"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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SOTA, POTA, and a Total Solar Eclipse Adventure: Conrad and Peter Pack It
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Many thanks to Conrad (N2YCH) who shares the following field report:
QRP POTA & SOTA on Killington Peak, Vermont By Conrad Trautmann (N2YCH)
Peter (K1PCN) ...
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