dxer ham radio dx news: February 2017

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Nayif-1 Amateur Radio Satellite Transmits Message from Dubai’s Ruler

The Nayif-1 Amateur Radio satellite is beaming a message from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai – the first to be transmitted by the new satellite. AMSAT-NA has designated Nayif-1 as OSCAR EO-88.

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Amateur Radio General Class slated

McKean County Department of Emergency Services and Emergency Communications Team are announcing they will be offering an Amateur Radio General Class. McKean County DES EMCOMM team is pleased to offer to our communities an Amateur Radio General Class, seven-day course.

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Amateur Radio Club Celebrates 100 Years:

The University of Arkansas Amateur Radio Club recently celebrated a milestone: The club has been a licensed ham radio station for 100 years, since 1916. It is one of the oldest university ham radio clubs in the country, and has been on the air almost as long as radio licenses have been issued. The club’s call letters, W5YM, have been heard around the world, and beyond. In 1995, club members helped establish a radio link between the space shuttle Endeavour and an elementary school in Huntsville.

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Why Aren’t the Letters on a Computer Keyboard in Alphabetical Order?

If you’ve ever looked down at your keyboard and wondered why it’s not in alphabetical order, you’re not alone. But who came up with the current design, anyway? A few popular myths abound, but one Japanese study got to the root of it. (Hint: This design dates back WAY farther than you think.) The truth: The design is a hand-me-down from morse code transcribers. We’re guessing you didn’t expect this, so we’ll let Smithsonian reporter Jimmy Stamp, who originally sleuthed through the Japanese study, explain. “The QWERTY system emerged as a result of how the first typewriters were being used. Early adopters and beta-testers included telegraph operators who needed to quickly transcribe messages. However, the operators found the alphabetical arrangement to be confusing and inefficient for translating morse code. The Kyoto paper suggests that the typewriter keyboard evolved over several years as a direct result of input provided by these telegraph operators.”

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