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Buy An Amp todayOh come on they are cool.These are acoustic amplifiers for smartphones. They don't need electric power to operate and there are no moving parts. They work like a megaphone (speaking-trumpet, bullhorn, or loudhailer). Everyone that I have shown one to has said something like “Wow, I want one of those!” So I have built a few of them. Of course there are more “Hi-Fi” ways to listen to audio on your smartphone but who would want to plug an elegant smartphone into some cheap, plastic gadget? Or even use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, which are a pain in the neck to set up, even on a smartphone. These have been made with hardwood bases and some of them are exotic hardwoods with interesting grain patterns. The horns are polished brass — made from mostly old horns that had rubber bulbs on the ends and were used in “times gone by” by taxis and even clowns in circuses. These horns have been re-purposed, reshaped, soldered, and polished. They horns are now on display and for sale at:
The two large horns — the trombone and the gramophone — are difficult to pack and ship to they are for local pickup only. The remainder can be sent to you. I have the cowboy horn and the rest are in stock at the Colorado coffee shop. Please call for pricing and availability or stop in for a demo and a great cup of espresso. P.S. Allan, Virginia and I worked together at WebLink Wireless in Dallas. |
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Paging Transmitters 150/900 MHz The RFI High Performance Paging Transmitter is designed for use in campus, city, state and country-wide paging systems. Designed for use where reliable simulcast systems where RF signal overlap coverage is critical.
Built-in custom interface for Prism-IPX ipBSC Base Controller for remote control, management and alarm reporting.
Prism-IPX Systems LLC. 11175 Cicero Dr., Alpharetta, GA 30022
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Best macOS 11 Big Sur Features: Control Center, Safari Updates, Notifications Overhaul, Design Changes and MoreTuesday July 21, 2020 2:03 pm PDT macOS Big Sur, an update significant enough that Apple called it macOS 11 instead of macOS 10.16, introduces design changes, feature updates, and app tweaks that make macOS feel refreshingly new and streamlined. In our latest YouTube video, we've highlighted some of the best features coming in macOS Big Sur that will make upgrading to the new software worth it.
There are many more new features in macOS Big Sur, and more detail on what's coming in the update can be found in our macOS Big Sur roundup. macOS Big Sur is limited to developers at the current time, but Apple should be making a public beta available in the near future. |
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Providing Expert Support and Service Contracts for all Glenayre Paging Systems. The GL3000 is the most prolific paging system in the world and Easy Solutions gladly welcomes you to join us in providing reliable support to the paging industry for many more decades in the future. Easy Solutions provides cost effective computer and wireless solutions at affordable prices. We can help in most any situation with your communications systems. We have many years of experience and a vast network of resources to support the industry, your system and an ever changing completive landscape.
Please see our web site for exciting solutions designed specifically for the Wireless Industry. We also maintain a diagnostic lab and provide important repair and replacement parts services for Motorola and Glenayre equipment. Call or Easy Solutions |
GLENAYRE INFRASTRUCTUREI would like to recommend Easy Solutions for Support of all Glenayre Paging Equipment. This Texas company is owned and operated by Vaughan Bowden. I have known Vaughan for over 35 years. Without going into a long list of his experience and qualifications, let me just say that he was the V.P. of Engineering at PageNet which was—at that time—the largest paging company in the world. So Vaughan knows Paging. GTES is no longer offering support contracts. GTES was the original group from Vancouver that was setup to offer support to customers that wanted to continue with the legacy Glenayre support. Many U.S. customers chose not to use this service because of the price and the original requirement to upgrade to version 8.0 software (which required expensive hardware upgrades, etc.). Most contracts ended as of February 2018. If you are at all concerned about future support of Glenayre products, especially the “king of the hill” the GL3000 paging control terminal, I encourage you to talk to Vaughan about a service contract and please tell him about my recommendation. Click on the image above for more info about advertising here. |
INTERNET Protocol Terminal The IPT accepts INTERNET or serial messaging using various protocols and can easily convert them to different protocols, or send them out as paging messages. An ideal platform for hospitals, on-site paging applications, or converting legacy systems to modern protocols.
