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):
------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
