[Fox](http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1113) cubesat program, and one of my
boards has been "in the stack" on every recent AMSAT-NA satellite.
-If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, about the only chance
-right now is to catch us
-[roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in a VHF/Microwave contest, or on the
-flight-line at a rocket launch.
+If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, I'm operating FT8 on HF fairly
+often, sometimes go [roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in VHF-Microwave
+contests, and often have an FM HT on the flight-line at rocket launches.
While I was "born and raised" in the era of 4.1BSD, shared a Vax 11/750
with Eric Crane at CMU, and ran some flavor of BSD on at least one
I was named for my
[maternal grandfather](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_D._Barksdale),
-who was a prominent individual in his time. While my father is the serious
+who was a prominent individual in his time. While my father was the serious
genealogist in our family, every once in a while I go do a web search on
various family names. These are some references to Granddaddy that I have
found:
I've been asked from time to time if I'm any relation to the Barksdale for whom
[Barksdale Air Force Base](http://www.barksdale.af.mil) was named. My parents
tell me they believe
-[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4409)
+[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Hoy_Barksdale)
was my third cousin twice removed. I had the chance to visit the base museum
in the fall of 2016, and I must say I'm proud of his accomplishments!