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I have discovered while browsing some of the websites that
Mr. Timonth Koeth also known as N2LPN had built a cyclotron.
One would think that some of effort was due to his love for the ham radio hobby interest that Mr. Koeth has maintained over the years.
I find it a truly fascinating that a top physicist was
impressed with Mr. Koeth's knowledge of electronics and
his ability to put it and physics, together. Read the
recent article in Physics Today at latest issue (http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-57/iss-11/p30.html).
Mr. Koeth also has a webpage at his personal webpage. (http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~koeth/)
This is a truly exciting thing of how ham radio has
made a small contribution to the scientific background
of future Physics PhD's!
Bill N1EY
Good for him.
If my math skills had been a wee bit better, I would have been a physicist as well. As it was, mine were "only" good enough for electrical engineering. Much of the EE mathematics is pretty daunting, especially at the graduate level. Physics is even worse. But more power to those who are able to get through it.
At first read, I thought he had built this cyclotron in his backyard, but it appears he did it at Rutgers. There is a physicist famous on many talk shows named Dr. Michio Kaku who actually built one in his high school's football field! But, alas, he wasn't a ham.
There's a really cool guy at the university of Arizona who is also a ham, and the hobby guided him in getting a PhD in astronomy. He's now a researcher in new RF receivers for radio telescopes at the university. His name is Dr. Chris Walker. Again, if you have the math background and can get into one of the top-notch programs around the country that does work in this area, it is really pretty neat stuff.
N0MLR
11-22-2004, 11:16 PM
hey I can relate with the Math Imparment. I can do the Electronics Math and I can even figure the Weight and Balance of your Airplane. But I still can add A's B's and C's and come up with numbers. I think they make all that stuff up LOL. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
Hats off to those who can!
Greg Dunn / N0MLR
N0MLR
11-22-2004, 11:17 PM
Oh should have read the last post LOL that is Math Impairment not Imparmant:laugh: http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
N4ADO
11-23-2004, 06:49 AM
Very Impressive!!!
I wonder if it is possible to interface it to my
FT-847. Wonder how much RF power to the
antenna. Hmmmmm.....
73, N4ADO http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
n2lpn
11-24-2004, 03:04 PM
Thank you everyone for the compliments. I really owe a lot to the hobby of ham radio and to my parents (W2WK and K2MOM) for encouraging me to get my license at the young age of 13. Having an amateur license really prepared me for high school math and science and influenced my interests in physics. Most importantly, I met my wife, N2OAV, at a Rutgers Ham Radio Club (WA2NPP) meeting.
I hope hope the mentioning of Ham Radio in the Physics Today article may help our hobby.
I am currently working on my PhD at Fermilab in Batavia IL. There is a ham radio club here (WB9IKJ) that I belong to and try to operate from every Sunday afternoon. If interested look for us around 14.250 -> 14.300 starting at 3PM CT.
Thank you all again !
73's
Tim N2LPN http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
It is so refreshing to see a Ham "experimenting", building things of the future. Kudos... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Great to see a post on here from N2LPN.
I get excited about science or seeing the
application of the years of research when
you see a space vehicle orbit overhead.
It is fantastic that he is over at Fermilab.
I have always thought that PhD's in sciences
were gods in comparison to me! Good luck
I think that science is the reason for
ham radio and not EmComm. EmComm is
my excuse to put up a 100' tower.
Bill N1EY
kb2vxa
03-13-2005, 02:57 PM
Hi MLR and friends,
Did you do W&B at Newark (NJ) International about 10 years ago for UPS? I was in the aft pit of a 747 when suddenly we all got this sinking feeling, the tail spar crashed to the ground and we were left with how to get a 4 ton concrete slab out of the pit. No, the weight was temporary as the FMC was loading containers on the main deck and was in place for an hour before the tip. SOMEONE got his container numbers mixed up for sure!
He should have learned the math and how to read and write Greek and built a cyclotron.
Removing tongue from cheek and moving on, de Warren KB2VXA