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“Amazon kicks off its satellite constellation with a launch of its first group of satellites for the Kuiper network. Changes are announced in the ARRL Atlantic Division. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame announces its latest inductees. Spacex is thinking about entering a spectrum battle with another satellite operator. We will have this month's report from the Volunteer Monitoring System, and one part of the Australian coast is facing a waste problem from a unique source.”

“RICO stands for Rocket Carrying Influence Corruption Organization. It was a statute, it was passed by Congress, it's a federal law, to give prosecutors extra powers and to be able to impose very severe penalties on people in organized crime. And under the RICO statute, if you have two, what they call predicate acts within a certain period of time, you could be deemed a racketeering enterprise. And those two acts could be anything from two mail frauds.”

“The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The regulator will update content in its exams for its three license classes. This is one of several changes contained in a resolution released on April 28th by ANATEL. The resolution also grants hams the ability to operate on citizens' band 11 meter frequencies.”

“The FCC plans to tighten its requirements for testing of electronic devices made in countries such as China before they can be sold to US consumers. The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are, quote, owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to a statement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, he identified China as one example of such a country.”

“The media has tremendous power. Get out there and tell your story. Let people hear from you, who you are and what you're doing. My true was he was considered reclusive. He did not want not want to talk to the media. So people wanted to interview him because they were getting more and more successful. He let people at Drexel do it. He did not want to be part of the media out there. So I think that pertained a lot in that who Mike was was defined by the government through this process.”

“The rise of artificial intelligence and large language models dominated not only the economy but has also been at the root of a Hollywood double strike conducted by Writers Guild of America and a SAG APTRA strike, these were part of a larger phenomenon of labor strikes across the country.”

“Iran is believed to have placed mines in the strait, and a US official who's not authorized to speak publicly told NPR's Tom Bowman that minesweepers will also be used as part of the blockade. There are a lot of unknowns. You know, will any ships try to break a US blockade? And and if so, how will the US military respond? And what will Iran do?”

“2023 also saw the roots of a global banking crisis arise out of four American regional banks, the two largest being Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank. 2021's inflation surge moderated in 2023, while the Federal Reserve continued to raise its interest rates in the first half of the year.”

“The grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s.”

“In very simple terms, monetarism is basically the government should stop messing around in the economy, stop taxing and spending, stop worrying about unemployment, just concentrate on one thing, your one priority, which is regulating the money supply to keep inflation down because inflation is the real evil. And this is the brainchild of the Chicago economist Milton Friedman.”

“They started financing companies that could never get financing before. This is sort of where the term democratization of capital came from. So the market grew tremendously because you now had a firm in the market that was doing original issues of bonds for companies and companies such as Ted Turner, Steve Wynn, MCI Communications, Pulte Homes, all these companies that could never have gotten financing before were now able to get financing and grow.”

“As you know, Hamvention is the world's largest gathering of radio amateurs. It's held this year, May 16th through 18th in Zinnia, Ohio. There's a lot to do and see, so we want to help you use the ARRL Events App to make sure you don't miss a beat and you can plan out your visit ahead of time. Hundreds of our fellow hams have already installed the app this week and are using it.”

“The medical examiner observes red strangulation marks around Jennifer’s neck. The investigation is over within one day. Jennifer’s death is declared a self exit.”

“Democratic representative Eric Swalwell announced this evening that he's suspending his campaign for California governor. He made the announcement in a post on social media. Swawa was recently accused of sexual assault against several former staff members.”

“ARDC has awarded a second grant to the Internet Archives Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications. The grant will allow DLARC to continue curating and preserving historical content related to ham radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s.”

“As you know, Hamvention is the world's largest gathering of radio amateurs. It's held this year, May 16th through 18th in Zinnia, Ohio. There's a lot to do and see, so we want to help you use the ARRL Events App to make sure you don't miss a beat and you can plan out your visit ahead of time. Hundreds of our fellow hams have already installed the app this week and are using it. It includes Hamvention's full program.”

