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don_keith

  1. Story for today: wbir.com/video/​default.aspx?bctid=110979943001​#/​Service+%26+Sacrifice%3A++East+​Tennessee+Submariner/​110979943001
  2. Ham radio? See my article at: eham.net/articles/27962 and learn how interesting the hobby can be.
  3. Follow @gigaparts, and RT this for a chance to win a Yaesu VX-6R Handheld Ham Radio tweetsw.in/1426/ #giveaway #contest
  4. Don Keith N4KC's Technology, Media and Ham Radio Blog: I'm from the government and I am here to protect You!... n4kc.blogspot.com/2012/03/im-fro…
  5. See you tomorrow night 11/17, 6:30 at Decatur, AL Public Library, signing, chatting about new book, UNDERSEA WARRIOR. donkeith.com
  6. I'm on national TV soon: "Book TV" CSPAN2 Saturday 11/26 9:30AM and 4:30PM and Sunday 11/27 6PM for new book UNDERSEA WARRIOR. Set the DVR!
  7. @AlexaAplz Oh no! She tweets now!
  8. Great Christian Science Monitor article about ham radio: http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2011/0706/Ham-radio-hangs-on
  9. A July 4 story: http://www.wbir.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=110979943001#/Service+%26+Sacrifice%3A++East+Tennessee+Submariner/110979943001
  10. When did "for profit" become a profane phrase? That's the subject of the rant on my blog: http://n4kc.blogspot.com.
  11. A computer in an aquarium? And it works! http://www.news4jax.com/video/28383323/index.html
  12. Fantastic! My friend Tom Bowser gives tour of USS Drum here: http://blog.al.com/live/2011/06/world_war_ii_submarine_veteran.html
  13. TV no longer exists! That's the subject of my blog post today. Visit http://n4kc.blogspot.com and see what I mean.
  14. Good article about amateur radio and reasons why we're so fanatical about it: http://www.uab.edu/uabmagazine/2011/june/hamradio
  15. Looks the movie based on our book--Hunter Killer--will be in theaters December 21...2012. Now, if they just had stars, locations, etc.
  16. After 48 years in ham radio, made my very first PSK31 contacts last nite. Fun mode. 20 watts to Europe! Crowded band but easy to copy.
  17. For my amateur radio buds, eHam has just re-run an article of mine about a unique antenna project from several years ago. www.eham.net
  18. Solar flux in the 80s or not I worked Isreal on 12 meters, Qatar on 15, and Belarus on 17 this morning. Is that summertime QRN on 20?
  19. Unabashed self promotion on my blog right now but I am PROUD of these books: http://n4kc.blogspot.com.
  20. Just heard from a ham radio friend in Japan. His report and my thoughts on my blog, http://n4kc.blogspot.com