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Nr4c

[K4] Shipping??

Did anyone hear of any K4s being shipped yesterday, August 31st.

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...nr4c. bill

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Macy monkeys

Re: [K4] Shipping??

It's not midnight yet on the west coast :)

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Nr4c

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But well after closing for any of their regular shippers!

Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill

> On Sep 1, 2020, at 12:55 AM, Macy monkeys <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>
> It's not midnight yet on the west coast :)
>
> John K7FD
>
>> On Aug 31, 2020, at 9:44 PM, Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> Sent from my iPhone
>> ...nr4c. bill
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wayne burdick

Re: [K4] Shipping??

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A small batch is in process to go out this week, and I'm sure Eric will post an update.

So how about a weather report?

This past few weeks has been very difficult for California and the Bay Area in particular. No one could have anticipated this at the beginning of the month (remember the Ham Expo?), since fire season is usually in October. But worst-case conditions have been brewing for some time. Thanks to drought and record temperatures everything has become tinder-dry (10 years ago we'd get a few winter days in the 30F range, now the lowest we ever see is 40F). Bark beetle larvae are no longer culled during winter, turning trees into an insect smörgåsbord. This has left forests all over the West vulnerable.

We had employees evacuated due to fires burning in or near the factory, and many of us elsewhere were on official alert status, thinking about what to pack. During this time the air quality has been horrendous (AQI over 200 some days). This has temporarily upended our strategy of keeping all the doors open to provide safe working conditions in the midst of the ongoing pandemic (remember that?) meaning virtually everyone is working from home. My family had to buy N95 masks just to be able to run errands. We still need them about 50% of the time, though the firefighters are making progress.

In related news, one of our local field testers lost pretty much everything he owned, including his K4, due to one fire's unprecedented rampage through our coastal forests.

And still we persist.

All I can say, in the humbling face of nature, is...QRX.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

> On Sep 1, 2020, at 4:29 AM, Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> But well after closing for any of their regular shippers!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
>
>
>> On Sep 1, 2020, at 12:55 AM, Macy monkeys <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> It's not midnight yet on the west coast :)
>>
>> John K7FD

Björn Ekelund

Re: [K4] Shipping??

Hi Wayne,

Since you are now shipping; When can we expect the K4 programmer's manual
to be available for download?

We want to make sure the DXLog (www.dxlog.net) contest logger supports K4
as soon as possible.

I emailed you a few months ago but I guess that was too early.

Björn SM7IUN

Den tis 1 sep. 2020 kl 18:20 skrev Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]>:

> A small batch is in process to go out this week, and I'm sure Eric will
> post an update.
>
> So how about a weather report?
>
> This past few weeks has been very difficult for California and the Bay
> Area in particular. No one could have anticipated this at the beginning of
> the month (remember the Ham Expo?), since fire season is usually in
> October. But worst-case conditions have been brewing for some time. Thanks
> to drought and record temperatures everything has become tinder-dry (10
> years ago we'd get a few winter days in the 30F range, now the lowest we
> ever see is 40F). Bark beetle larvae are no longer culled during winter,
> turning trees into an insect smörgåsbord. This has left forests all over
> the West vulnerable.
>
> We had employees evacuated due to fires burning in or near the factory,
> and many of us elsewhere were on official alert status, thinking about what
> to pack. During this time the air quality has been horrendous (AQI over 200
> some days). This has temporarily upended our strategy of keeping all the
> doors open to provide safe working conditions in the midst of the ongoing
> pandemic (remember that?) meaning virtually everyone is working from home.
> My family had to buy N95 masks just to be able to run errands. We still
> need them about 50% of the time, though the firefighters are making
> progress.
>
> In related news, one of our local field testers lost pretty much
> everything he owned, including his K4, due to one fire's unprecedented
> rampage through our coastal forests.
>
> And still we persist.
>
> All I can say, in the humbling face of nature, is...QRX.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
> > On Sep 1, 2020, at 4:29 AM, Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > But well after closing for any of their regular shippers!
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > ...nr4c. bill
> >
> >
> >> On Sep 1, 2020, at 12:55 AM, Macy monkeys <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> It's not midnight yet on the west coast :)
> >>
> >> John K7FD
>
>
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rich hurd WC3T

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Please stay safe. The K4 is just parts. You are irreplaceable.

