7.31.2005

Not much going on. I did take my FCC General Radiotelephone Operator's License test on Thursday. A tip: the name of the mechanically rotatable variable RF transformer device of a Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) station that is used to generate the amplitude modulated variable phase signal used in aircraft navigation is a goniometer. Not a gorgonzolameter, which is what was highlighted as the correct answer in one of the study guides we used.
Clearly, the gorgonzolameter is far beyond our earthly technology, and not part of the terrestrial purview of the FCC. I imagine it works somewhat like a nose, but with more beeping. And acronyms.

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