Bargain – Humble Book Bundle: Microcontrollers Raspberry Pi & Arduino By Make

In March last year Humble Bundle did a DIY Electronics bundle that was amazing value, and they’re back not a year later with a similar bundle to get you from beginner to advanced with Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Bluetooth, and more!

If you’ve never heard of Humble Bundle, they’re a digital distribution platform selling games, eBooks, software, and other digital content.  Since Humble’s founding in 2010, their mission has been to support charity (“Humble”) while providing awesome content to customers at great prices (“Bundle”).  Read about them here.

Best of all, you pay what you want for the bundle, and you can split how the money you pay is divided up between the creators, charity, Humble Partners, and Humble Bundle.

Humble Book Bundle:
Microcontrollers Raspberry Pi & Arduino By Make

Maker Media is back! Experiment with Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Bluetooth, and more. Let your imagination run wild and learn how to make robots, drones, and other gadgets.

$318USD worth of awesome stuff, Pay $1 or more, DRM-free, Multi-format

Pay $1USD or more to receive:

Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets
 Jumpstarting the Raspberry Pi Zero W
Learn Electronics with Arduino
$15 off Make: Magazine Print Subscription and Memberships

Pay $8USD or more to also unlock:

Jumpstarting JavaScript
Make: Drones
Make: A Raspberry Pi-Controlled Robot
Make an Arduino-Controlled Robot
Make a Mind-Controlled Arduino Robot
Make: Magazine Volume 64: Connected Everything

Pay $15USD or more to also unlock:

Make: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
Make: Getting Started with Arduino
Make: Raspberry Pi and AVR Projects
Make: Lego and Arduino Projects
Make: Magazine Volume 63: AI or Die!
Make: Sensors
Make: Action: Movement, Light, and Sound with Arduino and Raspberry Pi
Make: Bluetooth
Jumpstarting Raspberry Pi Vision: Machine Learning and Facial Recognition

Pay $18USD or more to also unlock:

Jumpstarting C

This bundle runs until approximately March 3rd 2019 to act, so don’t delay!  Get the bundle and get started on some projects!

ACMA: Changes to amateur radio qualifications

Big news!

From the ACMA, original post here.  Published 1st February 2019.

Following an open tender process on AusTender (Approach to Market reference 18ACMA148), the ACMA has selected the University of Tasmania—through its institute the Australian Maritime College (AMC)—to deliver amateur radio examinations, issue amateur certificates of proficiency and for related callsign management.

The ACMA thanks all organisations that expressed an interest in providing services, and also wishes to thank the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) for its provision of services over the term of the current Deed, which came to an end on 1 February 2019.  After that time, an examination conducted by the WIA will not be an approved examination for the purposes of amateur qualifications and the WIA will not have the power to issue further certificates of proficiency under the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

The ACMA is working with the AMC to finalise a Deed for the delivery of services and will also need to make enabling instruments to support the AMC’s activities.  Once the Deed is signed, the ACMA expects the AMC to progressively commence delivery of services from 25 February 2019.

While these arrangements are being made, the ACMA will consider any applications for certificates of proficiency.  A certificate may be issued if the applicant has successfully sat an approved examination under the previous WIA arrangements.  The ACMA will also consider any applications for licences related to those certificates of proficiency and will assign callsigns to those licences on issue.  Enquiries should be sent to licensing@acma.gov.au.

Dick Smith VK2DIK Talk at ARNSW

DIck Smith VK2DIK (photo by Graheme VK2FA)

Henry VK2ZHE writes:

On Sunday, the 2nd of December 2018, Dick Smith VK2DIK delivered a most interesting talk on his Amateur Radio activities over the last 50 years to a very large audience at Amateur Radio New South Wales at Dural in Sydney.  ARNSW streamed the audio live via the ARNSW web site.  For those who weren’t able to listen live, the audio is available to download or listen to on the ARNSW Audio web page http://www.arnsw.org.au/audio.  The audio runs for 96 minutes including the question and answer segment at the conclusion of the talk itself.  The audio download file is 22 MB.

The attached photo taken at the presentation is courtesy of ORARC club member Grahame O’Brien VK2FA.  Grahame traveled to Dural on the day to be in the audience.

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