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General and Extra Class Free Practice Exam Gadgets

The Copasetic Flow Amateur Radio General and Extra Class Practice Exams are now available as an embeddable Google gadgeta! The gadgeta shown below can be placed on your igoogle homepage, or any other web page to provide your readers with a quick practice exam. The exam gadget also works great on your igoogle page on your iPhone! You can install these gadgets on your own iGoogle home page, or on any web page by using these links General Class and Extra Class .

Technician Class Practice Test Gadget

The Copasetic Flow Amateur Radio Technician Class Practice Exam is now available as an embeddable Google gadget! The gadget shown below can be placed on your igoogle homepage, or any other web page to provide your readers with a quick practice exam. The exam gadget also works great on your igoogle page on your iPhone! The general and extra class exams will be ported into gadgets soon. You can install this gadget on your own iGoogle home page, or on any web page by using the installer from Google .

Where's 12?

A map view of 12seconds.tv ! Add it to you web page! Get the code here on the Google site . 12seconds clips mapped! on 12seconds.tv Where's 12 followup on 12seconds.tv

Introducing Cool 12 Second Math Tricks: Logging Up

A big part of making math problems easier is recognizing simplification patterns. Hence, Cool 12 Second Math Tricks! More detailed steps follow each video Cool 12second Math Tricks: Logging up on 12seconds.tv Details 1. The first expression is the derivative of a logarithm. It's just a matter of seeing it. 2. Remember the chain rule vernocular: "The derivative of the whole thing is equal to the derivative of the outside times the derivative of the inside". You can read every little detail here at Wikipedia .

WebQSL: KE0A de KD0FNR

KE0A de KD0FNR Radio Rockmite UTC 22:30 RST 559 Frequency 14060 kHz Mode CW Power 0.5 Watts QTH Five Points Vista, Lincoln National Forest Distance 1159 miles QTH Pictures QTH Map View Larger Map

Coil Levitation with Eddy Currents

I tried out a little quickie experiment in the lab this afternoon. In short: a coil with a changing current, (AC), placed on a non-ferromagnetic conductor, like aluminum, will induce an opposing magnetic field and levitate. You can read all about the effect caused by eddy currents , on Wikipedia, and watch what happened in the lab here: