A Lot About A Little, and a Little About a Lot.
In a very... umm... diverse?... episode, we again convene on the rooftop while Doug participates in an ham radio group check-in. While he set ups, we chat about our academic performance, helicopters arriving at the UNC hospital rooftop, and mentors that we've had in our lives.
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...Warning: The audio on this is horrible.
In which I talk Doug's ears off while he sets up his radio on the roof of the Carr Mill Mall Annex to participate in his weekly Monday evening callouts. I Also manage to get tripped up under one of the wires at some point. Bonus: wind and a runny nose.
For more info about what Doug was talking about regarding sunspots, here's an informative read:
...Following up on a mention of a scene from The Martian involving solar charging a vehicle for hours on end to drive it a few hours each day to get to his rescue point, Doug and I then launched into a chat about the interesting communications challenges that Mark Watney overcomes in the movie (and the book on which it is based).
...Doug and I left off of talking about Ham Radios with a mention of Frequency, so for tonight's chat, we sequed into time travel in movies, specifically focusing on whether observers in the future who are aware of the time travel going on should be aware of any changes to their timeline or not. Movies are incredibly inconsistent when it comes to this, even within the scope of their own stories.
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...Picking up where we left off (which was admittedly about 5 minutes prior), Doug and I chat about Ham Radio in a couple of movies, how he got into it, and why he enjoys it so much.
Listen to "Ham Rodeo" on Spreaker.
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...Doug tells me a little more about audio tech and we talk about audio quality in media like digital vs vinyl, and why people may prefer the older formats for reasons beyond just hipster nostaligia. We steer towards Ham Radio talk and a movie called Contact at just the right time.
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