Hello Guys, You know how sometimes work brings up interesting possibilities. Recently I've been contracted to investigate radio interference for a major Cellular Carrier. And one of the places it took me was to the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Since I spent the week prior to the race handling all of the RF issues, during racetime, I was effectively on call with nothing to do - however I was provided a pit pass. So I used the opportunity to get a few snapshots. You may see them at the following link: http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/p/h/physics/ Let me know what you think. -- Clay S. Turner Vice President - Wireless Systems Engineering, Inc. Satellite Beach, FL www.WSE.biz
OT - Race Pictures
Started by ●March 27, 2005
Reply by ●March 27, 20052005-03-27
Hi Clay Nice pictures. Thanks! -- ------------------------------ Jaime Andr�s Aranguren Cardona jaac@sanjaac.com SanJaaC Electronics Soluciones en DSP www.sanjaac.com "Clay S. Turner" <Physics@Bellsouth.net> escribi� en el mensaje news:VIA1e.62041$6g7.10533@bignews1.bellsouth.net...> Hello Guys, > > You know how sometimes work brings up interesting possibilities. Recently > I've been contracted to investigate radio interference for a major > Cellular Carrier. And one of the places it took me was to the Atlanta > Motor Speedway. Since I spent the week prior to the race handling all of > the RF issues, during racetime, I was effectively on call with nothing to > do - however I was provided a pit pass. So I used the opportunity to get a > few snapshots. You may see them at the following link: > > http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/p/h/physics/ > > Let me know what you think. > > -- > Clay S. Turner > Vice President - Wireless Systems Engineering, Inc. > Satellite Beach, FL > www.WSE.biz >
Reply by ●March 27, 20052005-03-27
Great! Makes me want to visit one friend of mine to play Need For Speed again ;) What's that car on pictures DSC_2624 and DSC_2625? -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
Reply by ●March 27, 20052005-03-27
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, "Clay S. Turner" <Physics@Bellsouth.net> wrote:>Hello Guys, > >You know how sometimes work brings up interesting possibilities. Recently >I've been contracted to investigate radio interference for a major Cellular >Carrier. And one of the places it took me was to the Atlanta Motor Speedway. >Since I spent the week prior to the race handling all of the RF issues, >during racetime, I was effectively on call with nothing to do - however I >was provided a pit pass. So I used the opportunity to get a few snapshots. >You may see them at the following link: > >http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/p/h/physics/ > >Let me know what you think.Clay, Very cool! But I'm a motor head with two track cars, so I'm an easy sell. ;) I'm guessing you were either trying to make sure that there was enough coverage for the crowd or that the race-related equipment didn't interfere. Either way, it's nice when that sort of assignment comes along. Eric Jacobsen Minister of Algorithms, Intel Corp. My opinions may not be Intel's opinions. http://www.ericjacobsen.org
Reply by ●March 27, 20052005-03-27
Clay S. Turner wrote:> Hello Guys,...> http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/p/h/physics/ > > Let me know what you think.Nice pictures, and nice chance to take them! The detail in the tires inspires the question: did the cars pose for you, or did you use an incredibly fast shutter speed? Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●March 27, 20052005-03-27
"Jerry Avins" <jya@ieee.org> wrote in message news:pvudnauJRvPunNrfRVn-iw@rcn.net...> Clay S. Turner wrote: >> Hello Guys, > > ... > >> http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/p/h/physics/ >> >> Let me know what you think. > > Nice pictures, and nice chance to take them! The detail in the tires > inspires the question: did the cars pose for you, or did you use an > incredibly fast shutter speed? > > Jerry > -- > Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. > �����������������������������������������������������������������������Hello Jerry, My shutter speed ranged from 1/250 to 1/2000th second. Also I use a vibration reduction lens. It has an inertial guided element that really reduces camera shake. It is very helpful for panning. In some cases the cars were lined along the pit road - others were moving along at 160 to 200MPH! Clay
Reply by ●March 27, 20052005-03-27