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wayne burdick

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Hi Björn,

The programmer's reference is mostly complete, but I still have to separate out internal vs. public commands. That was the plan, right up until the the fires :-/

Are you already on our developer's list? We'll be posting the programmer's reference to this list as soon as it's ready.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

> On Sep 1, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Björn Ekelund <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi Wayne,
>
> Since you are now shipping; When can we expect the K4 programmer's manual to be available for download?
>
> We want to make sure the DXLog (www.dxlog.net) contest logger supports K4 as soon as possible.
>
> I emailed you a few months ago but I guess that was too early.
>
> Björn SM7IUN
>
> Den tis 1 sep. 2020 kl 18:20 skrev Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]>:
> A small batch is in process to go out this week, and I'm sure Eric will post an update.
>
> So how about a weather report?
>
> This past few weeks has been very difficult for California and the Bay Area in particular. No one could have anticipated this at the beginning of the month (remember the Ham Expo?), since fire season is usually in October. But worst-case conditions have been brewing for some time. Thanks to drought and record temperatures everything has become tinder-dry (10 years ago we'd get a few winter days in the 30F range, now the lowest we ever see is 40F). Bark beetle larvae are no longer culled during winter, turning trees into an insect smörgåsbord. This has left forests all over the West vulnerable.
>
> We had employees evacuated due to fires burning in or near the factory, and many of us elsewhere were on official alert status, thinking about what to pack. During this time the air quality has been horrendous (AQI over 200 some days). This has temporarily upended our strategy of keeping all the doors open to provide safe working conditions in the midst of the ongoing pandemic (remember that?) meaning virtually everyone is working from home. My family had to buy N95 masks just to be able to run errands. We still need them about 50% of the time, though the firefighters are making progress.
>
> In related news, one of our local field testers lost pretty much everything he owned, including his K4, due to one fire's unprecedented rampage through our coastal forests.
>
> And still we persist.
>
> All I can say, in the humbling face of nature, is...QRX.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
> > On Sep 1, 2020, at 4:29 AM, Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > But well after closing for any of their regular shippers!
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > ...nr4c. bill
> >
> >
> >> On Sep 1, 2020, at 12:55 AM, Macy monkeys <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> It's not midnight yet on the west coast :)
> >>
> >> John K7FD
>
>
>
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Ted Roycraft-3

Re: [K4] Shipping??

Wayne and Eric,
I'm very sorry for all the problems you guys in California are having
dealing with multiple problems beyond your control and it is completely
understandable why the K4 has been delayed. I'm sure that no one wants
them shipping more than you do..

Anyway, I am writing you to ask you if you could do something like you
did when the K2 had many orders that you had to fill on a first
come/first served basis. Back then, every day you shipped, you posted
the order date of the last K2 to go out the door that day. Could you do
something similar with the K4? In this case, initially for Group 1,
publish the "deposit date" made by the buyer of the last K4 to go out
the door that day. I'm sure with the K2, that policy eliminated a lot
of emails asking "how close am I to getting my K2". And, contrary to
the opinion of some of us, I think this policy would cut way down on the
unnecessary emails coming to this mailing list asking "when am I getting
my K4".

Best regards,
Ted Roycraft, W2ZK

On 9/1/2020 12:47, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> Hi Björn,
>
> The programmer's reference is mostly complete, but I still have to separate out internal vs. public commands. That was the plan, right up until the the fires :-/
>
> Are you already on our developer's list? We'll be posting the programmer's reference to this list as soon as it's ready.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>> On Sep 1, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Björn Ekelund <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Wayne,
>>
>> Since you are now shipping; When can we expect the K4 programmer's manual to be available for download?
>>
>> We want to make sure the DXLog (www.dxlog.net) contest logger supports K4 as soon as possible.
>>
>> I emailed you a few months ago but I guess that was too early.
>>
>> Björn SM7IUN
>>
>> Den tis 1 sep. 2020 kl 18:20 skrev Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]>:
>> A small batch is in process to go out this week, and I'm sure Eric will post an update.
>>
>> So how about a weather report?
>>
>> This past few weeks has been very difficult for California and the Bay Area in particular. No one could have anticipated this at the beginning of the month (remember the Ham Expo?), since fire season is usually in October. But worst-case conditions have been brewing for some time. Thanks to drought and record temperatures everything has become tinder-dry (10 years ago we'd get a few winter days in the 30F range, now the lowest we ever see is 40F). Bark beetle larvae are no longer culled during winter, turning trees into an insect smörgåsbord. This has left forests all over the West vulnerable.
>>
>> We had employees evacuated due to fires burning in or near the factory, and many of us elsewhere were on official alert status, thinking about what to pack. During this time the air quality has been horrendous (AQI over 200 some days). This has temporarily upended our strategy of keeping all the doors open to provide safe working conditions in the midst of the ongoing pandemic (remember that?) meaning virtually everyone is working from home. My family had to buy N95 masks just to be able to run errands. We still need them about 50% of the time, though the firefighters are making progress.
>>
>> In related news, one of our local field testers lost pretty much everything he owned, including his K4, due to one fire's unprecedented rampage through our coastal forests.
>>
>> And still we persist.
>>
>> All I can say, in the humbling face of nature, is...QRX.
>>
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 1, 2020, at 4:29 AM, Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> But well after closing for any of their regular shippers!
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> ...nr4c. bill
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sep 1, 2020, at 12:55 AM, Macy monkeys <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's not midnight yet on the west coast :)
>>>>
>>>> John K7FD
>>
>>
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Björn Ekelund

