This weekend Ella and were hiking the The Boulevard Trail in the Smokey Mountains.  Being so high up I took advantage of the elevation and began scanning 2 meter frequencies.  My FT-60 stopped at 145.995 mhz and I heard a faint transmission.

“This is ARISSAT-1 RS01″

I immediately recognized this as an Amateur Radio satellite transmission. I did my best to capture the transmission via video (below), however I later discovered that the video camera was actually creating interference.  Thanks to iMovie I was able to tweek the audio in this video so that it was more understandable. Enjoy the video!

This is a video of a hike to Anglin Falls in Berea, Kentucky.

Icicles at Anglin Falls, Kentucky

I thought that this was an interesting way to  summarize 2010 from a search engine point of view.  Looking forward to seeing what 2011 brings.

I’ve really been enjoying my new 13 inch MacBook Pro and am very impressed with iMovie ’11.  It’s very easy to use and produces high quality results.  Perfect for amateur video enthusiast.

Helen and I went to the Smokey Mountains this past Fall and climbed up the Chimney Tops.