Altair's Favorite Links
Mad Scientists and their Home Projects
Radical Extreme Hobbies
the Ultimate Dont-Try-This-At-Home page
Actual Warning Labels
Kewul !
Homegrown Proton Magnetometer
Dan Fountain revisits this MadSci classic.
Homegrown Cyclotron, Linear Accelerator and other Mad Science
by Fred M. Niell III.
Homegrown Nitrogen Laser
With links to several more.
The Farnsworth/Hirsch Fusor,
a different approach to Cold Fusion
Hi Voltage Hijinks
of Jochen Kronjaeger, good tech reference.
Cloud Charge Monitor
by Charles Wenzel
Dangerous Laboratories
a multi-dollar firm specializing in do-it-yourself scientific, industrial, and alternative energy projects.
The Radioactive Boy Scout,
(REALLY DONT try this at home ! !)
Don Lancaster
still crazy, after all these years ! (Anybody remember the TV typewriter ?)
Tesla Coil Builder's Tips,
Bill Beaty's Tesla collection is a must !
Bill the Arcstarter
really knows how to party ! Homegrown welding, hi voltage, coiling, burning, etc.
Pupman !
a Mad Coilers Mecca design tips, pix, files, listserver, more!
Pupman !
Huberts Lasers for Amateurs, homegrown lasers, scanners, more!
Unwise Experiments and General Silliness
The Radioactive Boy Scout,
(PENULTIMATE UNWISE HOME EXPERIMENT ! !)
Lori's Amazing Glowing Pickle
Vegetable LEDs and Backyard Ballistics
Dr Thrombo and his Gerbil Accelerator
Fun with Grapes
Grape Racing!
T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project
Tests With Inorganic Noxious Kakes In Extreme Situations
Finally, a good use for junk mail AOL CDs !
Evil Genius Hoaxes
Knock Knock
George Goble's Instant BBQ
Bill Beaty's Microwave Oven Experiments and Links
Glubco
, Division of Weaponry
Microwave Phenomenon Page
Microwave oven Ball Lightning
messages
The Illustrated Guide To Breaking Your Computer
Rectaltronics
ANSI Standard Schedule of Anniversary Gifts
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Phil-Buddy, N4NBL
- King of Network Nerds, and a great horn player.
Alexxi
- technobabe, gracious host of these pages.
Bill Beaty
and his Amazing Homegrown MadSci Collection ! Dont Miss This !
Jeff (th' durn yankee) Otterson, N1KDO
- master home brewer.
LeeBFree
- hard worker, funny guy, and friend.
Steve McGreevy
- pioneer in natural radio, recordings, equipment.
Ham Radio Resources
ARRL
American Radio Relay League, official ham radio League in the USA
AMSAT
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, current and future satellites, Keplerian elements
Nasty Hackers
are brewin' up the sweetest little repeater controllers.
Icom
,
Yaesu
,
Kenwood
; The Big Three ham radio manufacturers.
Ten-Tec,
has great electronic kits! Built in the USA by you.
Ham Radio
home page, news, links.
QRZ
look up ham operators by radio callsign.
LWCA
Longwave Club of America home page, info, data, links.
Edge of Space Sciences
a radio-active group of balloon-atics. Launch schedules, info.
Astronomy Links
Astronomy League
home page, news, links.
Atlanta Astronomy Club
home page, news, links.
Orion
a mail order telescope supply house.
Sky and Telescope
magazine, monthly sky charts, info, links.
3-D Star Maps
Star Catalogues, software, 3D maps, from The Weird World of Winchell Chung !
Science and Technology Links
NASA
Space Shuttle launch schedule and manifests.
Lockheed Martin,
my employer, has pictures of the cool stuff we do.
HAARP
High Altitude Auroral Reasearch Project, the official site !
HAARP Data
real time plots: Riometer, Magnetometer, Electron Content, etc.
Magnetometer and Riometer Plots
in real time from the University of Alaska.