“The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The resolution also grants hams the ability to operate on citizens' band 11 meter frequencies.”

“The astronauts will hit Earth's atmosphere going nearly 24,000 miles per hour. One source of anxiety, the heat shield. After a test flight without a crew found some unexpected damage a few years ago, NASA investigated and changed the reentry procedures to deal with this issue.”

“Iran's foreign ministry says it won't be involved in talks unless Lebanon is part of the deal. Israel insists its fight with Hezbollah is not part of the two week ceasefire between The US and Iran and continues hitting Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Wednesday, Israel struck multiple targets including in Beirut, killing more than 300 people.”

“The FCC plans to tighten its requirements for testing of electronic devices made in countries such as China before they can be sold to US consumers. The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are, quote, owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to a statement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, he identified China as one example of such a country.”

“Alfred Roberts is your absolute textbook, early 20th century public spirited, worthy. He runs this grocer shop and he brings his two daughters up with the values of hard work and thrift and entrepreneurship and all this kind of thing. When she becomes Prime Minister in 1979, when she's outside number 10, she says to the cameras, I owe almost everything to my own father. He brought me up to believe all the things that I do believe and they're just the values on which I fought the election.”

“Here they were basically taking market share. They were a disruptor. If you use today's term, they were a disruptor... People didn't like Bill Gates and Microsoft because they're a disruptor. Number one, he was taking market share. Number two, because he developed a market and people believe in what he was doing, he was able to finance people who wanted to acquire other companies that they thought were undervalued in the market.”

“There's a lot to do and see, so we want to help you use the ARRL Events App to make sure you don't miss a beat and you can plan out your visit ahead of time. Hundreds of our fellow hams have already installed the app this week and are using it. It includes Hamvention's full program. You can browse and schedule the forums, preview the extensive list of exhibitors and find all the events that are happening.”

“Five black police officers of the Memphis Police Department severely beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, during a traffic stop. Nichols dies due to his injuries on January 10, and his death causes outrage and protests across the country.”

“It's not impossible that while we, have seen a slight dip over the last week that we certainly could see gas prices reaccelerating, and it's not impossible that new records, with prices eventually rising above $5 a gallon remain possible.”

“The Trump administration is taking steps toward automatic registration for the military draft. The selective service has required eligible men ages 18 to 25 to register since 1980. The agency says it will begin registering men automatically instead of requiring them to sign up themselves.”

“Hundreds of our fellow hams have already installed the app this week and are using it. It includes Hamvention's full program. You can browse and schedule the forums, preview the extensive list of exhibitors and find all the events that are happening.”

“Anything that lives in the emotional realm will be impacted not as much by AI because we humans react to these things emotionally. And so, again, I think we'll not watch robots playing basketball... things that are emotional, you know, will be—it's not that it won't eventually be able to add value, but that's certainly not the big thrust of the AI world.”

“Margaret Roberts as a girl had to say grace for every meal. Her father as a lay preacher went on and on and on about hard work, individualism, thrift, clean living, all of this. There is a moralism to it, a low church moralism that is totally unlike anything that any other Tory leader says before her. She said in 1984, I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end, good will triumph.”

“In addition to the naval blockade, president Trump on Sunday said that The US would begin destroying mines laid by Iranians in the Strait Of Hormuz and added that Iranians would be, quote, blown to hell if they fired at The US. Over the past two weeks, president Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's infrastructure, bomb the country, quote, back to the stone age, and to wipe out its entire civilization in one night.”

“ARDC has awarded a second grant to the Internet Archives Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications. The grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s.”

“The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The regulator will update content in its exams for its three license classes. This is one of several changes contained in a resolution released on April 28th by ANATEL. The resolution also grants hams the ability to operate on citizens' band 11 meter frequencies.”

“The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The regulator will update content in its exams for its three license classes. This is one of several changes contained in a resolution released on April 28th by ANATEL. The regulator expects to move ahead with these changes after a six-month period in which supplementary regulations will also be issued.”

