Episode 127 - Brooke Allen - N2BA
Brooke Allen, N2BA, joins Eric, 4Z1UG, to discuss his articles published in the National Contest Journal, Game Design for Contesters, where Brooke discusses entering into the "zone" or state of flow during ham radio contests. This benefit, known to top atheletes, has many advantages to attract new people to amateur radio. The QSO also touches on field day at the annual Burning Man event in the Nevada desert and social skills for nerds.
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First License: 1966, age 14, WN2RWY First Rig:
First certificate: Rag Chewers Club Frankford Radio Club Octavio Miranda, YN2N - rents out his QTH for DX contests Reverse Beacon Network Education: Started at: Rose Hulman institute of Engineering - all male engineering institute. “Engineers are tasked with reinventing the modern world in every generation” The Web of Belief, by W. V. Quine (Author), J. S. Ullian (Author) Rutgers University, BA Mathematics New York University, MBA, Finance “Hard Fun”- Seymour Papert Favorite mode: CW, because its harder Current Rig: Game Mechanics - what goes into a game CT software for ham radio - first ham radio logging software for the PC Flow State - “in the zone”
Living with a Creative Mind - By Jeff and Julie Crabtree John Crovelli, W2GD - tower climber “you are realizing a childhood dream”. The Heroic Imagination Project, founded by Dr. Philip Zimbardo The Grasshopper, Games, Life, and Utopia, by Bernard Suits - Philosopher of games YCCC - Yankee Clipper Contest Club - “how do you feel right now?” Hamwidows.org - Brooke’s site phony organization for “ham widows”. Startup Weekend - invent a business in a weekend Vidcode - why don’t girls program code? Maker Movement - how to make things Global Game Jam - game design weekend Theory of Mind- can you look at something abstact The End of Us - Game Burning Man Festival is a gift economy, a vacation from commercialism, and an experiment in living with other people “orthogonally”. Social Skills for Nerds - Orthogonal The RSS Feed for all audio content from QSO today is available from here. Please join our QSO Today community by pressing the button below. It is the best way to suggest guests and topics, and provide feedback to Eric, 4Z1UG. |  Heathkit SW-717 Four Tube Shortwave Receiver  Heathkit DX-35 Transmitter  Yaesu FT-1000 Transceiver  SPE Expert 1KFA Amplifier |
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