"How does a student from a country in which a third of the population is nomadic, living in round white felt tents called gers on the vast steppe, ace an M.I.T. course even though nothing like this is typically taught in Mongolian schools?"
"Most homes in Ulan Bator have Internet connections, and almost everyone, including nomads, has at least one cellphone. Even on the steppe, with only sheep in sight, you can get a signal."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/magazine/the-boy-genius-of-ulan-bator.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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Sales of the ICOM IC-7300 HF Transceiver pass the 100,000 mark
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ICOM launched their *IC-7300* transceiver covering the HF bands & 6m back
in 2016 and it certainly caused a stir at the time. ICOM have announced
that as...
2 hours ago