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Apple reportedly delays launch event for new 5G iPhonesBy Nicolas Vega July 23, 2020 | 12:39pm
Apple is reportedly delaying a fall launch event for its next batch of iPhones to the “latter half of October.” The tech giant was forced to push back its traditional September keynote address due to production delays caused by the coronavirus, according to a tech blog. Apple is now on track to release its 5G iPhones just in time for the all-important holiday season, Japanese Apple blog Mac Otakara reported. Apple is expected to announce four new iPhones at the fall event, with the 5G models not hitting stores until November, while the lower-end LTE phones will be available to customers shortly following the keynote, according to the blog. The October date is in line with previous reports that the iPhone 12 line faced delays due to “practical hurdles” caused by the coronavirus. Apple typically sends engineers back and forth from its offices to its factories in China to finalize designs in the lead-up to the product’s release. But coronavirus lockdowns led Apple to restrict employee travel to hotbeds of the disease in recent months. All of the new phones are expected to feature high-end OLED displays, but Apple is rumored to not be including a complimentary power adapter or headphones in the box. OLED screens are more power-efficient than their LCD counterparts, and can display darker blacks and brighter colors. It first introduced OLED with the iPhone X, and had previously reserved it only for its more expensive models. The four new iPhones will come in three different screen sizes — the established 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch displays, as well as a smaller 5.4-inch screen. |
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Paging Data Receiver PDR-4 The PDR-4 is a multi-function paging data receiver that decodes paging messages and outputs them via the serial port, USB or Ethernet connectors. Designed for use with Prism-IPX ECHO software Message Logging Software to receive messages and log the information for proof of transmission over the air, and if the data was error free.
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High School Marine Buoy Transmitter Now Active on 20-Meter WSPR07/23/2020 Phil Karn, KA9Q; Randy Standke, KQ6RS, and members of the Mount Carmel High School Amateur Radio Club (MCHSARC) in San Diego have constructed and deployed an amateur radio marine buoy in the Pacific. The buoy, which transmits WSPR on 14.0956 MHz USB, has already been heard around the continental US, Brazil, Hawaii, Japan, Costa Rica, Australia, and South Africa. “Over the past year, Randy and I have mentored the MCHSARC in designing and constructing a simple marine buoy that was deployed from the RV Sally Ride [on July 16], about 700 kilometers off the coast of southern California,” Karn said in a post on the AMSAT Bulletin Board. “It is up and transmitting WSPR on 20 meters using the call sign KQ6RS, and is being received all over the US and into Canada and Brazil.” Karn is blogging about the project with updates. The electronics are the 20-meter WSPR version of the WB8ELK “pico tracker” that has been flown on long-duration balloons. “We removed the solar panels and substituted 21 ordinary alkaline D cells, wired to supply 4.5 V,” Karn explained. “We estimate battery lifetime will be 6 months.” Karn said that the project made use of everyday hardware. The buoy — essentially a spar buoy — was constructed using a 5-foot section of 4-inch PVC pipe, with sufficient ballast in one end of the pipe to permit it to float vertically in the water. The top is closed using a sewer pressure test plug, which has a bolt in the center that acts as a convenient feed-through and antenna mounting point. The antenna is a stainless-steel CB whip with a matching network. “We use the sea as a counterpoise, but to avoid direct metal/sea water contact, we lined the inside of the pipe with copper tape to form a capacitive connection,” Karn said. During initial flotation testing, the project team found that the ballasted pipe alone was remarkably stable in pitch, roll, sway, and surge, but oscillated a lot in heave — i.e., up and down movement. Cross arms were at the water line to add drag in the vertical direction, to counter the issue. “It wasn’t our intent to mimic a religious icon, but that’s where the physics went,” Karn said. Because sea water was required to tune the antenna, Standke floated the buoy off a dock in Mission Bay. “We tried to make this thing as rugged as we could,” Karn recounted, offering his favorite saying to the students: “The sea always wins in the end, but we can delay that long enough to be useful.” Deployment was to be from a NOAA vessel in April, but the trip was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Standke secured a trip on the RV Sally Ride, a research vessel operated by Scripps Institute of Oceanography. The first reception report was on July 16 at 12:52:30 UTC from grid square CL89eu, although the current carried the buoy east into CL89fu at 20:32:30 UTC. The buoy (KQ6RS-1) can be tracked on the APRS and WSPRnet sites. Karn said the project team is already planning its second buoy, which may include two-way links, satellite tracking, and sensors. |
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Brad Dye, Ron Mercer, Allan Angus, Vic Jackson, and Ira Wiesenfeld are friends and colleagues who work both together and independently, on wireline and wireless communications projects. Click here Note: We do not like Patent Trolls, i.e. “a person or company who enforces patent rights against accused infringers in an attempt to collect licensing fees, but does not manufacture products or supply services based upon the patents in question.” We have helped some prominent law firms defend their clients against this annoyance, and would be happy to do some more of this same kind of work. Some people use the title “consultant” when they don't have a real job. We actually do consulting work, and help others based on our many years of experience. “If you would know the road ahead, ask someone who has traveled it.” — Chinese Proverb WHAT IS 5G? 5G is the next generation of wireless networks and promises a mobile experience that's 10x to 100x faster than today's 4G networks. We say the word promise because we're in the early days of 5G. When more smartphones and networks support 5G tech, it will have far-reaching consequences for consumers, from the cars we drive (or that drive us) to the food we eat to the safety of our roads to the ways we shop to the entertainment we share with family and friends. And that doesn't include things we haven't yet imagined because we've never had the capability to unlock those new scenarios. Today, 5G may seem confusing even as it's widely hyped. We're here to help you sort fact from fiction, weed through the acronyms and jargon, and figure out when and how 5G can change the way you live. And we'll keep you from getting caught up in hyperbole — and empty promises. [source] |
