X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Fgag.com;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bdale%2Findex.mdwn;fp=bdale%2Findex.mdwn;h=1a4cdb379009ac87815ac53aaf02acb3ceef9374;hp=27eed10b132d70494f0c2fed4cc548d5f775a6ab;hb=4b3d8683108b7fa92533c26c73a074a8b1181261;hpb=3aba2282a4fa0f1277bfd5487c7ca282d2fed1b3 diff --git a/bdale/index.mdwn b/bdale/index.mdwn index 27eed10..1a4cdb3 100644 --- a/bdale/index.mdwn +++ b/bdale/index.mdwn @@ -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),