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SBE Summer 2021 KANSASChapter Three Summer 2021 LAST Meeting NEXT Meeting Nine members met June 8, 630 PM at Robert Nelson’s Will be in Wichita on Septem- home northeast of Emporia for our annual picnic and clay ber 14 at 7:00 PM. at Stroud’s pigeon shoot. Restaurant, 3661 N Hillside Ave, Our business meeting was called to order at 08:20 PM Wichita, KS 67219 Our program by Chairman John Langer. and the evening meal will be pro- Secretary/Treasurer Bob Locke gave the Treasurer’s vided by LumenServe, speciali- report, and told of our SBE Chapter rebate check of zlng in tower lighting and $349.25 being received. monitoring. LumenServe will pro- It was moved by Robert Nelson, seconded by Dick vide information on tower lighting Abraham to return the rebate check to SBE for use in the products, FAA changes to the Scholarship Programs. The motion passed on vote of rules of compliance, cost, and those present. ways to deal with them. Major The Secretary/Treasurer Report and the minutes of changes include documented in- the last meeting as published in the chapter newsletter spection of lenses biennially. were accepted on motion of Robert Nelson, seconded by This program will be of interest Marty Heffner and passed by vote of those present. to anyone responsible for tower Marty Heffner will check again with S&Y Industries on lighting, inspection, & compliance. the possibility of a tour of their Winfield plant for a future program. We are constantly looking for programs, so if Chapter Officers Chair: John Langer, CBTE you have an idea for one, contact our Program Chair, Bdcst Engr, Vid. Prod. Svcs, KSU Comm & Mktg, 128 Dole Hall Robert Nelson (contact info in box at right). No August Manhattan, KS 66506-5800 [email protected] meeting is planned at present, and future meetings (785) 532-3147 include KAB in Wichita in October. Vice Chair: Robert Nelson, CPBE. CBNT KSU Dir Vid/Engr Svcs, Comm & Mktg, It was moved by Dick Abraham, seconded by Ron 128 Dole Hall, Manhattan, KS 660506 [email protected] Jones, to reimburse Robert Nelson $50 for groceries 785-532-3141 (office) 620-341-1808 (mobile) purchased for the SBE-3 picnic. The motion passed. Sec/Treasurer: Bob Locke, CPBE, CBNT Tracy Gibson moved, seconded by John Langer to SBE Fellow; KPTS C. E. Ret. Wichita [email protected] adjourn the meeting. We stood adjourned at 08:43 PM by (316) 722-7528 vote of those present. Certif. Chair.: Bob Locke, CPBE, CBNT SBE Fellow; KPTS Ch Engr, Ret. Wichita [email protected] Following the meeting, Duane Loyd placed a cell call (316) 722-7528 Freq. Coordinator: Robert Nelson, CPBE CBNT on speaker phone to Ernie Hedges, retired broadcast KSU Dir Vid/Engr Svcs, Comm & Mktg 128 Dole Hall, Manhattan, KS 660506 engineer, now located in Sedalia, MO. Several of those [email protected] present had either worked for, or knew Ernie when he (785) 532-3141 Web Site Maint: John Langer, CBTE was employed in the Topeka area. He is now 90 years old KSU Div Comm & Mktg Manhattan, [email protected] and lives alone in a retirement home. The home still has (785) 532-3147 not opened to visitors since the CoVid-19 pandemic, so Newsletter: Richard Abraham, CPBE, CBNT the call gave him a much needed social interaction with Cox Regl Engr, Retired. Wichita [email protected] those he knew when he was working. (316) 685-2587 continued, p.2 Page 1 Prior to the program, our picnic meal was They showed no concern for the previous cooked by Robert Nelson, and was enjoyed noise from the shotguns, nor were they by all present. Members brought side dishes bothered by us watching them on the deck. and the chapter furnished meat and drinks. They walked with their tails down across Robert bought the meat, baked beans and a behind his barn toward the timber at the rear couple of pasta salads in town, and the grill of his property. was heating up as we arrived about 6:25 PM. Among various subjects discussed were There was plenty of food and we all ate our times remembered of those responsible for fill, then polished it off with cookies and cake signing the transmitter on in the morning who for dessert. had overslept, and the consequences of such Following the meal, we moved outside for actions. The lucky ones got a second chance. the clay pigeon shoot. The subject of Internet service also came up. Robert Robert has Robert is a whiz on the grill obtains his IP acquired a at left. Brats and