Re: [BVARC] Ameritron AL-80B [sale -- update]

2023-08-26 Thread Rick Fosburgh via BVARC
All: The Amp is sold. Thank you all. Rick KE5DI On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 7:19 PM Rick Fosburgh wrote: > All, > After posting this a few days back, I took a look at similar equipment on > *eham > *and it turns out my ask was high. It seems that similar equipment is > going for $1000 - $1200. I

[BVARC] Forrest Mims III new book

2023-08-26 Thread Jimmy Vance via BVARC
For those of us that grew up reading his technical books, here is one you might want for the book shelf Forrest Mims' Maverick Scientist - Hardcover Limited Edition Written by the foremost amateur scientist practicing in the U.S. today, this intimate portrait of a self-made scientist shares a

Re: [BVARC] Forrest Mims III new book

2023-08-26 Thread Brian Shircliffe via BVARC
Probably a really great book he’s lived a very interesting life. I’m friends with his organist uncle here in Houston George Mims, and have gotten to talk to Forrest a few times. Really smart guy, and kind of a rebel too. I found out I grew up in the same neighborhood he lived growing up. What

Re: [BVARC] Forrest Mims III new book

2023-08-26 Thread DAVID M GRAY JR via BVARC
I let myself get talked into a subscription of Scientific American. Pretty watered down stuff compared to what it was like when Mims was writing for them. Thanks to BVARC for having him come and speak…. (Mims and others… Like Gerald Youngblood!) David K5HEC > On Aug 26, 2023, at 1