Hello,
Well things are settling down and the club has resumed
operation with a fantastic donation of some prototype boards
so that we can now use the 89C52's in the TQFP package to
build the processors for the EEG interface project. The A-grav
project has been put on hold until we can find a cheaper
source for liquid nitrogen. Thanks go out to W. Barrett for the
donation of an oxygen dewer for the project. We have also received
a large donation of reels of SMD resistors and capacitors. The
plate through board project hasn't produced consistant yields
yet but I think that some of the donated chemicals may be
contaminated. My grand-daughter had her baby. His name is Adrian.
Cute as hell and has just discovered his VOICE!!!!!! Yow. The
data on the Starcaster project is now available on the club
FTP server at the secondary IP. Oh by the way. The british explosives
firm we'd lined up to make the core for the Starcaster vircator
has backed out because they are having trouble getting the
export license and we're having trouble getting permits here
due to the Patriot Act. The planned full power test has to be
put on hold until May or June at the earliest. This means that only
the low-medium power test data will be available on the server for
now. And thanks to Heinrich A. for growing the sapphire rod for this
summer's quantum coupling experiment. Nice job Henry. More soon.
I'm still having trouble finding the time to bring the inventory
up to date so please be patient. There are some really pleasant
surprizes in store. And a note to John, your magnets should be done
later next week. The machinist had trouble shaping them without
spall screwing up the edges. I sent him the slightly softer alloy
and he says it seems to be easier to machine. It is only a tad less
permiable so there shouldn't be too much deviation from your figures.
Get in touch with me. He needs your armature data.

Young Scientists Club