1975: Seattle Summer
My first visit to the USA was a NATO sponsored summer school at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington State.
Author: Peter Taylor
Sept. 1982: Monterey, California
I had a meeting at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and took the opportunity to visit Cannery Row.
April 1983: San Miniato, Italy
An international workshop on Satellite Altimetry and Ocean Circulation was held at San Miniato, Italy, in April 1983. The meeting was organised by Dr Tom...
October 1983: Corsica, France
A week long NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Corsica, France, with a boat trip to one of the islands between Corsica and Sardinia.
Oahu, Hawaii, USA 1985
Attending the Joint IAMAP/IAPSO Assembly in Hawaii in August 1985 and a couple of days driving around the island of Oahu with Nicky.
1994: From Texas to New Mexico
A road trip in October 1994 from Paradise, Texas, as far west as Gallup, New Mexico, and back to Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas for the...
USA 1998: Colorado and Utah
A two week road trip (following a meeting in Boulder, Co.) visiting Leadville, the Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings, the Arches Park, and Canyon Lands
New Mexico 2000: Road Trip
A week driving around New Mexico before a scientific editorial meeting at Cloudcroft, NM. Also walking into Juárez in Mexico from El Paso.
Actisense NDC-4 data multiplexer
What it does: By modern standards NMEA0183 is a primitive data protocol. It allows one instrument (the “talker”) to provide data to one or more...
Standard Horizon GX2100 VHF
Choice of equipment – Radio: I already owned an ICOM handheld DSC radio for use when dinghy sailing and I was tempted to use that by...