[time-nuts] AMSAT Goes to the Races -- April 27
Tom Clark, K3IO
k3io at verizon.net
Tue Apr 22 06:04:32 UTC 2008
Many of you know, or have heard of, Jim Jaeger from Cincinnati. Jim is
a MAJOR time-nut, owning a bunch of Cesiums and a couple of H-Masers in
his basement time lab. Jim got his electronics start making amateur
radios at RL Drake, and then he and Mike Valentine formed Cincinnati
Microwave in the early 70's to make the ESCORT radar detectors at just
the time that "double nickel" speed limits were imposed during the
first oil crisis.
You might also find it interesting to know that Jim owns a stable of
concours class Ferarris and Corvettes, the world's most extreme
collection of old Collins and Drake radios, and probably the best
private collection of Enigma machines.
Some of you have also heard that he suffered a major loss last July
when his home (the old Kroger Grocery estate) burned. His garage and
radio museum were unscathed, but the part of his home (including the
time lab) suffered major water damage. A couple of on-line stories of
the fire can be seen at
[1]http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-attack/articles/291843-8-firefighter
s-hurt-battling-Ohio-fire/ and
[2]http://cms.firehouse.com/web/online/News/Ohio-Firefighters-Recover-f
rom-Injuries/46$55712 and the photos at
[3]http://www.wlwt.com/slideshow/news/13757154/detail.html.
I saw Jim a few weeks ago, and he says that the house is being rebuilt
and most to the time-nuts widgets are being rejuvenated.
Now to the topic of the note -- Rick Hambly and I'll be spending the
weekend with Jim, and here is why (as posted on amsat.org):
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This coming Sunday, April 27th, AMSAT will have its premiere at a major
sports car race -- The Bosch Engineering 250 at the Virginia
International Raceway (VIR) Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series; VIR is
located near Danville, VA on the VA/NC border.
Brad Jaeger (see [4]http://www.bradjaeger.com) is the son of AMSAT
member Jim Jaeger (K8RQ) and is piloting the bright yellow #77 Doran
Racing Kodak Ford machine (which you can see at
[5]http://www.bradjaeger.com/?q=node/110 and at
[6]http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/drivers/driver.cfm?did=1110).
K8RQ has arranged for AMSAT to display its colors on Brad's car on a
"space available" basis. If you can make it to Danville for the
weekend, the detailed schedule of events can be found at
[7]http://www.grand-am.com/assets/08VIROfficialSched2.pdf. But if you
can't make it, the race will be carried on the cable SPEED channel from
12:00 to 15:00 EDT on Saturday, May 3rd.
For more details about the Grand-Am Rolex racing series, see
[8]http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/ and
[9]http://www.virclub.com/latest-news/bosch-engineering-becomes-title-s
ponsor-for-vir-grand-am-events.html.
73 de Tom, K3IO
References
1. http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-attack/articles/291843-8-firefighters-hurt-battling-Ohio-fire/
2. http://cms.firehouse.com/web/online/News/Ohio-Firefighters-Recover-from-Injuries/46$55712
3. http://www.wlwt.com/slideshow/news/13757154/detail.html
4. http://www.bradjaeger.com/
5. http://www.bradjaeger.com/?q=node/110
6. http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/drivers/driver.cfm?did=1110
7. http://www.grand-am.com/assets/08VIROfficialSched2.pdf
8. http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/
9. http://www.virclub.com/latest-news/bosch-engineering-becomes-title-sponsor-for-vir-grand-am-events.html
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