“And we actually found things that they would accept that Mike could plead to, none of which, and this is why I go in great detail in the book so people understand how in many ways ridiculous it is, none of which had ever been the subject of a criminal prosecution before or since. I mean, if you want me to drive you an example... technically, I guess you could make an argument since the 13D is supposed to disclose everybody who has an interest in the stock that you own, that when Mike said, I would make it up to you, Boeske theoretically should have amended this 13D to indicate that Mike had made this promise.”

“The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to a statement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, he identified China as one example of such a country. He said it was important that US-based laboratories begin to take on the responsibility to certify such equipment.”

“The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The resolution also grants hams the ability to operate on citizens' band 11 meter frequencies. They must identify with their call signs and are limited to 10 watts of power in AM and 25 watts of power in SSB.”

“The scientists found that the same neurons that fire when someone looks at an object also fire when a person imagines that object. The finding supports earlier evidence from brain scans suggesting that seeing and imagining activate the same circuits.”

“Hamvention is the world's largest gathering of radio amateurs. It's held this year, May 16th through 18th in Zinnia, Ohio. There's a lot to do and see, so we want to help you use the ARRL Events App to make sure you don't miss a beat and you can plan out your visit ahead of time. It includes Hamvention's full program; you can browse and schedule the forums, preview the extensive list of exhibitors, and find all the events that are happening.”

“The grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s. There is already a queue of scanning work to be done and digital material to be added.”

“Israeli and Lebanese diplomats are now preparing to hold their first direct meeting between government officials in decades on Tuesday. Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors to The US are set to meet in Washington to discuss a ceasefire. But at a Hezbollah rally in downtown Beirut, Saturday, supporters filled the streets for blocks, waving flags and chanting against negotiations.”

“She actually gets the Mirror journalist and photographer to come and watch her do the housework. The piece says, you know, she did this, she did the shopping, she did the laundry, and after that, she had to tidy up the Tory party, polish off Ted Heath and give Britain a good spring cleaning. With Margaret Thatcher, it's sometimes a bit hard to tell whether she wants to be Prime Minister or Housewife of the Year.”

“In twenty years, robots will do maybe 1% of the plumbing. At most. It just takes a super long time to build, deploy, and then to get them to be lower cost, higher safety than others. But I think over fifty years it will happen. So that's still gonna be a great field for the next twenty years.”

“Operating personality, you're like a dog with a bone. You never give up on a problem. You just work it. You work it. And investing personality is staying very broad, not falling in love with an idea, you know, cutting your losses and moving on. Like, when I tried investing, I just fell in love with all the entrepreneurs and kept the amount of money, and then none of it worked out.”

“In the on-again-off-again saga of the Voice of America, a US appeals court has halted an order allowing VOA employees to go back to work. The Johns Hopkins Institute aligns with the League to present an ARRL Teachers Institute program. The Radio Society of Great Britain participated in the recent International Amateur Radio Union, Region 1 conference.”

“In the on-again-off-again saga of the Voice of America, a US appeals court has halted an order allowing VOA employees to go back to work. The Johns Hopkins Institute aligns with the League to present an ARRL Teachers Institute program. The Radio Society of Great Britain participated in the recent International Amateur Radio Union, Region 1 conference.”

“Surging gas prices helped push inflation to 3.3% in March, the largest increase in nearly two years. That's according to the latest numbers by the Labor Department. The average price for a regular grade is now $4.15 per gallon.”

“Brazil's telecommunications regulator, ANATEL, has two big changes planned for the nation's hams. The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The regulator will update content in its exams for its three license classes. This is one of several changes contained in a resolution released on April 28th by ANATEL. The resolution also grants hams the ability to operate on citizens' band 11 meter frequencies.”

“Those going are also encouraged to tap on the My Profile icon in the app, add your name and call sign, and anything else you'd like to share because it generates a QR code on your event badge that you can then scan on the app and trade information and in-person QSL cards. It's available on Apple and Android smart devices, and there's also a web browser version if you use a different kind of phone or no smartphone at all.”