Moon Movie
shows a lunar cycle of phase and libration.
ELFRAD
, Extremely Low Frequency Research and Development, electromagnetic earthquake precursors, fringe science.
Online Star Maps
, Star Catalogues, software, 3D maps, from The Weird World of Winchell Chung !
Quaternion Life Physics
, theories of
Wardell Lindsay
Technogeek Resources
Edmund Scientific,
getting a bit trendy but still a good supplier.
Ramsey
also has good electronic kits, many are simple and economical.
Parallax
has itty bitty BasicStamp computers; you can build really cool stuff with 'em.
Online Calculators
for this, that 'n th'other.
Istok Microwave
Industrial microwave parts
Mouser
New and Commercial Surplus Electronic components
DigiKey
- Electronic components
All Electronics
Parts, surplus goods
Electronix Corp
Repair parts and microwave oven parts
Marlin P Jones
MPJA Online Commercial and Surplus parts
C & H Sales Company
Industrial and millitary parts, some HV stuff
Jameco Electronics
New and Surplus Parts and Equipment
Fair Radio Sales
Surplus Electronics, Lots of HAM and HV stuff
Members of altair.org
William Ernest Payne, N4YWK, aka Altair, RealMan 4.0
email:
mailto:altair@altair.org
web site:
www.altair.org/person.html
'Kip' Turner, W4KIP, Boss Hawg, Icon of the Weird Science crowd.
email:
kip@atl.mindspring.com
web site:
www.mindspring.com/~kip
Dave Rice, KD4SHH, General Agitator and Organizer
email:
daverice@mindspring.com
web site:
www.mindspring.com/~daverice/
Marcel Pitzini, F5BJV, Dauntless Experimenter
email: Inactive
web site: Inactive
Phil West, N4NBL, "Play dat Funky Music Nerd Boy"
email:
pwest@duewestjazz.com
web site:
Due West Jazz
Chuck Mckenna, KF4JPE, Dean of Applied Confusion
email:
confused@mckennanet.com
web site:
www.mckennanet.com
Bob Confrey, Magneto Man
email:
bob.confrey@sciatl.com
web site:
www.altair.org/bconfrey/
Joseph J Carr, Official RadioScience Observer
email: Altair is sad to report that J.J. Carr, K4IPV, died in Annandale, VA on 25 November 2000
web site:
www.altair.org/members/jjcarr/
John A Mooney, Exponential Jungle Explorer
email:
jam@altair.org
web site:
www.altair.org/members/jam/
Chris Hrdlicka, Rootin' Tootin' Software Shootin' Cowboy
email:
cowboy@altair.org
web site:
www.altair.org/members/cowboy/
Wardell Lindsay, Quartermaster of Quaternions
email: Inactive
web site: Inactive
Marc Metlicka, Czar of Capacitance
email:
mystuffs@orwell.net
web site:
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/syria/1210/index.htm
web site:
http://www.altair.org/mem/
1962-2004, R.I.P.
Marco Bruno, IK1ODO, Sultan of Spin
email:
spin@inrete.it
web site:
http://www.spin-it.com/
Renato Romero, IK1QFK, Vicar of VLF
email:
openlab@vlf.it
web site:
http://www.vlf.it
Dylan Birkett, Doctor Demento
email:
dbirkett@altair.org
web site:
www.altair.org/members/dbirkett/
Sidereal, SSgt Schumann
email:
sidereal7@cox.net
web site:
www.altair.org/members/dbirkett/
Altair's Mentors
Vic Payne -
pilot, instructor,
engineer, world traveller,
scholar, father.
1919-1996
Dr. John Weaver -
scientist,
explorer,
innovator,
leader of men,
and friend.
Dr. Walter Nunn -
mathematician,
inspirational
teacher,
professor
of mysteries.
L.A. "Kip" Turner -
mad inventor,
happy
visionary, intellectual
philanthropist,
friend.
1919-2003
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