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 Building and launching model rockets is one of our favorite hobby activities 
 right now. While everyone in the family gets into the act in one way or 
-another, Bdale 
-and Robert are the most serious and so most Garbee rocket projects end up 
-being father and son affairs...
+another, Bdale and Robert are the most serious and so most Garbee rocket 
+projects ended up being father and son affairs before Robert went off to
+college.
 
 [Bdale](http://www.gag.com/~bdale) is 
 [NAR](http://nar.org/) Sr member 87103 and 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Bdale's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28636323@N03/">Flickr Photostream<
 We have family memberships in (and regularly enjoy flying our 
 models with!) local clubs 
 [Tripoli Colorado](http://www.tripolicolorado.org/),
-[SCORE](http://scronline.net), 
-and
+[SCORE](http://scronline.net) (which is also now dual-homed and also 
+known as Tripoli Southern Colorado!), and
 [NCR](http://ncrocketry.org).
 
 We have also flown with 
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ We have also flown with
 [Metra](http://metrarocketclub.org/),
 [NRVR](http://nrvr.org/),
 [NZRA](http://www.nzrocketry.org.nz/),
+[Oregon Rocketry](http://oregonrocketry.com),
 and 
 [QRS](https://qldrocketry.com/).
 
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 ## Electronics ##
 
-Lots of people make electronics for use in hobby rockets.  This is a brief
-list of only the things we've actually used ourselves.
-
-First off, Bdale and friends develop fully open hardware and software 
-designs for rocketry avionics, under the name 
-[Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org).
-
-We also fly commercial altimeters in some projects.  The cheapest off the
-shelf altimeter we've used and often recommend to beginners is the 
-[Missile Works](http://www.missileworks.com/) RRC2-mini.  At about $80, it
-gets the job done for simple barometric control of dual deployment.  Note
-that while early versions had a firmware bug that we believe is at least 
-partially responsible for Bdale's loss of his first L3 project, recent 
-versions seem fine.  For another $20, the
-[PerfectFlite](http://www.perfectflite.com/)
-[miniAlt/WD](http://www.perfectflite.com/catalog/MAWD.html)
-adds the ability to records the barometric flight altitude profile.  Both
-of Bdale's L3 certs flew with one each of these two commercial altimeters,
-and we often use the MAWD as a backup for our 
-[TeleMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum) units during test flights.
-
-The [BeeLine TX](http://www.bigredbee.com/BeeLine.htm) boards from Big Red 
-Bee are radio tracking transmitters that just work.  They require an 
-[amateur radio](http://www.altusmetrum.org/Radio) license, but we think 
-anyone flying big rockets can and should get one of those anyway!
+Bdale and friends develop fully open hardware and software designs for 
+rocketry avionics, under the name [Altus Metrum](http://altusmetrum.org).
 
 ## Books ##