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Model Railroad Hobbyist RailPro Contributor Needed
TwinStar:
With Bruce Petrarca retiring from the DCC Column of MRH Joe Fugate put out the call for a replacement or for ideas on the future of the column itself. I was surprisingly shocked that a number of guys didn't like it being limited to DCC only and are wanting a more open "Command & Control" column that encompasses DCC, DCC+, RailPro, BlueRail, Arduino, etc.
Joe has agreed and as such put out the following:
It looks like we're going with an all-things-electrical recurring monthly series to replace the previous DCC column.
We will be collecting some regular contributors to this series, as well as contacting vendors to have them write up some how-tos for their products. The scope thus becomes anything to do with the electrical side of the hobby -- in every issue.
This broadens things quite a bit. It means we can cover layout wiring and layout lighting, electrical-based animation, DCC (of course), battery power, non-DCC control (RailPro anyone?), detection and signaling, LCC, computer control/animation (Arduino and Raspberry-Pi), and whatever else might use electricity on your layout.
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
As you can see, he is specifically looking for a RailPro contributor. This is an opportunity for someone here to help put RailPro front and center in a widely read publication. I know we have a few here that are very capable of doing something like this.
Any takers?
Here is the discussion:
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/magazine/mrh2018-07/publishers-musings#comment-354282
Alan:
Sounds like a perfect job for a RPUG tag team duo. Tim write the techie article, Kevin make videos to illustrate it.
William Brillinger:
--- Quote ---Tim write the techie article, Kevin make videos to illustrate it.
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I second that motion!!
And note: MRH pays quite well too.
KPack:
I'm down for that. It'd give me a great excuse to upgrade some camera gear. I'm not much of a writer, plus Tim or Alan knows more of the technical aspects of Railpro.
I'm assuming that staring with Railpro basics would be wise, then there could be some articles on more advanced things (Keep Alive, Alan's signaling and other electrical wizardry, accessory modules, DCC-mode, lighting editor, etc).
TwinStar:
--- Quote from: KPack on September 05, 2018, 10:48:02 PM ---I'm down for that. It'd give me a great excuse to upgrade some camera gear. I'm not much of a writer, plus Tim or Alan knows more of the technical aspects of Railpro.
I'm assuming that staring with Railpro basics would be wise, then there could be some articles on more advanced things (Keep Alive, Alan's signaling and other electrical wizardry, accessory modules, DCC-mode, lighting editor, etc).
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I've done some writing in the past. I'd be happy to contribute in whatever way possible even if it's just proof reading.
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