“The FCC plans to tighten its requirements for testing of electronic devices made in countries such as China before they can be sold to US consumers. The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are, quote, owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to a statement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, he identified China as one example of such a country. He said it was important that US-based laboratories begin to take on the responsibility to certify such equipment.”

“The FCC plans to tighten its requirements for testing of electronic devices made in countries such as China before they can be sold to US consumers. The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks.”

“Voters in Hungary turned out in numbers not seen since the fall of communism Sunday and resoundingly rejected a reelection bid by long serving prime minister Viktor Orban. During his sixteen years in office, Orban often challenged the governance of the European Union. Incoming pre prime minister, Peter Magyar, says he will repair Hungary's relations with the EU.”

“ARDC has awarded a second grant to the Internet Archives Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications. The grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s.”

“At the end of the year, Willie Whitelaw tried to organize a reconciliation. He said, why don't you get together, have a meeting and come together for the good of the party in the country? Heath said no. And he said to him, Thatcher and her supporters are traitors. They will destroy the party and destroy Britain. He then embarks on this unbelievably spectacular sulk and he lives this for the rest of his life.”

“Satya made one incredibly ballsy, insightful decision, which is to invest in OpenAI back in 2018. He bet big on AI, and that catapulted them both reputationally and in terms of the Azure business. It was the workload that then has grown Azure into a monster and a big success.”

“Will takes us aboard the Wayback Machine to 1922, where we find despite several attempts, no successor to the outdated 1912 radio law had yet emerged. Now it could wait no longer since things had changed so radically with the rise of broadcasting. In early March 1922, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened the first national radio conference in Washington.”

“The oil shock of late 1973 basically blew up the British economy. It sent inflation through the roof... inflation reached a record 26% in the summer of 1975. The result of all this is that especially on the right and indeed abroad, there is a profound sense by the beginning of 1975, that something has gone very, very badly wrong. The Briton is the sick man of Europe, and it's heading for some sort of apocalyptic reckoning.”

“I'm kind of in shock. I wanted to feed Mundy and Tara close together. And so I fed Tara over here. She picked up her food and brought it right over to the fence line here so she could be eating with Mundy. So you tell me what that means. I think that is really good.”

“And it is asymmetric. It affects different countries differently. If you are in the vicinities of the conflict, it's a big hit on you. If you are an oil importer, it is a big hit on you. If you have no reserves to protect yourself, you're in a very tough, situation.”

“Brazil's telecommunications regulator, ANATEL, has two big changes planned for the nation's hams. The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The regulator will update content in its exams for its three license classes.”

“The dominant political story of the year has been the 270-day-long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy, whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion to exert more weight over the lower chamber. The battle between the rebellious Freedom Caucus and McCarthy has been at the heart of an averted debt ceiling crisis.”

“ARDC has awarded a second grant to the Internet Archives Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications. The grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s.”

“Whenever people ask him how she's doing, he says, oh, she's doing terribly. She'll never win. But if you could lend her your vote, that would be very helpful, especially if you would like a really big heavyweight like Willie Whitelaw on the second ballot. Why don't you lend the filly? Give the filly your vote. And actually loads of people say, oh, go on then. Yeah, fair enough.”

“ARDC has awarded a second grant to the Internet Archives Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications. The grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s. Dlarc has a want list. If you own copies of any of the publications sought by Dlarc, please consider donating them for preservation.”

“In lower income countries, the education budget might be $300 per kid per year, and the class size might be 50 to 70 kids. There's just not a lot of learning going on. And I think the combination of a Starlink on every school and tablet for every child and then really good AI software will close the gap.”

“Congressman Eric Swalwell says he is suspending his campaign for California governor as he faces allegations of sexual assault, which he says are false. He had already decided not to run for reelection to the house. President Trump says The US will blockade the Strait Of Hormuz.”

“They don’t test for gunshot residue on the boyfriend, Anthony. They don’t look into his past record of abuse and SA.”

