OT: Anyone heard from Tom N0SS?

[Bill W4ZV]

        Most of you know Tom has been a major contributor to the success of both the K2 and K3.  He's had some serious health issues lately and I'm concerned about him.  I contacted him in May to order his External T-R Relay Kit for my K2 but haven't heard anything from him since May 26.  

        His XYL's email is the same as his so I'm guessing they both are QRL with more pressing issues.  Does anyone know if he's OK?

73,  Bill  W4ZV

[Bill Gerth]

Tom is a neighbor and friend, less than a mile away.

Bill, you're right, he has had several serious health issues but his  
spirit is undiminished.  He missed Field Day for the first time in  
recorded history so that should tell you something about his  
condition. Last report I got (about a week ago) was that he was making  
steady progress and his outlook is promising, according to his doctors.

I'll tell him you were asking about him.

73,
BILL
W4RK
Jefferson City, MO

On Jul 1, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Bill W4ZV wrote:

>        Most of you know Tom has been a major contributor to the  
> success of
> both the K2 and K3.  He's had some serious health issues lately and  
> I'm
> concerned about him.  I contacted him in May to order his External T-
> R Relay
> Kit for my K2 but haven't heard anything from him since May 26.
>
>        His XYL's email is the same as his so I'm guessing they both  
> are QRL
> with more pressing issues.  Does anyone know if he's OK?
>
> 73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
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[Johnny Siu]

Hi Bill,
 
Could you please send him my best regards when you see him?
 
I sent him an email in early May asking him whether he would go to Dayton but got no reply.  I believe he was not that well at that time.

TNX & 73,


Johnny VR2XMC

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主題︰ Re: [Elecraft] OT: Anyone heard from Tom N0SS?

Tom is a neighbor and friend, less than a mile away.

Bill, you're right, he has had several serious health issues but his 
spirit is undiminished.  He missed Field Day for the first time in 
recorded history so that should tell you something about his 
condition. Last report I got (about a week ago) was that he was making 
steady progress and his outlook is promising, according to his doctors.

I'll tell him you were asking about him.

73,
BILL
W4RK
Jefferson City, MO
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[Bill W4ZV]

Thanks to several who replied and it was really great news to learn Tom is OK.  He sent me a note yesterday and said he hopes to be released from the hospital soon...perhaps even today.  Meanwhile we should all keep him in our prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.

73,  Bill

[Chester Alderman]

Good news about N0SS! Thanks.

Tom - W4BQF


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Thanks to several who replied and it was really great news to learn Tom is
OK.  He sent me a note yesterday and said he hopes to be released from the
hospital soon...perhaps even today.  Meanwhile we should all keep him in our
prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.

73,  Bill

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[KENT TRIMBLE]

Those who saw Tom at Dayton undoubtedly knew he shouldn't have been
there.  The nine-hour trip from Jefferson City, the four days at Hara,
and the return drive nearly did him in.

After several weeks in the hospital for problems tangential but not
directly related to his cancer, he is now at home benefiting from
24-hour home health care, as much for the sake of his XYL, Jeri, (K0RPH,
herself a Registered Nurse) as for his.

He is weak and requires assistance walking, but is no longer bed-fast
and spends his day in a recliner in the living room.  Having lost
significant weight, the goal now is to regain it plus the strength to
resume normal living.  Treatments are to resume soon with his oncologist
continuing to affirm a positive outcome.

As many of you know, Tom is an extraordinarily optimistic person when it
comes to handling adversity and major illness.  Lesser men would have
been dead twenty years ago.

Much of that resilience he attributes to the prayers of others.  They
are most surely needed now.

73,

Kent Trimble, K9ZTV
Jefferson City, Missouri

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