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Happy_Anniversary_SomeNet


Filed under: Linky, amateur radio, internet, software, space No Comments

We forgot to have the party .!.  SomeNet has been here for 10 years now.

The world did keep on turning tho, I noticed that Google didn’t

Launching soon . . . W5KWQ


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Richard Garriott is scheduled to launch Oct.12, 2008.

You may have seen recent press or news bulletins about this, but if you are into ham radio - this is hot stuff. Richard Garriott is the son of SkyLab Astronaut Owen Garriott, who 25 years ago this month was the first to operate ham radio as W5LFL […]

Prepare_For_The_Worst


Filed under: WOW!, amateur radio, internet, rant, space, weather 1 Comment

I’m sure the residents of Galveston Texas are wondering how, not to mention why… something like this chose them. It was bad.
But Hurricane Ike could have been much much worse.

Likely not many of us were up at 4:15 to check on things, or you could have seen this live image of the NWS radar from […]

I always loved the Blackbird


Filed under: Linky, WOW!, photo, rant, space 2 Comments

Never really understanding why; I just had always accepted that the SR-71 was the coolest flying machine that ever had been. It was a picture like this one that first clued me in that this was no ordinary aircraft - and that was probably early-1980s. It may be a while before anything this significant flys […]

N4OFA visits Rocket City


Filed under: amateur radio, photo, space 1 Comment

Our good friend Mike made the journey to Alabama for the weekend.

Traveling all the way from Kingsport TN, Mikey drove over Thursday arriving in time for the RACES/ARES group’s annual picnic on Monte Sano. I took a vacation day to show Mike around town a bit, including the HOSC @ MSFC and the US Space […]

Space Camp with Shelby


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Shelby just finished a full week at Space Camp, and provides narration for this video recorded by her Uncle David. We are naturally quite proud of her.
Good job Shelby ! - and thanks Dave for the movie ..!..
/;^)

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