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Other Fun Stuff

(In Development--New stuff added irregularly)

• Benfica (on RTPi)... Mr. W's favorite futebol team
• Sport Lisboa e Benfica (team's homepage) BTW, the page is in Portuguese... Well, the team is Portuguese!
• IRLP
• Amateur Radio
• Satellite Information (Including tracking information, communications data, etc.)
• Sailing, crusing, and other boat-related stuff

IRLP

IRLP is the Internet Radio Link Project, a combination of Amateur Radio and Linux technologies. It allows ham operators to talk via VHF/UHF-FM to stations around the world. Here are some links about IRLP

• IRLP Project
• An article from QST, the journal of the ARRL on VoIP and Ham Radio.
• IRPL Reflector 9010, with information relating to ISS contacts

Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio is a radio service regulated by the FCC (in the U.S.). Operators must be licensed, and must demonstrate knowledge of the technology, rules and regulations, and operating procedures to receive such a license. Here in Guam, the Marianas Amateur Radio Club is one organization offering testing and classes. There are several national organizations dedicated to working with Amateur operators. One is the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)

• Federal Communications Commission Wireless Bureau (Amateur Service)
• ARRL
• MARC
• Young Ham of the Year Program... check out who is the 2005 YHOTY... she's 12!

Satellite information, Tracking, Communications, etc.

• Nasa's Space Exploration PODCast Competition! Great contest, see class web pages for specifics of "bennies"
• LIVE NASA Television -- A GREAT place to watch live NASA TV to see what the astronauts are doing
• NASA's Science Site--3D J-Track for a way-cool three dimensional plot of LEO's and Geosynchronous satellites...
• Lyngsat -- a commercial broadcast satellite site where you can find FTA (Free to air) and PPV (Pay per view) birds, world-wide.
• NASA's Human Spaceflight Center (Tracking information, etc)
• NASA/Ham Radio ISS (International Space Station) Reference
• IRLP Reflector 9010, a way to listen in on ISS contacts via Ham Radio

Sailing, Boating, Crusing, and other on-the-water stuff

• Seven Seas Cruising Association