Neither the "13 Colonies" event or "Route 66 On The Air" or "Bigfoot" and a host of other special events have a thing to do with amateur radio but are still immensely popular. In fact, I'd argue that MOST special events in ham radio actually have NOTHING to do with amateur radio as the subject of their event! Dave W7UUU
" In fact, I'd argue that MOST special events in ham radio actually have NOTHING to do with amateur radio as the subject of their event!" Yeah now that I think of it, you are spot on with that observation.....
So why are some non ham radio special more popular than others..........many have been going on for years and some are new kids on the block...most of all it brings people out and some only collect those special events stations. We do WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY ON APRIL 18TH, been doing that for 10 years with checkins from ALL over the world...very very popular event
The narrative that Hedy Lamarr invented spread spectrum communication has no more credibility than the "alligators in the sewer system" or the "moon is green cheese" myths. When she and George Antheil filed their patent application, claim 7 was, indeed, a claim on FHSS. The US Patent Office correctly rejected this claim, based on prior art (earlier patents -- FHSS was already known -- other people had already invented such a technique -- Hedy did not invent FHSS). Please see my paper in the recent Proceedings of the Radio Club of America, "Analysis of Hedy Lamarr's Contribution to Frequency-Hopping spread Spectrum Communication" (Spring 2024, p.32), which is based on primary-source documents held at the Smithsonian and the United States Patent Office https://issuu.com/sapphyregroup/docs/rca_proceedings_spring2024_final_web Also read Dr. Tony Rothman's excellent paper in American Scientist, "Random Paths to Frequency Hopping" (Jan-Feb 2019, p.46) https://www.americanscientist.org/article/random-paths-to-frequency-hopping Stories also abound that Hedy was a talented mathematician. I challenge anyone, anywhere, to identify even a single contribution that she made to the field of mathematics. Also, read a little about Hedy herself -- she appears to me to have been a rather nasty little piece of work, with a condescending attitude toward other women, among many such non-endearing traits. So celebrate her life if you will, but please keep in mind the realities of her invention and who she was as a person. 73 -- David -- W3DBK
I can't seem to hear anyone on 14.313.00. Is there no one working HF for this event?? Maybe everyone is doing digital. I have been on here now for almost an hour and there is no one on 14.313.00 working the event. I do not do any digital so I will not be able to work this event I guess. Everyone have fun with it.
same here, and from what i can see no d-star/wiresx or ysf, i do have a hytera dmr radio upstairs in the draw and thats where it lives, too much of a pain in the butt dicking around with codeplugs etc.
I don't recall there being any sort of requirement or custom that special event stations had to be related to the hobby. There are plenty of examples to prove it's not the case. You're free to read the initial post if time permits and/or participate in the event if it might interest you. Keep in mind we soon have the 250th anniversary of the founding of the country and that's sure to result in some special activities. I look forward to celebrating.
She did help with electronic technology we use today, so let's give the lady her due. She helped the allies win WW-II. I respect everyone who did that. She would have been a great ham--and a pretty one at that!
The hf bands were very bad yesterday...a noise level of s7 prevented me from doing hf bands for this event
Yes -- We should appreciate her for helping win WW2 by selling war bonds, playing on her beauty and celebrity, like so many other movie stars. A solid contribution! Hedy's invention, however, if it was really her's and not just Antheil's alone, was just a goofball mechanical mechanism, not FHSS (read the claims of the patent). The invention had no impact whatsoever on WW2, as it was never used. It had no impact on any technology that came after the war -- their mechanism was not the foundation of anything that followed. FHSS itself was already old-hat by the time Hedy dropped out of school at age 16. If you have a chance, take a look at my paper in the RCA Proceedings (link, above) Bah, humbug! 73 -- David -- W3DBK
I was interested in hearing some discussion on Hedy Lamar Day but the frequency that was being controlled bye some fool talking Political Nonsense AssH### He would not leave Frequency 14.313 . so I gave up.
