6nah＠juno.com 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

Greetings All, We need one more operator for the MS Walk/Run on On Saturday, April 3, 2004. On Saturday, April 17, 2004. We need 10 more operators for the Chardonnay Run. Please contact me if you're available to help with these events. Thanks, Huber Stamps, KC6NAH SBARC VP of Operations operations(a)sbarc.org http://www.sbarc.org/ http://www.nmssci.org/events.htm http://www.runsantabarbara.com http://ci.santa-barbara.ca.us/departments/parks_and_recreation/pdf/2004Spec… ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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Tuesday Night Dinner
by Marvin Johnston 23 Mar '04

23 Mar '04

Tomorrow evening (Tuesday), Dennis and I will again be having dinner at Sizzler's at 7:00 PM, and you are welcome to join us. We usually end up discussing how to improve issues related to SBARC over dinner. If you will be joining us, please let me know so I can make sure to get an appropriately sized table. Thanks!

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Tuesday Night Dinner
by Marvin Johnston 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

As we did last week, Dennis and I will be eating at Sizzler's Restaurant tomorrow evening. I've had a couple of requests to make it later, so we will try it tomorrow evening at 7:00 PM. Besides having a good dinner, it gives us a chance to talk about where we would like to see SBARC going in the future. If you would like to join us, please let me know so I can make sure to get a large enough table. Marvin, KE6HTS

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DARPA Challenge
by Marvin Johnston 15 Mar '04

15 Mar '04

The $1,000,000 prize went unclaimed as none of the 15 teams that actually started on the course finished. More details at: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/03/14/darpa.race/index.html They state that they expect to offer another challenge in 2006; anyone up to entering the challenge? The DARPA web site is at: http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/

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