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Published by , 2018-01-27 14:30:05

FEBRUARY2018

FEBRUARY2018

MARC VOLUME 10
26 MONTANA ST issue 2
ROUNDUP, MT. 59072
[email protected] February 2018
jr maxwell editor-publisher

THE PRINTED CIRCUIT

NEWSLETTER FOR THE

MUSSELSHELL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

Greetings to all. With January coming to a close, it Cloud computing from http://www.zdnet.com

doesn't seem like we went through 2017. It went by faster What is cloud computing, in simple terms?
than we wanted but I suppose some of you are glad it is over.

I would wish it were a bit slower as I gained another year's Cloud computing is the delivery of on-demand computing
knowledge. Not necessarily useful learning, but each day
presented itself with something new. Probably each of you services -- from applications to storage and processing
that read this have the same or similar experience. power -- typically over the internet and on a pay-as-you-go
basis. There are also several free storage services. (DropBox

So on with the first meeting of the year, held at the Busy Bee comes to mind)

Cafe at 9AM. Cloud computing underpins a vast number of services. That
Meeting called to order at 9:15 by President Jr. WB7MT,

Also present were Ginger, K7GIN, Luis, KI7NVR, Victoria, includes consumer services like Gmail or the cloud back-up
KI7OYH, and Paul, KF7SOJ.
of the photos on your smartphone, through to the services
We didn't have much discussion about anything.
Luis is still working on a banner and the club emblem. Field which allow large enterprises to host all their data and run
day was discussed but nothing acted upon. all of their applications in the cloud. Netflix relies on cloud

Not the shortest meeting we've had but with breakfast in front computing services to run its its video streaming service and

of us, we adjourned at 9:30 its other business systems too, and have a number of other

Minutes by Jr, WB7MT organisations.

After meeting conversation with Paul telling about the new Cloud computing is becoming the default option for
antenna he has. A stepper vertical. This antenna is fitted
with a hollow core containing a metal strip and a motor in the many apps: software vendors are increasingly offering their

base. The strip runs up and down, there-by tuning the antenna applications as services over the internet rather than
by offering a quarter wave at a desired frequency. Some standalone products as they try to switch to a subscription

frequencies may not be at a quarter wave but can be tuned to model. However, there is a potential downside to cloud
a close SWR or resonance that is acceptable to the
computing, in that it can also introduce new costs and new
transmitter.. risks for companies using it.

This discussion encouraged me to gather up all my What or why is the cloud important to the Amateur

antenna books and start studying. I have one book by Doug Radio Community? If you read this on a computer, you most
DeMaw on antennas, an antenna book, ARRL from the '70's, likely use the cloud for storage, for information, for programs
a more modern Antenna book by ARRL, and a few more. It such as Google mail, or Firefox and Yahoo mail programs. Do
is very interesting to see all these books to more or less agree you watch Netflix or even U-tube? Yes we all use the cloud,
with each other. Although I have built over 15 different
antennas in my 30 + years of hamming, and have read a lot even if we don't have internet we use the cloud.

of books, I find out that I am ignorant about a lot of So what is the purpose for Hams? I think the future
information on antennas. will bring us closer in electronics for our daily lives. I try to

If you are like me, curious, then study some about the think of something we use today that is not electronically
different types and how they work. They all seem to agree, a affected. Its like near everything you buy in a store has been
wire antenna is hard to beat, and the higher the wire is the delivered by a truck. Yes, even local produce brought in by
better the signals. WB7MT truck, maybe a pickup truck for sure. But electronically

speaking, we seem to be governed by things to make our
lives easier, better, more productive and our hobbies more

fun.

.Amateur Radio is a hobby, but the FCC says we are
a collection of people with a knowledge of and promote a
technically inclined group that has the time and money to
increase our knowledge of and about communications and
radio stuff. My words, but it means the same as the actual

words.

Is your computer filled with programs for the

hobby? I have several PSK programs, some RTTY, even a few
SSTV programs. Lately I now have several digital programs.
All the programs I have contain other programs within their Valentines day is just around the

respective types. A few gigibytes. corner. Men, Bring her flowers, let
With just a lightning strike close by or a powerline glitch, or her know you love her, women also
even something inside that black box, the computer and all

the programs are gone. Yes back up, back up, I did, now to need to let their husbands know they
find them and see how current are they. But with a cloud
storage and the programs it might have been no problem. love and appreciate them.
Dropbox might have held all my things, there are others also I never knew the purpose of having

that I am not familiar with. valentines in school. I didn't really

Now I hope I have introduced cloud programs, or want to give any, especially to, well
what the cloud really is, maybe one of you readers will help no mention of names here.
with getting a cloud storage program and of course someone

to host it, or if you know of one, let the rest of us in on the Ginger, I love you but this one?
program. Then teach the rest of us at the next meeting.

That might be a great subject to talk about as the hobby

gets more involved technically. We will be governed by the

cloud eventually it looks like from here.

By the way, "cloud computing" is a term to generally mean

computer storage on earth by some company that has the

facilities to store many, many terrabytes and more. The term I think I got this from the
is a hold over from the telephone companies Not sure what it is.
advertisements. Facebook page.

So should we as “Hams” use the cloud, yes of Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

course we should and we do? There is nothing secret in or Have a great time with someof the contests that are on
on or of the cloud. I don't think we should store sensitive the horizen, there is another VHF contest in July I think,
material in the cloud, things like our social security number, just after the Field Day. Lets be thinking about Field
our banking numbers or log in information. But some Day also.
programs we use have several thousand mega-bytes that are

installed on our computers. In the cloud for the main Thanks for all the readers. Jr.

program means we don't have to worry about losing it, and

we can use it on smaller devices also.

What's your ideas of the cloud. Yes-No?


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