Borden Radio Company
BUILD A CORNELL WW-II FOXHOLE RADIO
Several people wrote in to QST magazine about foxhole radios during World War II. Among those was young Lieutenant Paul M. Cornell, W8EFW, who wrote of a design he used in the Pacific in 1945. It was one of the first such articles that mentioned using a pencil lead for a contact. This Borden Radio Company kit is named after him in appreciation for his article in the September, 1945 issue of QST Magazine.
Also, build McGuyver's transpacific fiber optic decrypto tap and satellite uplink using one (1) each Paper Clip, tomato soup can (it's the acid), a Dixie Chicks cassette pulled out and wrapped tightly around John Edward's neck brace (John Edwards not included).
This afternoon Innovations (sponsored by Siemens) covered the development of the fiber optic cable, noting that more capacity exists than is being utilized, encouraging all patriots to blog more, post more graphics, use five servings of Blackberries a day.
PSAs being produced using celebrities, e.g., Jonnny Five, Data, holograms of Isaac Asimov.
What Ronald Reagan was to the Cold War, so will George W. Bush be to the War on Terror. Now this:
