NARUG QSL stamp (1972)

 

A relatively rare QSL stamp issued by NARUG (the National Amateur Radio Union of Greece) circa 1970.

 

Amateur Radio in Greece (1954)

 

Extract from Fall 1954 Amateur Radio Callbook

 

SV-GREECE

EUROPE - ZONE  20 

QSL  cards  may  be  sent  via:  Mrs.  Tavaniotas,  17-A  Bucharest  Street. 
Athens,  Greece 

SV0WA  Earl  J.  Beller,  APO  206,  c/o  PM.,  New  York,  N.Y.,  U.S.A. 
SV0WB  JUSMAGG  Amateur  Radio  Stn.,  APO  206,  c/o  PM.,  N.Y.C.,  U.S.A. 
SV0WC  Maurice  W.  Black,  APO  206,  c/o  PM.,  New  York,  N.Y,,  U.S.A. 
SV0WD  Jesse  D,  Newman,  APO  206,  c/o  PM.,  N.Y.,  N.Y.,  U.S.A., 
SV0WF  Grady  M.  Smith,  APO  206,  c/o  PM.,  New  York,  N.Y.,  U.S.A. 
SV0WG  Courier  Radio  Club,  USCGC  Courier,  APO  206,  c/o  P.M., New  York,  N.Y.,  U.S.A. 
SV0WH  Joseph  D.  Deneke,  Halfsee,  Hq.,  NATO,  APO  206,  c/o  PM, New  York  City,  U.S.A. 
SV0WJ  Air  Attache  Radio  Club,  APO  206,  c/o  PM.,  N.Y.,  N.Y.,  U.S.A. 
SV0WK  James  F.  Hicks,  c/o  Air  Attache,  APO  206,  c/o  PM., New  York,  N.Y.,  U.S.A. 
SV0WL  Adolph  T.  Beyers,  APO  206,  c/o  P.M.,  N.Y.,  N.Y.,  U.S.A., 
SV0WM  Marvin  L. Carmichael,  APO  206, c/o  P.M., N.Y. , N.Y.,  U.S.A., 
SV0WO  Louis  F.  Kruse,  APO  206,  c/o  PM.,  New  York,  N.Y.,  U.S.A. 
SV0WR  William  L.  Sawyer,  APO  206,  c/o  P.M.,  N.Y.,  N.Y.,  U.S.  A., 

 

Fortune cookie!

 

 

 

      A novice asked the Master: "Here is a programmer that never designs,
documents, or tests his programs.  Yet all who know him consider him one of
the best programmers in the world.  Why is this?"
 

    The Master replies: "That programmer has mastered the Tao.  He has
gone beyond the need for design; he does not become angry when the system
crashes, but accepts the universe without concern.  He has gone beyond the
need for documentation; he no longer cares if anyone else sees his code.  He
has gone beyond the need for testing; each of his programs are perfect within
themselves, serene and elegant, their purpose self-evident.  Truly, he has
entered the mystery of the Tao."

                                              -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"

Vintage digital HF modes

Three nice youtube videos by K2MO, with vintage FSK HF digital modes.

1. LA9OK AMTOR BBS 

 

2. A 20 m PACTOR QSO between KN4YJT (FL) & K2MO (NY)

3. PACTOR I vs. Clover II data transfer comparison

Archie is back !

The old "archie" search engine is available once again at serialport.org via a special web interface!

The URL is https://archie.serialport.org/

Watch the full story of tracking down old internet programmers and sysadmins, of the rediscovery of archie source code in Poland and of installing it on a server, on this youtube video:

 

For now this archie indexes freeware archives saved on hobbes.serialport.org 

The archie server currently indexes 3 other ftp sites of the serialport project:

ftp.freebsd.org 
ftp.dbit.com
ftp.adobe.com

For some background reading on archie, see the relevant article in Wikipedia.