Store and Forward episode 11 — Backing up the FCC

Store and Forward

The video version of this episode is at: https://youtu.be/4usXx128IME

Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (a project of the Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/dlarc

Zero Retries Newsletter: https://www.zeroretries.org

DLARC (and Kay personally) got some nice accolades (along with the Internet Archive in general) on Ham Radio Workbench podcast episode 229 by the hosts and the ARDC personnel who were guests on that episode. https://www.hamradioworkbench.com/podcast/hrwb-229-all-about-44-net-and-the-ardc

Kay discussed the current project of DLARC is to archive YouTube videos and other media of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – https://archive.org/details/fcc-videos. As with every change of US presidential administration and corresponding emphasis in US government agencies, priorities are changing at the FCC, and some media may be removed. In addition to the FCC YouTube videos, DLARC is also archiving the FCC Daily Digest.

Steve reported that Zero Retries now has 2500+ email subscribers, and Substack recently declared him a “Substack bestseller” because Zero Retries now has more than 100 paid subscribers.

Steve talked about Wi-Fi Sensing Array (ZR 0190) demonstration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXwDrcd1t-E that really shows how directional antennas, attenuation, reflections, etc. While that wasn’t the primary intent of the demo, it was really impressive.

Steve will be attending the HamSCI 2025 conference https://hamsci.org/hamsci2025 in Newark, New Jersey on Friday March 14, and Saturday March 15:

This year’s theme, “HamSCI’s Big Year,” celebrates the community’s achievements, including the Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science (FOEIS) during the 2023 annular and 2024 total solar eclipses. The workshop features nearly 50 poster and oral presentations, four HamSCI tutorials, and a keynote address by ARRL’s Bob Inderbitzen (NQ1R) at the HamSCI Banquet on Friday March 14th.