Bdale Garbee, KB0G
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-Welcome to my "new" personal home page.
-
After retiring at the end of August, 2012, from my long-held position as
[HP](http://hp.com) Open Source & Linux Chief Technologist... I worked
part-time for [Samsung](http://samsung.com) as Senior Adviser to the Open
I currently serve on the boards of
the [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org),
-the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org),
+[Tripoli Colorado](http://tripolicolorado.org),
and [Amateur Radio Digital Communications](http://ampr.org), where I am
-also the Treasurer / CFO.
+also President.
+
+I served for a while on the board of the
+[Freedombox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org)
+and made significant technical contributions early in the project history.
I served for a while on the board of the
[Linux Professional Institute](http://lpi.org) helping it recover from
My "spare nanoseconds" are mostly consumed playing with
[rockets](http://gag.com/rockets), which includes managing
[Altus Metrum, LLC](http://altusmetrum.org) with business partner
-[Keith Packard](http://keithp.org).
+[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 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
+[Tripoli Mentoring Program](http://www.tripoli.org/TMP), and am
+immensely proud that my son aced the test to become one of the earliest TMP
+participants.
I miss the early days of the web, when it was mostly informative text...
but if you're really curious, there are some pictures of me on my
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 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),
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)
* [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!
[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).
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