This morning Randy KO4WTM and Dave WD4LLQ attended a press event and demonstrated Morse code at the Cox Science Center.
This evening I joined them for the Cox Science Center's premier launch of their exhibit, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.
Our area received a lot of interest, and that's not surprising given the transceiver array that Dave WD4LLQ and Jim KO4UYW built. This is a picture of it. The receiver, tuner, and spark gap transmitter were all fabricated by hand. This wasn't a kit. This was hand-built from scratch. Dave is a very talented guy, and Jim served with the elite Seabees during Vietnam. These two guys can build anything, and they didn't have a lot of time to do it. They were under a tight timeline. This display wouldn't be complete without Bruce KB4SWP designing and creating the backdrop banner, which I had a lesson on tonight!
More information of the exhibit - https://www.coxsciencecenter.org/Titanic
WPBARG Joins Cox Science Center in Titanic Exhibit
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"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." - Teddy Roosevelt
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Re: WPBARG Joins Cox Science Center in Titanic Exhibit
Amazing job! I appreciate you all representing the club in such an impressive way.
Thanks,
Chris Hite
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Amazing!!! Such talent... wish I could have been there last night
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Let me take a moment to point out that we were excited to be joined by Robert, who not only is authentic in his Marconi uniform, but as an archaeologist, history professor at FAU, and PhD candidate, he is a subject matter expert. Dave and Robert were the acting docents, while Randy was engaging people in Morse code that had them interested in his presentation and excited by being coached with hands-on experience using a straight key and Morse code oscillator. It was a privilege watching these three in action.
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." - Teddy Roosevelt
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That is really something! Beautiful! Thanks for representing us so well.
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This is amazing work! Well done and thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to this project!