hamburger service from a new remote patties are soon ready. rural provider controlled clay located on one thrower. It is of two towers operated by in close either a proximity, to handheld the southeast remote control of his home. or a wired foot Right: Robert’s new clay His download pedal, which thrower. It is powered by speed is about we used for 12V DC, so he tapped into 10 MB/s. our clay shoot. the truck’s battery. Someone The device The orange hoop asked him if he was quite around the outside is flim- had seen any consistent as sy, but serves to warn so of the Starlink it launched the you don’t get part of your LEO’s orbiting clays and was shin removed. in the sky. He easy to use. replied he had Robert hasn’t not, but Bob yet figured out how to throw doubles, but it Locke said he had seen them from his home will throw several in a row if you keep the foot just at twilight on a couple of occasions. pedal down. We found this out when Dick Starlink is a Low Earth Orbit satellite IP Abraham missed a shot. Tracy Gibson picked service just now opening its service to mid- that one off as backup, but Dick kept his foot America, as the LEO’s orbit East to West. on the pedal without realizing it, and he got It was a most pleasant summer evening, the next clay launched in the same round of with light breezes, making for easy banter as shooting. we recalled different experiences from our past, while relaxing on Robert’s back Following the clay pigeon shoot, we porch/deck. gathered on the Robert’s rear deck for visiting Our thanks to Robert Nelson for hosting and the business meeting. As we were our annual chapter picnic at his home, talking, two deer walked slowly across his shopping for groceries for our meal, and back lawn followed by another a bit later. providing chef services. Page 2 Static Line: Noise from all Over re: my ride down the ladder It happened sooner than I thought it might, 38 mentioned in the previous newsletter: My but recently on the 10 O’clock News, several wife's cousin had fallen from a ladder that people had phoned the news department asking went sideways on him a few months ago. He what that string of lights was in the sky. It turned was installing a security camera on the corner out to be Internet LEO”s recently deployed en- of his house. He lit in the middle of the fallen masse to launch StarLink service farther south ladder and ended up with a compound fracture than that enabled in the Dakotas and along the of his left leg and ankle - the snapped bone US-Canada border. actually sticking in the mud! The sighting occurred just after sunset here, I didn't want any complications like that, so I and again at sunrise when the sun lit up the thought I was in more control by staying on top satellites, but did not provide light where the of the ladder on the way down, so I knew where observations happened, and so washing out the it was. Besides cut- sight of them. I have ting my ear, I did yet to be at the right smack my knee place or time to see it enough it was quite myself, but I will keep stiff for several days. trying. That got better slowly, I later happened on but I was determined, an article about Star- having had the Link, where astro- thought one morning physicists complained as I was having diffi- to StarLink about the culty getting my jeans LEO’s causing light on: "Old buddy, you pollution in the skies. better figure how to StarLink has now in- get this done, be- stalled sunvisors on Courtesy of Robert Nelson cause when you can't the latest satellites re- get yourself dressed, Far to near, Ron Jones, Dick Abraham, Tracy Gibson leased into orbit. They then they send you to have reduced the the old folks facility." amount of light reflect- Although I'm walking without a cane now, ed to 31% of they previous released LEO’s. I've been putting off going to the doctor to see Maybe that explains my difficulty in seeing them. about a knee replacement, but this may hasten that occurrence. I've been bone on bone mostly John Langer happened on an article about for about twenty years. I think it's time. using hydrogen to feed into a fuel cell for power. John Schillberg tells me he has been bone on The problem with hydrogen is that its molecule bone for some time as well, and suggested a is so small it worms its way into metal tubing, type of knee repair where they design new destroying its integrity and causing failure.
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