Special Amateur Radio QSL - OE16M

OE16M from Austria will be from the Amateur Radio Section of ORF, the Austrian broadcasting corporation, including a documentary, Archives Radio Communications/QSL Collection and a 72-hour operation special event between 22-24 April 2016.

This is also an "official International Marconi Day station," included in the Marconi Award available on 23rd April 2016

OE1WHC - http://www.qrz.com/db/oe16m

Radio Ham Licensed for 75 years

Jack Goldfarb W8WGO is an American Ham radio operator with 75 years of operating experience, gaining his callsign when he was 16 

“I got my license in April, 1941,” Goldfarb said. “I went downtown (Cleveland) to the FCC office that was in the old post office building. I still remember Mr. Russ was the FCC radio inspector there.”

— Jack Goldfarb W8WGO

Goldfarb interest was generated from his interest in electronics. When he was elementary school, Goldfarb would experiment t with telephones, automobile horns and lightbulbs. He also enjoyed building Heathkits, which lead to him building his first transmitter.

Goldfarb then moved on to create a radio club in high school, but it only lasted that one year, closing when he moved on.

Goldfarb graduated from Glenville High School and when the Army and World War II came calling, his radio skills put him in demand.

Full story - http://www.cleveland.com/university-heights/index.ssf/2016/03/university_heights_7.html

Remote Controlled Short-Wave Receiver

By using a web page, remote control of a short-wave receiver located in the University of Twente, Netherlands can be achieved.

In contrast to other web-controlled receivers, this receiver can be tuned by multiple users simultaneously, thanks to the use of Software-Defined Radio.

This site, which in 2008 was the very first WebSDR site ever, was finally reactivated in July 2012 after an interruption of more than 1.5 years.

Remote Control SDR - http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/