Amazon will automatically convert PDFs to the native Kindle format, and then send the file to your device.

Just E-mail the document to your Kindle's E-mail address with the word Convert in the subject line. It takes a few minutes to process and then if your Kindle is connected via Wi-Fi the converted doc will automatically download to it.

The process is often so smooth and fast that you may think nothing is happening. But check the Carousel for new files.

The success of the conversion depends on how the PDF is formatted. Some elaborately designed PDFs are hard to convert. For me it works well for technical and scientific publications.

It is possible to install and read PDFs on the Kindle without this service - just USB connect the Kindle to the PC and drop the PDFs in the Kindle's folder. But the conversion makes a better document overall, easier to read.

N0BOE sendeth:


The FCC has sagas like Dunkin has donuts.

Feast your eyes on this amateur saga, on the FCC website. Scroll down the page to take it all in.

http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?z=t0rua&name=08-20

REQ said:

> one would think they have quite enough history to collect a couple of US Marshals and a rental truck, head out there with a toolbox, serve warrant, enter, take apart all the bandjammers and antennas, and drive away.

Sort of like this?

http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/11678/index.php

In the latest (Sept. 6, 2012) Order in the long-running K1MAN enforcement case, the FCC Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) described Mr. Baxter's demands and motions as "outlandish", "bullish", "foolhardy", "unprecedented abuse of process", and a "theatre of the absurd." K1MAN's "frivolous motions that waste the Commission's time and resources will not be tolerated," he said.

The ALJ also took some pains to point out that all FCC-licensed amateurs must keep their license information and address current with the Commission.

A link to this PDF document at the FCC website appears below.

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0907/FCC-12M-42A1.pdf

On July 18, 2012, the FCC Enforcement Bureau filed a "Motion to Compel Responses to Request for Admission of Facts" in the long-running K1MAN enforcement and license renewal case.

The Motion, including the FCC's Requests for Admissions and the amateur's previous answers to them, is at this link:

http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7021992333

That should open a PDF file at the FCC website.

Cop MacDonald remains very active as an author and philosopher:

http://www.copmacdonald.com

"If any dictum has been central to Cop's life, it has been Goethe's advice to 'go and dare before you die.'"

Rick,

This is just a shout-out to you for helping me to get my amateur license in the 70s.

If memory serves correctly, I noticed an Amateur Radio bumper sticker on your car, parked near my residence.

I left a note on the car and you visited me. You encouraged me to go for the exam, and I'm so delighted you did.

Vy 73,

Buzz AK4AV (ex-KC5CW, N5AIF)