Hello Sean.
ML> This one moved me tremendously since we were such close friends. It
ML> really hurts. ;-/
SD> It always does. I lost two of my good ham friends, both elmers, a
SD> while back.
Unfortunate, but I'm afraid it's the price we all pay eventually... Doesn't
make it any easier to take, though.
ML> 73
ML> Marc
SD> I didn't know you were a ham?
Wish I were. Been around them all my life and miss quite a few of them
that have left our earthly domain now.
Short story: Back in the 50's we lived in the Naval Housing Project in San
Juan, PR. There were at least a half-dozen hams in the project. There was
one that lived across the street who had a what seems to be enormous CW rig
in the front room; I was always fascinated at going over and watching. I
remember he was a "speed demon" on the key and could de-code just
as fast as he was in Naval Communicaitons. The old rig he used had big
finals behind a screened enclosure and gasseous regulator tubes that had
that errie purple glow to them (probably like 0D3's or 0C3's). Fred
Hatfield if I recall correctly... no telling what his callsign was; that
was 60+ years ago.
SD> Man, I need to get a good antenna up. We should start an 80M net
SD> sometime. :D
If I had a license...
73
Marc
... Rhetorical questions: Who needs them?
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