[TowerTalk] rohn 45G

[Jim Wilcox]

The "Rough Science" series has been shown several times on one of the PBS
stations here in the Washington, DC, area--some really good stuff!

The basic format was that the scientists were given a challenge to
accomplish a specified task within a three-day period.  They did two
radio-related topics, a receiver and a transmitter.  The total number of
topics was 20-some; each show comprised a few topics.

Some other topics were:  finding their lat/lon; making a sound recording;
recharging a battery; and making an underwater flashlight.  There were
several more.  They had to do all these things only with "stuff" they found
around the island on which they were "stranded."

Tim is right:  if you have any interest at all in science, this is a program
definitely worth watching.

There is a link to Rough Science at
http://www.pbs.org/weta/roughscience/

vy 73

Jim, W3WV
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Jim Wilcox

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Makins, EI8IC" <contesting at eircom.net>
To: "Towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, 14 December, 2003 03:34
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] rohn 45G


Do you guys across the pond get the BBC World tv channel on satellite ? If
so, check out this program - the opposite in technology:
Sunday:21:30GMT

Rough Science - Time and Transmitters
 Kate Humble and the hands-on science team find they have to borrow some
wartime tricks when challenged with building a transmitter and radio in just
three days - but will they be able to communicate across their tropical
island base?
73s Tim EI8IC
www.qsl.net/ei8ic
Home of the Global Overlay Mapper
Read the review in this month's QST

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux at earthlink.net>
> ....<snip>...
> The latest issue of QST has a "wireless" key for CW (Hmm.. is this a "RF
> control link?".. well, it's above 220MHz).  Why not remote the rig to the
> antenna, and use a wireless LAN to talk to it and control it? So much for
> running miles of coax.  You could do this today with a TenTec Pegasus and
> some off the shelf networking hardware. Heck, you could put the Pegasus, a
> SteppIR controller, and everything else, in a box up on the top of the
> tower, and run only AC power up the tower, then sit anywhere in your house
> with a laptop and a 802.11 card.. (or a Palm , Treo, or Pocket PC)
>
> Let's use all that cool stuff available!
>
> Jim, W6RMK



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