Understanding skip in CB radio and ionospheric basics
The article explains why shortwave radio signals skip off the ionosphere, how solar activity and sunspots affect skip conditions, and how CB frequencies around 27 MHz commonly reflect to reach distant stations. It notes timing influences and invites reader questions for a regular Blue Kazoo column.
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Traveling with the family dog this summer
Practical tips for a safe pleasant car trip with a dog. Pack a dedicated travel kit, up to date vaccines, and a veteran vet plan. Ensure hydration, shade, and ventilation, use proper restraints, maintain feeding and walking schedules, and avoid hazards like salt water or hot sand.
Hard Water and Soft Pickles Study Ties Minerals to Fermentation
In Lombard Illinois researchers from the Water Quality Association report that calcium and other minerals in hard water interfere with pickle fermentation producing softer results. Softened water yields crisp hard pickles. On this date in 1962 the Telstar satellite relayed American television to Europe with Britain and France sending clear pictures back.
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Telstar
United States
Europe
Britain
France
Professor Records Backwoods Heritage
Dr. Roy Edwin Thomas from Conway Arkansas promotes an emergent field the social study of mountain people He has spoken with residents across Arkansas Missouri and the Appalachian states and completed his 1000th interview He argues mountain dialect hampers youths success and envisions textbooks or a mountain studies series to preserve culture before it vanishes
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Roy Edwin Thomas
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Appalachia University
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Magician crafts precision gadgets for stage magic in Ohio
George Kirkendall, 44, of Upper Arlington, operates a basement shop making 40 metal trick devices sold worldwide for 15 to 200 dollars. Former Taylor Instruments sales engineer, he restoring antique pieces, including a mechanical peacock once used by Houdin, and serves as secretary of Ohio's Magic Hobby club with 52 members.
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Rochester
N.Y
Magic Hobby Club of
Ohio
United States
Robert Houdin
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