The ARRL has paid a commission to clubs collecting ARRL dues for quite a while now, but as I pointed out in 2014, the commission ($2 for membership renewals) was too low for it to really be of interest. Well, according to the May 24, 2022 issue of ARRL Club News, the powers that be have raised this commission to $5, effective June 1, 2022. Hopefully, this increase will make it more attractive for clubs to both recruit new members and retain existing ones.
Read MorePRESENTER OPINION : Day 1 at Hamvention 2022
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Day 1 at the 2022 Dayton (Xenia) Hamvention is winding down, and I just have to blog about it. It’s been so much fun that even if I had to go home today, I’d say that the trip was worth it.
Now, you might be asking, “Doesn’t Hamvention start on Friday?” Yes, it does, but I’m here representing ARDC, so I have an exhibitor badge. That let me get in today. Exhibitor hours on Thursday are from 8 am to 8 pm.
Read MoreBadger me…….Please→
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I’ve often thought that hams should do more with badges, like they do at DEFCON and other hacker conferences. I had some ideas of designing my own, but then I found out about the Pimoroni Badger.
The Badger is a very cool, hackable, programmable badge with an e-ink display, with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 processor. It’s programmable with microPython, and in my case, I’m using the Thonny Python development environment on my iMac.
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