Foothill College ham swap on TV

I'm watching this program called Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel where they examine various contemporary myths or urban legends and either debunk or confirm them. The first was various myths about microwave ovens. They actually perform the various myths (putting in a spoon, fork, aluminum/aluminium foil) on camera in a sort of scientific way. The second myth is Lucille Ball recounting how the fillings in her teeth caused her to pick up radio signals from a local radio studio. So to test this, they needed to build a radio transmitter. They showed the team heading over to Foothill College (local Silicon Valley college) for the famous 2nd Saturday of the month ham swap. They even described it as "legendary" (it is). They showed various scenes of scrounging and some of the nerds there and one was even someone I know(!) (It was Barry Tuttleman for you locals) Kinda cool. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]