Who am I? I was born in England in 1802 and died in 1875. I am a physicist and with another of my colleagues Sir William Cooke invented, or at the very least made practical, the worlds first electrical telegraph, after which Samuel Morse devised the Morse code which made the telegraph practical. As a professor at Kings College London I invented a revolving mirror that accurately measures that the speed of electricity in a conductor, with further experimentation the apparatus was able to accurately measure the speed of light. Among my other achievements is the Playfair cipher, a device for substituting paired letters in coded messages. The Wheatstone bridge a devise for measuring electrical resistance. The stereoscope for viewing X-rays and aerial photographs and the use of electromagnets in electrical generators, are just a few of my many achievements.
This one is dead easy, read the clues again before you go to the back where as usual is the answer.
All mail to the committee and QSL-Manager to be directed to
Post Office Box 65
Patterson Lakes, Victoria 3197
Birthdays for
January / February
January: 10-01 Sean (VK3TXF), 11-01 Craig (VK3JCH), 13-01 Brian Rich (VK3VBJ), 19-01 Fred de Silva, 23-01 Barry Petersen (VK3XIR). February: 13-02 Paul Sleep, 14-02 Greg Treble (VK3KV), 19-02 Jeff (VK3EUL), 24-02 Buzz Cousins. Have a nice day!
Wanted or 4 Sale
Wanted urgently, articles for the newsletter as the current editorial staff is fast running out of ides. Forward to bnr09@hotmail.com
FROM THE ARCHIVES
"From the Agrus newspaper January 16 1924". The Broadcasting Company of Australia's new high-power wireless station at Braybrook was officially opened last night. The opening nights broadcast was an historic and remarkable event: Dame Nellie Melba's performance on the operatic stage, in La Boheme. Representatives of the company have estimated that about 160,000 people listened to the opera. Up to now, the small station used in Melbourne was to week to provide a good service anywhere outside the city. It has been ascertained that the speeches and music were "picked up" in Sydney, Auckland and California. Victoria now has a service second to none in the Commonwealth.
Finance report
The finance report of January 2000 is held over until the business meeting on
Friday 11th of February.
For your diary February 11: FAMPARC Business meeting March 10th : FAMPARC Natter night -. March 18/19: John Moyle Field Days EMDRC Hamfest - most likely the last weekend of March. GGREG Amateur Radio Trash and Treasure Day (formerly white elephant sale) on 22 June 2000.