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I am so sorry to hear about your fires, as if covid19 was not a burden
enough.

I don't think I'm on any developer's list but would love to get on it if
possible.
I do most of the radio interface coding in the DXLog dev team.

We have a decent number of users and take pride in supporting
new radios. I'm particularly eager to implement SO2V for the K4
since I believe it will rock that mode. There are also some ideas about
waterfall control (zoom etc.) from the logger.

Björn SM7IUN

Den tis 1 sep. 2020 kl 18:47 skrev Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]>:

> Hi Björn,
>
> The programmer's reference is mostly complete, but I still have to
> separate out internal vs. public commands. That was the plan, right up
> until the the fires :-/
>
> Are you already on our developer's list? We'll be posting the programmer's
> reference to this list as soon as it's ready.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> > On Sep 1, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Björn Ekelund <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Wayne,
> >
> > Since you are now shipping; When can we expect the K4 programmer's
> manual to be available for download?
> >
> > We want to make sure the DXLog (www.dxlog.net) contest logger supports
> K4 as soon as possible.
> >
> > I emailed you a few months ago but I guess that was too early.
> >
> > Björn SM7IUN
> >
> > Den tis 1 sep. 2020 kl 18:20 skrev Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]>:
> > A small batch is in process to go out this week, and I'm sure Eric will
> post an update.
> >
> > So how about a weather report?
> >
> > This past few weeks has been very difficult for California and the Bay
> Area in particular. No one could have anticipated this at the beginning of
> the month (remember the Ham Expo?), since fire season is usually in
> October. But worst-case conditions have been brewing for some time. Thanks
> to drought and record temperatures everything has become tinder-dry (10
> years ago we'd get a few winter days in the 30F range, now the lowest we
> ever see is 40F). Bark beetle larvae are no longer culled during winter,
> turning trees into an insect smörgåsbord. This has left forests all over
> the West vulnerable.
> >
> > We had employees evacuated due to fires burning in or near the factory,
> and many of us elsewhere were on official alert status, thinking about what
> to pack. During this time the air quality has been horrendous (AQI over 200
> some days). This has temporarily upended our strategy of keeping all the
> doors open to provide safe working conditions in the midst of the ongoing
> pandemic (remember that?) meaning virtually everyone is working from home.
> My family had to buy N95 masks just to be able to run errands. We still
> need them about 50% of the time, though the firefighters are making
> progress.
> >
> > In related news, one of our local field testers lost pretty much
> everything he owned, including his K4, due to one fire's unprecedented
> rampage through our coastal forests.
> >
> > And still we persist.
> >
> > All I can say, in the humbling face of nature, is...QRX.
> >
> > 73,
> > Wayne
> > N6KR
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Sep 1, 2020, at 4:29 AM, Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > >
> > > But well after closing for any of their regular shippers!
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > ...nr4c. bill
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Sep 1, 2020, at 12:55 AM, Macy monkeys <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> It's not midnight yet on the west coast :)
> > >>
> > >> John K7FD
> >
> >
> >
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Doug Turnbull

Re: [K4] Shipping??

