Author: Brian McDaniel

How Charities Can Attract Volunteers Like Uber

Raise your hand if you can volunteer every third Thursday of the month to my charity. Didn’t think so. While it may be unfair to conclude that society’s short-term attention span deters long-term commitments;...

The Growing Need for Bilingual Volunteers

You can walk into any major U.S. city and find communities where English isn’t the first language. San Francisco’s Chinatown is one of the more famous enclaves. And while the United States has been...

Final Tuning of Little Tarheel II Antenna

This is Part 14 of Outfitting a Jeep JK Unlimited for Ham Radio. In this part, I will perform a final tuning on the radio station. It differs from the Preliminary Tuning of the...

Upgrading Coax to the Mobile HF Antenna

This is Part 12 of Outfitting a Jeep JK Unlimited for Ham Radio. In this part, I will upgrade the coax that runs between the HF transmitter and the screwdriver antenna. I also will...

World Humanitarian Day

Thirteen years ago today, a bomb targeting a UN Assistance Mission in Iraq killed 22 people and wounded more than 100. Of the dead was UN Special Envoy Sérgio Vieria de Mello, a Brazillian,...

Nuclear Science Merit Badge

Dresden Nuclear Power Station, the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States, is located about three miles from Rainbow Scout Reservation near Morris, Illinois. It produces about 850 megawatts of...

Preliminary Tuning of Little Tarheel II Antenna

This is Part 10 of Outfitting a Jeep JK Unlimited for Ham Radio. In this part, I will walk through a preliminary tuning of a mobile HF antenna. Amateur Radio Equipment to Install None...