Scenario: Your government is displeased with the communication going on in your location and pulls the plug on your internet access, most likely by telling the major ISPs to turn off service.
Opinion from libertyNewsOnline.com;
via HOW TO COMMUNICATE IF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN THE INTERNET.
(We’re not saying it could ever happen here, but having some family GMRS capability might be a good thing.)
He shares information about Morse code, unique forms of digital communications and how short wave operators provide assistance to the National Weather Service and other federal agencies in time of need or emergencies.
A novel way to spark interest in the radio sciences perhaps:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Churches across the country have spent millions of dollars to replace wireless microphones that are about to become illegal.
(Best check your wireless mic frequencies. You may be in conflict with the new 700 MHz public safety frequencies.)
PopularWireless extends our sympathy to the staff of CTIA on the loss of Mark Desautels. Mark was also a close friend of my wife’s family for many years. Mark was well respected and loved. When I first met Mark at a Doran family event he was very supportive of my job search at the time. In my conversation with him it was apparent he loved working at CTIA. We will all miss him.
The Sirius XM merger is a done deal, but some issues around those ‘voluntary commitments’ still need to be resolved.
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(Calvert County, MD 021009 PenguinSix) – An interesting point of view posted at the PenguinSix blog this week. Many of us saw this coming. PenguinSix probably saw a lot more than I did. I knew the popularity of satellite radio had diminished incredible in the last few years – even before the merger of XM and Sirius. When XM raised its monthly fee from $9.99 to $12.00 I jumped ship. It seemed to me that lots of others missed the value.
XM and Sirius actually turned out to be aimed at highway travelers more than anyone else. Home use never caught on like I had hoped. My suspicion is most folks are listening to uninterrupted music on their Ipods. The iPod and convenient accessory jacks on car radios helped marginalize satellite radio. Having never owned or sold an iPhone to music savvy customers I cannot speak to the opinion on PenguinSix.
PenguinSix begins, ” When I published my thoughts on how the iPhone would kill Sirius / XM, I was linked in the Sirius XM financial messageboards (probably by some shorts). Needless to say some of the longs went after me screaming ‘this guy is a moron’ and some other harshness. Even today when I talk about how amazing it is to play radio on my iPhone, I get some radio purists come in an whine ‘but but but, HD radio is better because…’ or something like that. (It reminds me of the guy who told me mp3’s would never take off because they didn’t sound as good as CDs).”
Read the article:
Sirius XM Bankruptcy: Told you so…Posted on February 10, 2009, 10:07 pm at PenguinSix.com
A good read.
Parents have generally been granted permission to monitor their children’s location through GPS tracking, but what happens when the younger generation turns the tables, and then doesn’t like what it finds? Nothing good, at least not here.
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A GPS tracking device has helped police catch a thief that snatched up a porcelain baby Jesus from a neighborhood Nativity scene.
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A Missouri State student came back to his dorm to find his Xbox 360 stolen. Realizing the controller still connected when turned it on, he set out to find the console. And he did.
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The possibility that an electronic device cause pilots to lose control of a plane and led to the injury of dozens of passengers is being investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
Wireles and Mobile News reports that Bible scriptures in SMS are available for free from Bible SMS. Peace be with you and your cell phone as you read inspirational phrases. You can singn up for free.
…Mariah Power is seriously poised to release their vertical axis wind turbine this spring for $3,995. This is incredible news. (PopWireless – Wind power generation is becoming mainstream! Click read more to visit Jetson Green and read about wind generation within reach. I know it has nothing much to do with “wireless” but with a few of these maybe I could disconnect from the power grid. is that wireless? 
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The Zone provides electromagnetic protection to electronic radio telescopes and federal facilities that monitor other communications for our national security. Wireless in this part of West Virginia is regulated.
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