“Not only did President Trump grant him a pardon, but when he called Mike to tell him that he was getting a pardon, he said, you know, and this is a real pardon, you've never done anything for me. Okay, you know, there's no quo here, it's a pardon. And then the White House issued a press release that went in great detail on the fact of what Mike has done in his life, in the world of finance, for companies to get capital that couldn't get capital, what Mike had done in philanthropy, in cancer research to save lives.”

“Virginians are voting on a measure that could result in a four seat gain in Virginia's congressional delegation for Democrats. That could make house minority leader Hakeem Jeffries speaker of the house. Virginia could be one of the last states to act in the national redistricting frenzy kicked off by Trump.”

“Inside, a man, Anthony, cradles a young woman’s body drenched in blood. He says she’s his girlfriend, Jennifer. That he too, was just watching SpongeBob in the living room when he heard a ‘pop’ from the bedroom and found her with a ‘self-inflicted’ gun shot wound to her chin.”

“The rifle used measures 27 and 1/8th inches long from barrel to trigger. Jennifer’s arm is 26 and 3/16th inches long. Nothing comes of it.”

“This week, Will takes us aboard the Wayback Machine to 1922, where we find despite several attempts, no successor to the outdated 1912 radio law had yet emerged. Now it could wait no longer since things had changed so radically with the rise of broadcasting. In early March 1922, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened the first national radio conference in Washington.”

“Hundreds of our fellow hams have already installed the app this week and are using it. It includes Hamvention's full program. You can browse and schedule the forums, preview the extensive list of exhibitors and find all the events that are happening.”

“If I had a three year old today, I would be, like, doubling down on the emotional skills. Knowing yourself, interact with other human beings is gonna be the thing that sustains those kids, you know, through their working life. We’ll see a rotation back to the humanities and into understanding a combination of history and literature.”

“After all, Anthony lives with his father, Clement Richards Senior, the mayor of the Northwest Arctic Borough. Surely this was a horrific one time tragic event… Two years later another young woman’s body is found one again, at the mayor’s home.”

“Lowell had almost no contact with Mr. Bowsky or the Trans Act, can say we're looking at. But he was Mike's brother. And it was interesting in that as I talk about in the book, years later when I taught a class at Stanford Law School about this case and what happened, I brought in the young prosecutor who worked with Mr. Giuliani at the time to talk about his perspective years later on the case and upon the process. And when we asked him specifically about the dive in Lowell Milken, he acknowledged the fact that Lowell would not have been indicted if it wasn't to bring pressure on his brother.”

“The FCC plans to tighten its requirements for testing of electronic devices made in countries such as China before they can be sold to US consumers. The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are, quote, owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to a statement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, he identified China as one example of such a country.”

“The FCC plans to tighten its requirements for testing of electronic devices made in countries such as China before they can be sold to US consumers. The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to a statement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, he identified China as one example of such a country and said it was important that US-based laboratories begin to take on the responsibility to certify such equipment.”

“If everything breaks humanity's way, it's because AI has unleashed human flourishing, and we find the political mechanisms to share that across within our country, across different income groups, and then between countries. The world as a whole is enhanced. A first step for that would be to realize how interconnected we are.”

“Magdia's victory was hard won in an electoral system that over the past sixteen years, Orban had stacked in his favor from gerrymandering to controlling the media. As Brussels now looks forward to working with a more pro European Hungarian leader, Moscow and the current White House administration have lost in Orban, a key ally in Europe.”

“In early March 1922, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened the first national radio conference in Washington. Will will bring us there in this week's edition. This week, Will takes us aboard the Wayback Machine to 1922, where we find despite several attempts, no successor to the outdated 1912 radio law had yet emerged.”

“Amazon kicks off its satellite constellation with a launch of its first group of satellites for the Kuiper network. Changes are announced in the ARRL Atlantic Division. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame announces its latest inductees. Spacex is thinking about entering a spectrum battle with another satellite operator.”