Contact Sport: A Story of Champions, Airwaves, and a One-Day Race Around the World has been reviewed in both major U.S. amateur radio magazines. This is most unusual, and the reviews have been universally positive. The CQ book review, a full-page commentary on page 56 in the January, 2016 issue, says, "This is a book…
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The Long Road Promoting a Book
Well now, it's been a whole six weeks since Contact Sport, A Story of Champions, Airwaves, and a One-Day Race Around the World was released. There was a significant burst of activity worldwide from the super-prime core audience, namely radiosport enthusiasts, in spite of the fact that physical copies of the hard-cover book took over…
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My Day at the Circuit of the Americas Race Track
After several years of hearing about "Circuit of the Americas," COTA, the new world-class race track east of Austin, finally I got the opportunity to see and experience it. The event was perfect: the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) national championships! Two of my high school classmates back in Princeton, West Virginia now live in…
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Scientific American Review
"Contact Sport" was recommended/reviewed in the February issue of Scientific American. On page 72, the "Recommended" page, written by Clara Moskowitz, includes four books. "Contact Sport" is in there right along with books on the last volcano, the rise and fall of the Super Collider project in Northeast Texas, and a book describing how "habitat…
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