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Seattle WA based Bruce Portzer has also been appointed editor-in-chief
of the on-line radio guide series being introduced by the Radio
Heritage Foundation throughout 2005.
Radio Heritage Foundation Chairman David Ricquish welcomed the new
partnership with PAL. 'This is a great bonus for DXers everywhere,
with easy on-line searches, and so much information about Pacific
radio. Hosting PAL on our website just made so much sense, and we're
really glad to have someone of Bruce's standing in the DX community
partner with us.'
He adds 'Merv Branks was one of my mentors in the DX hobby, so it's
really special to honor his original creation of PAL by having it back
home in New Zealand after almost 40 years - this time as part of a
global monitoring collaboration headed up by Bruce in Seattle.'
The latest edition of PAL is available at http://www.radioheritage.net
Radio Heritage Foundation, PO Box 14339, Wellington, New Zealand
http://www.radioheritage.net March 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
MW MAP
I don't think this site is commonly known yet. I have found a great
tool at http://www.ukwtv.de/mwmap/index.php It works really great and
it looks like there is a worldwide MW database behind it. It is quite
up to date. Kismat radio isn't in it yet but TruckRadio is. There are
even Australian stations in the list, no X-banders from down-under
although. The map's country borders are limited to Europe, North
Africa and the Middle East but stations outside this extent are
displayed as well. Very nice to play around with! Enjoy! (Guido
Schotmans, MWC via DXLD)
``no X-banders from down-under although.`` Try centering 30 S, 140 E,
radius 3000, from ch 1603 to 1999 - there are already some! 73,
(Günter Lorenz, ibid.)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
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SLINKY TURNS 60 --- ajc.com Living By DON FERNANDEZ The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution Published on: 03/13/05
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/0305/14slinky.html
A spiraling legacy has fascinated and frustrated Lestine Lewis for
decades. Today, 40 years after that first encounter, her quandary
still remains: Just how do you get a Slinky to step down the stairs?
Knight Ridder Tribune
The Slinky, inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2001, is
about 63 feet of coiled steel.
"On the commercials, I'd watch the Slinky walk down, but it never
worked for me," said Lewis, an Atlanta resident. "Oh, how I used to
love me some Slinky. Happy 60th birthday to my friend Slinky."
His love is obvious. And many others who have sampled some of the
300 million-plus Slinkys sold would likely share that affection.
Slinky, the spare-yet-classic toy coil, marks 60 years of springy
entertainment and memory-making in 2005. As toys become further tied
to technology and digital mechanics, this simple spiral -- still no
batteries required -- reigns supreme for many.
"When I was growing up, we didn't have a lot of money -- and I
didn't have a dog until I was 13," said Thelma Heywood of
Lawrenceville. "But I had a Slinky!"
Morrow resident Valerie Attell recalls her sister getting her tongue
caught within the metal swirls. Melodii Peoples of Atlanta can't get
her daughter to throw her tangled and mangled Slinky in the trash.
Cold steel rarely inspires this much affection.
"Slinky just evokes warm and fuzzies," said Ray Dallavecchia,
president and CEO of Poof-Slinky in Michigan, which still
manufactures the toy in Pennsylvania. "It's an American icon,
clearly."
How many toys get their own stamp, after all? The U.S. Postal
Service commemorated Slinky in February 1999.
On the surface, there's only one twist to a Slinky: Let the coil
fall down descending levels and watch gravity make it move.
"It's the same reason people like Paris Hilton," said Dan Bova,
deputy editor for Stuff magazine, which tracks cutting-edge gear and
devices. "People like brainless things that move funny. It doesn't
need batteries, which parents like, it doesn't make noise, which
parents like. It's just the simplicity of the thing."
Cute. But the applications have expanded.
Many schools use Slinky to illustrate and study wave and motion
analysis, Dallavecchia said. Recently, Slinkys were employed in many
classrooms to demonstrate how aftershocks from the tsunami that
struck southeast Asia reverberated through Europe.
Teachers who instruct autistic children find it a useful device to
encourage focus and attention, he said.
Its first 'walk'
Like many great inventions and people, Slinky was but a happy
accident. Naval engineer Richard James was tinkering at his desk in
1943 when a coil slid off the edge and proceeded to step down books
piled on the floor.
Hmmm. Not a bad idea for a plaything, he thought. His wife, Betty,
thumbed through a dictionary and came across the word "slinky," and a
signature slice of Americana was born.
Six decades later, James' concept has evolved into science and
learning products, not to mention fabric-covered Slinky pets.
The first generation of Slinkys were constructed from carbon steel,
which would often rust (not the best quality in a flexible toy). The
steel used now is galvanized. Upscale Slinkys are forged from brass
($20), covered in 14k gold plate ($100) and molded from sterling
silver ($400).
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