[Elecraft] RPN Calc App For Android

Byron Servies byron at n6nul.org
Sun Feb 6 18:16:39 EST 2022


Man, you are all going to laugh me off the platform for that dumb "add" comment.

Let me have it. I deserve it.

On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 3:11 PM Byron Servies <byron at n6nul.org> wrote:
>
> When the Oughtred Society first published their slide rule reference
> in 2005 I remember you could get it in a bundle with a copy of the
> journal and a Nestler Polymath Duplex 6". Around the same time I
> purchased a K&E 4181-3 Log Log Duplex Decitrig.
>
> Unfortunately my alma mater stopped having "slide rule calculation" as
> a stage in the alumni vs current student race that year so my
> incentive to learn went away.  Still here, though, waiting for an
> appropriately lazy weekend to learn how to add.
>
> 73, Byron N6NUL
>
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 5:34 AM Gwen Patton <ardrhi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I collect slide rules. I've been an Oughtred Society member for years. 😁
> >
> > Just an example, I have the 20" K&E Log Log Duplex Decitrig in mahogany mentioned in Heinlein's "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel". It's my favorite.
> >
> > 73,
> > Gwen, NG3P
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 5:50 PM Byron Servies <byron at n6nul.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 9:11 AM Clark Macaulay <clark.macaulay at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >  Oh, I still have my K&E Log Log Duplex Decitrig slide rule with mahogany rails.  Yup....I'm old.
> >>
> >> For those of us who are younger but find slide rules fascinating, here
> >> is a great reference:
> >>
> >> http://www.oughtred.org/
> >>
> >> Yes, there is a society dedicated to slide rules.
> >>
> >> 73, Byron N6NUL
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