In what year was the Cadillac Automobile Company formed, and who was it named after?
ANSWER:
Cadillac was founded in 1902 by Henry Leland, who named the company after Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who happens to be the founder of Detroit.
Just six short years later, Cadillac brought the idea of interchangeable parts to the automotive industry and laid the groundwork for modern mass production of automobiles.
As a result, Cadillac became the first American car to win the prestigious Dewar Trophy from the Royal Automobile Club of England. After earning such high praise Cadillac adopted the slogan “Standard of the World.”
Hank Aaron was voted to, or selected for, his league’s All-Star team 25 times during his 23-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Perhaps you are wondering how he managed that in a 23-year career. This: MLB played two All-Star Games each season for four years, 1959–62. The rosters were compiled separately for both Games (though there was a lot of common overlap), so being named to both teams (as Aaron was) in a single season counted as two selections.
He had additional opportunities. Between 1959–1962 (4 seasons), MLB, trying to generate more money for the player’s pension fund, played 2 All-Star games per year. Thus, Hank played 8 All-Star games in the 4-year period, rather than 4 games.
Stan Musial and Willie Mays also took advantage of the extra games, ranking second to Aaron, each playing 24 All-Star games.
Musial holds the MLB record for most home runs (6) in All-Star games. This includes the 1955 ASG, where Stan won the game for the NL with a walk off HR in the 12th inning.
Listening to WA4TSC discuss the QotD as they ask “who was the first nation to create vehicle license plates, and in what year?” as I enjoy my coffee.
Photo Gallery (Thu 23-Jun-2022)
K3KBF — morning net for Thu 23-Jun-2022K3KBF — morning net for Thu 23-Jun-2022
Seeing LZ2CFW’s bootscreen that includes his callsign, I really need to come up with a graphic that includes my callsign and a picture of one of our Shelties.
Bootscreen for LZ2CFW’s HTBootscreen on BTech DMR-6X2
I’m waiting on the new Uniden Bearcat SDS200, new antenna arrays, and cables to arrive. I’m planning to rack, stack, and cable (neatly through conduits, of course!) all of my radios on this shelf next to the window.
The Uniden, Icom, Yaesu, and Baofeng all have IP addresses and can be accessed online. I’m working on a new website and likely a new domain to host remote access, call logs, and QSOs (contacts) from all my radios.
THIS will be VERY cool once it’s complete!
73, K3KBF (Ken Foreman) Sterling, Virginia, USA [FM19HA]
“Radio Shelf” — Photo Gallery (Weds 22-Jun-2022)
22-Jun-2022 — Building “Radio Shelf”22-Jun-2022 — Building “Radio Shelf”22-Jun-2022 — Building “Radio Shelf”22-Jun-2022 — Building “Radio Shelf”
K3KBF — My First ̶R̶a̶d̶i̶o̶ ̶S̶h̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶ “Radio Shelf”
Building a “Radio Shelf”
Since Victoria remarked a few times “Ken, you have radios everywhere!”, rather than building a “Radio Shack”, I’m building a “Radio Shelf” to rack, stack, cable, and run antennas to my shortwave radio, ICOM IC-705, Uniden Bearcat SDS200, and various handheld transceivers.
Expect this shelf to look much more impressive later this weekend as I rack, stack, and cable my new gear.
73, K3KBF (Ken Foreman) Sterling, Virginia, US
Photo Gallery (our growing “Radio Shelf”)
Kiyomi beside our window and “radio shelf”Setting up Uniden Bearcat SDS200Building a “Radio Shelf”Building a “Radio Shelf”Building a “Radio Shelf”Building a “Radio Shelf”Nixie Tube Clock, Plasma Lamp, Vex’ahlia
I got an email this morning from the FCC granting my vanity callsign request. My original (auto-assigned) callsign of KO4ZSY is now changed to my requested vanity vallsign of K3KBF.
Passed my FCC Amateur Radio Technician exam on Thu 14-Apr-2022!
As of Fri 14-Apr-2022, I’m now KO4ZSY as my FCC auto-assigned callsign. I immediately put in my application for a vanity callsign, so I’m hoping to have more information and a new callsign soon!
Ham Radio Scanning with the ICOM IC-705Ham Radio Scanning with the ICOM IC-705Learning to use the ICOM IC-705 with FM BandsUsing the ICOM IC-705 as an SDR with the Mac