Remote AB Switches ABX-1 switches are often used at remote transmitter sites to convert from old, outdated and unsupported controllers to the new modern Prism-IPX ipBSC base station controllers. Remotely switch to new controllers with GUI commands. ABX-1 ABX-3 switches are widely used for enabling or disabling remote equipment and switching I/O connections between redundant messaging systems. ABX-3 Common Features:
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Congress Shines a Light on Federal 5G Spectrum DisputesBy Leslie Stimson, Inside Towers Washington Bureau Chief
Wireless spectrum took center stage in multiple venues yesterday. The Senate Commerce telecom subcommittee heard from witnesses, including CTIA and CommScope, about how the FCC and administration have managed spectrum allocation in the wake of several high-profile 5G disputes. The hearing occurred as the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) auction began (see story below.) If wireless companies don’t have enough spectrum, rural areas will fall behind in getting 5G, subcommittee chair John Thune (R-SD) said. He called for the federal government to focus on using its own spectrum holdings more efficiently and to better use the Spectrum Relocation Fund, a federal source of money that helps cover the cost of agencies moving to new spectrum bands. “We need to make sure the interagency process when making these decisions is transparent,” the GOP whip said. CTIA General Counsel Tom Power warned of global implications surrounding limited availability of prime mid-band spectrum. Other countries are ahead of the U.S. on allocating prime 5G mid-band spectrum, he said, noting that by year-end, “China will be five times ahead of us.” He cautioned the spectrum pipeline is running dry and recommended the lower 3 MHz band, currently held by the Pentagon, as the next best target. CommScope Director of Business Development Mark Gibson testified that the CBRS spectrum auction is the culmination of eight years of collaboration between industry, government and others. “However, eight years to commercialize a band like CBRS is simply too long.” “We need to shorten the spectrum availability pipeline,” Gibson said. “CommScope supports a comprehensive long-term spectrum policy [that] should include newer dynamic sharing regimes.” Michael Calabrese, Director of the Wireless Future Project at the Open Technology Institute at New America, called the turf wars between the FCC and the rest of the federal government “discouraging.” Thune noted that the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) “is supposed to speak for the entire executive branch. But some agencies communicate with the FCC rather than NTIA, according to Thune. He asked whether the interagency spectrum process worked as intended. Power said more collaboration among the federal government agencies is needed and recent changes at the top of NTIA “hasn’t helped.” He suggested there needs to be a “commitment to get all the engineers in a room” in a “continued, sustained collaborative effort,” to work out spectrum allocations. Gibson said there’s more shared spectrum use now and the agreement between the FCC and NTIA is now 17 years old. He suggested there needs to be a process to handle escalating disputes during an FCC proceeding, rather than after the agency has reached a tentative conclusion. Dr. Roslyn Layton, Visiting Researcher from Aalborg University, agreed, saying, “We’re dancing around federal [spectrum] holdings. We need to take the bull by the horns.” She said the committee can do more. Disagreements about spectrum use are not new, she pointed out, citing that during WWII, broadcasters needed to use spectrum the military wanted. “We have to figure this out. The stakes are high and our competitors are not waiting. The costs of not being competitive in 5G will cost our country in many ways,” Thune concluded. |
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Hi, I read [sic] your publication years and value the wonderful information provided. However your advertising top of the page “pagers kicking the butt of the cellphone” rather not ethical for a valuable publication like this one regardless weather [sic] its correct or not. Best regards Eric Sent from my iPad From: Brad Dye <brad@braddye.com> Hi Eric, I am glad to know that you have read the newsletter for a long time and have enjoyed it. I understand your opinion about the cartoon and will take it under consideration. There was a time in my life when I would have called it “off color” but I have mellowed a bit since then. It is really hard to keep everyone happy. The idea for the cartoon came from a major supporter of the newsletter and I liked the suggestion. I had similar complaints when I republished an article from a newspaper in England quoting Steve Jobs as he admitted to being an “asshole.” Of course I didn’t write the article and don’t use that term in my own writing, but I know Steve Jobs was a very difficult person to work for — genius that he was. Anyway that’s how people talk now-a-days. Best Regards, Brad Dye Editor, Editor's note: An e-mail was returned with a notice that my e-mail address has been blocked. Looks like it came from a server in Australia. “bigpond.com” has been redirected to “telstra.com”. |
Brad: Glad you are staying well. Keep it up. The newsletter is a GEM. Will you please let your readers know I have 6 Sonic PTX150 VHF paging transmitters available. They are 100 watt, POCSAG/FLEX™ capable and covers 138-174 MHz. Power cords are included. They were removed WORKING from a county paging system and are guaranteed by me. $1,425.00 each. Phil
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