"Eric Jacobsen" <eric.jacobsen@ieee.org> wrote in message news:4246ebde.588589453@news.west.cox.net...> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, "Clay S. Turner" > <Physics@Bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > Clay, > > Very cool! > > But I'm a motor head with two track cars, so I'm an easy sell. ;) > > I'm guessing you were either trying to make sure that there was enough > coverage for the crowd or that the race-related equipment didn't > interfere. Either way, it's nice when that sort of assignment comes > along. >Hello Eric, My concern is not the coverage - other guys worry about that such as others in my company. I worry about interference caused to public safety and interference caused to the cellular system by others. The public safety issue is extremely important now that a federal law requires mitigation to start within 24 hours of a public safety complaint. I spent 3 hours tracking down an illegal transmitter (it Txed once every 15 or so minutes for a few seconds) right before the race. As I got very close to the source it mysteriously was shut down and didn't cause anymore problems. Clay
Reply by ●March 27, 20052005-03-27
"Martin Eisenberg" <martin.eisenberg@udo.edu> wrote in message news:1111943591.575433@ostenberg.wh.uni-dortmund.de...> Great! Makes me want to visit one friend of mine to play Need For > Speed again ;) What's that car on pictures DSC_2624 and DSC_2625?Hello Martin, These are some of the legends cars. A short track was set up on the front straight and used pit road for the back straight. A lot (if not all) of the drivers were teenagers. More can be found out here: http://www.mixmotorsports.co.uk/legends.htm I had never seen them before, but they run these cars early Sunday morning before the main race. Clay
Reply by ●March 27, 20052005-03-27
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, "Clay S. Turner" <Physics@Bellsouth.net> wrote:>Hello Guys, > >You know how sometimes work brings up interesting possibilities. Recently >I've been contracted to investigate radio interference for a major Cellular >Carrier. And one of the places it took me was to the Atlanta Motor Speedway. >Since I spent the week prior to the race handling all of the RF issues, >during racetime, I was effectively on call with nothing to do - however I >was provided a pit pass. So I used the opportunity to get a few snapshots. >You may see them at the following link: > >http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/p/h/physics/ > >Let me know what you think.I'm SO dissapointed, especially after the other postive responses: "Access Denied. Bandwidth limit exceeded." "Exceeded your Bandwidth quota? Has your hobby grown into a thriving business? Sounds like you need to upgrade from your BellSouth Personal Web Page to BellSouth Shared Web Hosting!" No, you just posted your site to Usenet, that's all, and perhaps they give low bandwith with those sites...hmm, let me check Slashdot for a story on the race... ----- http://mindspring.com/~benbradley
Reply by ●March 28, 20052005-03-28
"Ben Bradley" <ben_nospam_bradley@frontiernet.net> wrote in message news:vrue419jaiqea2d71qnuj27el0d5sac5pe@4ax.com...> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:02:48 -0500, "Clay S. Turner" > <Physics@Bellsouth.net> wrote: > >>Hello Guys, >> >>You know how sometimes work brings up interesting possibilities. Recently >>I've been contracted to investigate radio interference for a major >>Cellular >>Carrier. And one of the places it took me was to the Atlanta Motor >>Speedway. >>Since I spent the week prior to the race handling all of the RF issues, >>during racetime, I was effectively on call with nothing to do - however I >>was provided a pit pass. So I used the opportunity to get a few snapshots. >>You may see them at the following link: >> >>http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/p/h/physics/ >> >>Let me know what you think. > > I'm SO dissapointed, especially after the other postive responses: > > "Access Denied. Bandwidth limit exceeded." > > "Exceeded your Bandwidth quota? Has your hobby grown into a thriving > business? Sounds like you need to upgrade from your BellSouth Personal > Web Page to BellSouth Shared Web Hosting!" > > No, you just posted your site to Usenet, that's all, and perhaps > they give low bandwith with those sites...hmm, let me check Slashdot > for a story on the race...Ben, Sorry about the disappointment. I'll have to check with Bellsouth about the maximum number of hits allowed per day. Hopefully the hit counter will be reset tomorrow, and then you can see the pics. Clay> > ----- > http://mindspring.com/~benbradley
