[QCWA] QCWA Chapter 91's website updated: Johnson Victrola Museum; Princeton Plasma Physics Lab; more

[Richard Rucker]

Our web site was updated recently.  To see more, click on:

               <http://homepage.mac.com/rrucker/chapter91.html>


Under Recent Events:
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Four from Chapter 91: John Reiser WQ4L, his wife Pat, Len Hook KG6ZR,  
and Dick Rucker KM4ML, journeyed north on a beautiful weekend to  
visit three locations and thoroughly enjoyed them all.  Here are  
excerpts from the stories for each:

  June 10, 2006: Princeton University and its environs
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"Our last stop was a short tour of the grounds around Princeton  
University's Nassau Hall...

"Albert Einstein's former home...

"where the battle of Princeton was fought on January 3, 1777...


  June 10, 2006: Tour of Princeton's Plasma Physics Lab
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"John DeLooper, Associate Director for External Affairs, was our  
guide...

"From the movie, the tour with John, and from subsequent reading, we  
learned that...

"The advantages of the D-T fusion reaction for energy production are...

"1951 - Project Matterhorn...

"1982-1997 - Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR)...

"1999-present - National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

"National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX)...  First plasma is  
scheduled for 2009...

"ITER ("the way" in Latin)...  Operation expected to commence in 2016...


  June 9, 2006: Tour: Johnson Victrola Museum, Dover, Delaware
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"The lower level of the museum is devoted to Eldridge R. Johnson and  
his talking machines; the upper level holds a broader range of  
exhibits, including the machines of his competitors...

"Thomas Edison and the Phonograph...

"Sumner Tainter & the Graphophone...

"Emile Berliner and the Gramophone...

"Eldridge R. Johnson and the Victor Talking Machine...

"His Master's Voice: The trademark Johnson used to market his  
products...

"From Talking Machine to Victrola...

"Orthophonic Victrolas...

"Electrolas...


Under Photo Albums & Downloadable Files:
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You can see photos from this triple-header event here:

The Johnson Victrola Museum, Dover DE
      <http://homepage.mac.com/rrucker/PhotoAlbum81.html>

Princeton campus & environs
     <http://homepage.mac.com/rrucker/PhotoAlbum82.html>

tour of the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab:
     <http://homepage.mac.com/rrucker/PhotoAlbum83.html>


Under Archived Events:
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To make room for the stories above, other recent events have been  
moved here:

<http://homepage.mac.com/rrucker/Apr-Jun_2006_events.html>

These events are:
     * June 4, 2006:   Chapter 91 supports ADA's Tour de Cure bike  
marathon
     * May 13, 2006:  Jim Scott, KG6EFT: "Winlink 2000 and Medical  
Missions to Honduras"
     * April 8, 2006:    Our 2nd tour of the Baltimore & Ohio  
Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD


Dick Rucker, KM4ML
webmaster,
QCWA Vic Clark Chapter 91