Why is “Parabola proxima perfecta est” on the site logo?
This is kind of an inside joke that we’d like to share with you. Henry would love it. Back in 1982, Steve Mook (WD4JIN) and I (I’m Scott Smith (KF4ZIS)) were freshman at Vanderbilt University. Steve and I had been friends since we were in high school at Memphis University School where we ran the MUS CCTV television studio. When we arrived at Vanderbilt, we were interested in finding some outlet for our interest in electronics and television. Through some stroke of luck, we eventually learned of the Media Center at Peabody College at Vanderbilt. When we went there, we were cheerfully greeted by the manager, Henry Savage (W4RFR). From that first day we formed an incredible friendship with Henry that lasted over 22 years during which we got involved in all sorts of crazy and hair-brained projects. One project was designed to transmit foreign language television signals from the roof of Henry’s building on Peabody about 1 mile to the west to the McTyre Foreign Languages Dormitory. Well to