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Ted, It is not all that simple, though Elecraft will do what they judge best. Some of us in other parts of the world also put down deposits at an early date. We in the EU can not take delivery until CE approval is obtained. Unless perhaps some take USA delivery and bring the radio back with us as part of luggage. Of course flying is difficult these days.I am sure Elecraft will endeavour to be as even handed as they can be. Meanwhile we wait anxiously.The world has taken a beating and California in particular. There are Italian radio firms struggling to recover as well.We both or indeed all of us wish the good people in Elecraft the best. They have done well to to get so close to shipping. The Elecraft family all deserve a good Californian wine this weekend.73 Doug EI2CNSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: Ted Roycraft <[hidden email]> Date: 01/09/2020 18:17 (GMT+00:00) To: Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]>, Björn Ekelund <[hidden email]> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K4] Shipping?? Wayne and Eric,I'm very sorry for all the problems you guys in California are having dealing with multiple problems beyond your control and it is completely understandable why the K4 has been delayed. I'm sure that no one wants them shipping more than you do..Anyway, I am writing you to ask you if you could do something like you did when the K2 had many orders that you had to fill on a first come/first served basis. Back then, every day you shipped, you posted the order date of the last K2 to go out the door that day. Could you do something similar with the K4? In this case, initially for Group 1, publish the "deposit date" made by the buyer of the last K4 to go out the door that day. I'm sure with the K2, that policy eliminated a lot of emails asking "how close am I to getting my K2". And, contrary to the opinion of some of us, I think this policy would cut way down on the unnecessary emails coming to this mailing list asking "when am I getting my K4".Best regards,Ted Roycraft, W2ZKOn 9/1/2020 12:47, Wayne Burdick wrote:> Hi Björn,>> The programmer's reference is mostly complete, but I still have to separate out internal vs. public commands. That was the plan, right up until the the fires :-/>> Are you already on our developer's list? We'll be posting the programmer's reference to this list as soon as it's ready.>> 73,> Wayne> N6KR>>>> On Sep 1, 2020, at 9:29 AM, Björn Ekelund <[hidden email]> wrote:>>>> Hi Wayne,>>>> Since you are now shipping; When can we expect the K4 programmer's manual to be available for download?>>>> We want to make sure the DXLog (www.dxlog.net) contest logger supports K4 as soon as possible.>>>> I emailed you a few months ago but I guess that was too early.>>>> Björn SM7IUN>>>> Den tis 1 sep. 2020 kl 18:20 skrev Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]>:>> A small batch is in process to go out this week, and I'm sure Eric will post an update.>>>> So how about a weather report?>>>> This past few weeks has been very difficult for California and the Bay Area in particular. No one could have anticipated this at the beginning of the month (remember the Ham Expo?), since fire season is usually in October. But worst-case conditions have been brewing for some time. Thanks to drought and record temperatures everything has become tinder-dry (10 years ago we'd get a few winter days in the 30F range, now the lowest we ever see is 40F). Bark beetle larvae are no longer culled during winter, turning trees into an insect smörgåsbord. This has left forests all over the West vulnerable.>>>> We had employees evacuated due to fires burning in or near the factory, and many of us elsewhere were on official alert status, thinking about what to pack. During this time the air quality has been horrendous (AQI over 200 some days). This has temporarily upended our strategy of keeping all the doors open to provide safe working conditions in the midst of the ongoing pandemic (remember that?) meaning virtually everyone is working from home. My family had to buy N95 masks just to be able to run errands. We still need them about 50% of the time, though the firefighters are making progress.>>>> In related news, one of our local field testers lost pretty much everything he owned, including his K4, due to one fire's unprecedented rampage through our coastal forests.>>>> And still we persist.>>>> All I can say, in the humbling face of nature, is...QRX.>>>> 73,>> Wayne>> N6KR>>>>>>>>> On Sep 1, 2020, at 4:29 AM, Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:>>>>>> But well after closing for any of their regular shippers!>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone>>> ...nr4c. bill>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 1, 2020, at 12:55 AM, Macy monkeys <[hidden email]> wrote:>>>>>>>> >>>> It's not midnight yet on the west coast :)>>>>>>>> John K7FD>>>>>> ______________________________________________________________>> Elecraft mailing list>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm>> Post: mailto:[hidden email]>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html>> Message delivered to [hidden email]> ______________________________________________________________> Elecraft mailing list> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> Post: mailto:[hidden email]>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> Message delivered to ted.roycraft@gmail.com______________________________________________________________Elecraft mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:[hidden email] list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to [hidden email]
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On 9/1/2020 9:11 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> In related news, one of our local field testers lost pretty much everything he owned, including his K4, due to one fire's unprecedented rampage through our coastal forests.

Many our neighbors lost everything, four hams that I know of, including
Elecraft production engineer and major contester K6XX. More that 1200
structures were destroyed in our neighborhood alone, most were homes.

My wife and I are lucky -- we still have a home. Won't know until we get
home (5-7 days) about the antenna farm.

73, Jim K9YC

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Martin Sole-3

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Thoughts with all you guys who have suffered losses. Truly terrible news.

I just saw on my twitter feed a post from Elecraft showing a picture of
3 K4's on the bench going through testing. I guess next step will be out
the door. Someone's getting lucky!

