X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bdale%2Findex.mdwn;h=8355227258e275ac2024ee329fac2f8bccdd83b3;hb=efc434550c1809ed075a8d8447727cc082ec0842;hp=27eed10b132d70494f0c2fed4cc548d5f775a6ab;hpb=d2c9aab2960878276b765311601581c49f62e563;p=web%2Fgag.com diff --git a/bdale/index.mdwn b/bdale/index.mdwn index 27eed10..8355227 100644 --- a/bdale/index.mdwn +++ b/bdale/index.mdwn @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ My "spare nanoseconds" are mostly consumed playing with [Keith Packard](http://keithp.org). I hold a "Level 3 certification" and am a member of both the [National Association of Rocketry](http://nar.org) and the [Tripoli Rocketry Association](http://tripoli.org). My personal -confirmed flight altitude record is 32,635 feet above ground, my highest +confirmed flight altitude record is 36,555 feet above ground, my highest recorded acceleration is 86 g, the heaviest project I ever built weighed 168 pounds on the launch rail, and I've flown a rocket I designed and built that reached Mach 3.21. I served on the committee that defined the @@ -61,21 +61,27 @@ I'm most comfortable when there are lots of electrons flowing nearby, mostly in high-end computer equipment. There are only a few carbohydrates I've met in my life that I didn't like, I have very eclectic tastes in music, enjoy old movies, and I have this "German metal habit"... Porsche flavored. My -current such toy is a 1984 Porsche 928S Euro, moss green metallic -with beige interior and a dog-leg 5-speed. +current such toys include a 1984 Porsche 928S Euro, moss green metallic +with beige interior, a dog-leg 5-speed, and a fairly loud custom exhaust +system based on [Magnaflow](https://www.magnaflow.com) components. I also +have a base-model 1987 Porsche 944 with the hard-to find "sunroof delete" +option like the 928. And my current track-day car is a bit of a mongrel... +it started life as a 1987 Porsche 944 Turbo, but now has a Chevy LS V8 +engine, a Ford Hydroboost brake system, a transaxle from a 1989 944 Turbo S, +and many suspension upgrades. Looks like a Porsche, sounds like something +completely different, and is a hoot on track wearing Hoosier R7 tires! Over the years, I've spent a lot of my "spare time" on various facets of [Amateur Radio](rf/). KB0G is my current callsign, previously I was N3EUA and before that I was KA3ORU. I'm a life member of -[AMSAT](http://amsat.org/), +[AMSAT](http://amsat.org/) and of the [ARRL](http://www.arrl.org), President of [CODE](http://gag.com/code/), a former Vice-President of [TAPR](http://tapr.org/), a past Chairman and member of the Technical Committee of the [Pikes Peak FM Association](http://www.ppfma.org), past board member of the [Pikes Peak Radio Amateur Association](http://ppraa.org), -and a member of the -[ARRL](http://www.arrl.org) and [QCWA](https://qcwa.org). +and a member of the [QCWA](https://qcwa.org). Perhaps my best-known early contribution to the hobby was the silly little mail program I wrote for KA9Q's NOS networking software, called [BM](ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/mailers), @@ -117,19 +123,6 @@ hairy monsters". At least it keeps me off the streets at night... Not sure how to pronounce "Linux"? Why not let Linus himself [tell you](ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.au)... -In recent years, my son and I have become very active building and flying -small and large model [rockets](http://gag.com/rockets). I hold a -"Level 3 certification", and my personal confirmed -flight altitude record is 32,635 feet above ground, my highest recorded -acceleration is 86 g, and I've flown a rocket that reached Mach 3.21. I served -on the committee that defined the -[Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/TMP), and am -proud that my son aced the test to become one of the earliest TMP -participants. My current focus combines rocketry with my electronics -background and strong interest in radio, see the -[Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org) -community web site for more details... - * [Bdale's blog](blog) * [Bdale's biographical information](bio) * [Garbee Gallery](http://gallery.gag.com) @@ -141,12 +134,6 @@ Cool Stuff on the Web * [Cabell Garbee](http://www.garbee.net/~cabell), Bdale's brother, restores neat old vehicles as a hobby. -* [Allen B. Loyd](http://sites.google.com/site/allenloyd/Home), - one of Bdale's first cousins, has a site documenting his theatrical set - designs, paintings, and other fun stuff. -* [Space Machine & Engineering Corp](http://space-machine.com), - operated by another of Bdale's first cousins. It's kind of cool - having a waveguide company in the family! * [Graves Mountain Lodge](http://www.gravesmountain.com), owned and operated by "my extended family" in Virginia. We used to visit often... and still get back once in a while! @@ -167,11 +154,10 @@ found: [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_D._Barksdale)! * A [photo](http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15821coll7/id/2862/rec/1) of him from 1919, in uniform. -* He was a [Judge of the United States Court](http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/uGetInfo?jid=97) * Many of his papers were gifted to the [University of Virginia Library](http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/vivadoc.pl?file=viu00129.xml) * There are scholarships in his name at - [VMI](http://www.vmi.edu/media/content-assets/documents/human-resources/Faculty-Handbook.pdf) and + [VMI](http://www.vmi.edu) and [Hollins](http://www.hollins.edu).