Martin, HS0ZED

On 2/9/63 07:59, Jim Brown wrote:

> On 9/1/2020 9:11 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>> In related news, one of our local field testers lost pretty much
>> everything he owned, including his K4, due to one fire's
>> unprecedented rampage through our coastal forests.
>
> Many our neighbors lost everything, four hams that I know of,
> including Elecraft production engineer and major contester K6XX. More
> that 1200 structures were destroyed in our neighborhood alone, most
> were homes.
>
> My wife and I are lucky -- we still have a home. Won't know until we
> get home (5-7 days) about the antenna farm.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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Tony Estep

Re: [K4] Shipping??

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On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 11:21 AM Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:

> ...This past few weeks has been very difficult for California and the Bay
> Area in particular....forests all over the West vulnerable...We had
> employees evacuated due to fires burning....air quality has been
> horrendous...

===============================
The situation in the areas near and around the fires in California is
dreadful, although apparently improving some in the past days. My
daughter-in-law is a grad student at UC Davis (long way from Watsonville,
but threatened by a different fire); her apartment complex was on
evacuation alert for two weeks. The air was so full of smoke that they
couldn't run the AC, with daytime temperatures of 104 degrees. And they
were relatively fortunate, because the eastern edge of the fire that was
threatening them eventually was controlled, and the fire moved northward.
The smoke from that fire reportedly streamed east as far as Indiana. There
are fires in spots all the way from Bakersfield to Mendocino, an area as
big as some states. Much of California is a huge patch of dry tinder, for
the reasons Wayne pointed out in his post, and any lighting strike, any
sparking power line, any cigarette butt can set off a blaze that threatens
life and property on a mass scale. Viewed in perspective, the delivery
schedule of the K4 is a minor issue compared to the widespread havoc that
these fires have engendered.

73,
Tony KT0NY
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Re: [K4] Shipping??

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On 9/11/2020 8:30 PM, Augie "Gus" Hansen wrote:
> Have you been able to get home yet? What's the status of your home and
> antennas?

Got back a few days ago, only damage is to floor under refrigerator that
had been without power for 3 wks. House, shack, antennas all fine. No
power, water, or internet, so we're in a rental townhouse for a while.

73, Jim K9YC

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K9YC

Glad your home made it thru the fires.... hope you get home soon !!!

Very Great to hear you were awarded the ARRL Tech Services Award......
you certainly earned it.

http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-technical-service-award-conferred

It's fun to see you and a few other brains here keep some of the "myths"
quiet. Especially the audio related .

As Jim moved to California from Chicago he scooped up my TenTec Titan to
start his "Titan" collection. Jim & I go back to the audio business in
Chicago 1980s/90s... glad I can say this smart cookie is a friend.

bill ny9h/3

Have you been able to get home yet? What's the status of your home and
antennas?

> Got back a few days ago, only damage is to floor under refrigerator
> that had been without power for 3 wks. House, shack, antennas all
> fine. No power, water, or internet, so we're in a rental townhouse for
> a while.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>

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NK7Z

Re: K9YC

Congratz Jim! On both, a house that is intact, and your receiving the
ARRL Tech Services Award!

73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

On 9/13/20 6:40 AM, Bill Steffey NY9H wrote:

> Glad your home made it thru the fires.... hope you get home soon !!!
>
> Very Great to hear you were awarded the ARRL Tech Services Award......
> you certainly earned it.
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-technical-service-award-conferred
>
> It's fun to see you and a few other brains here keep some of the "myths"
> quiet. Especially the audio related .
>
> As Jim moved to California from Chicago he scooped up my TenTec Titan to
> start his "Titan" collection. Jim & I go back to the audio business in
> Chicago 1980s/90s... glad I can say this smart cookie is a friend.
>
> bill ny9h/3
>
>
> Have you been able to get home yet? What's the status of your home and
> antennas?
>
>> Got back a few days ago, only damage is to floor under refrigerator
>> that had been without power for 3 wks. House, shack, antennas all
>> fine. No power, water, or internet, so we're in a rental townhouse for
>> a while.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
>

Mike VE3YF

Re: K9YC

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Jim::

Congratulations on conditions of the house. Your fingers must have been
crossed. Continue to stay safe and be well.

Don't want to forget, thanks for all you have done to help others and
myself thru your various articles, also congratulations on your 2020
ARRL Technical Service Award. Well Deserved...

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*73 De Mike*
*VE3YF

_/http://www.ve3yf.com/_*

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