OT: Well-being check

[Lyn WØLEN]

How is everyone doing?
Physically I am experiencing a recurrence of a very nasty flu-like cold that
also hit me in November (a couple weeks after my annual flu shot) and
dragged on for about six weeks. I feel better if I am vertical than if I am
horizontal, so am sleeping in shorter spurts and have become a very early
riser.
It's actually kind of fun to be roaming the house at 4 AM. Very quietly
enjoying good coffee, Girl Scout cookies (complete and balanced diet ...
eh?) and making hundreds of contacts worldwide in the wee hours of the day.
Our church has closed all four campuses until further notice, so that means
I am free from weekend video camera duties and get to enjoy the services
streamed over the internet (I am at the opposite end of the chain now).
I have also opted out of all my other group activities, and in fact most of
them (ARES/RACES/Skywarn/etc.) have gone into "postpone" mode. In several
other cases we are also looking at setting up virtual meetings and will
conduct our business either by conference call or over internet channels.
I'd be curious to know how you all are coping with this situation.

 

73

Lyn, W0LEN

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[Richard Lamont]

On 15/03/2020 12:10, Lyn Norstad wrote:

> I have also opted out of all my other group activities, and in fact most of
> them (ARES/RACES/Skywarn/etc.) have gone into "postpone" mode. In several
> other cases we are also looking at setting up virtual meetings and will
> conduct our business either by conference call or over internet channels.
> I'd be curious to know how you all are coping with this situation.

The RSGB was due to hold its thrice-yearly face-to-face meeting of the
Volunteer Leadership Team (VLT) yesterday, consisting of board members,
HQ staff, committee chairman, honorary officers and regional
representatives.

Instead, because of Covid-19 concerns, we ran it as a video conference
using the Cisco Webex system. It worked very well, despite hardly any of
the 34 participants having even heard of it before.


73,
Richard G4DYA
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> On Mar 15, 2020, at 05:10, Lyn Norstad <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> How is everyone doing?


Good morning from almost the west coast. My middle child (Older Son) is visiting with me here in Carson City for awhile. We had a couple of nice days last week and spent them over at a local park. I setup a SOTAbeams mast and wire antenna and played with the KX3 driving a Virgil Stamps MiniPacker HF amp, which will produce 30-40w, depending on band and drive. I was able to check into the Noontime Net and a couple of others with a wire and 30w phone.

Then the winds and rain, now snow returned. So we are flying some toy drones I bought (in the house) and learning to fly them line-of-sight. He’s studying for the Tech exam and I think he’ll pass it. It will be administered next Saturday.


> It's actually kind of fun to be roaming the house at 4 AM. Very quietly
> enjoying good coffee, Girl Scout cookies (complete and balanced diet ...
> eh?) and making hundreds of contacts worldwide in the wee hours of the day.


I’ve always been an early riser, but not that early. However, this year the time change really threw me for a loop. I’m dealing with a very ill canine friend and that’s not helping. She is scheduled for brain surgery to remove a tumor the first of the month. I’m hoping she makes it that long. It would be good to have a few more years with her.

I work part-time for myself now as a consultant (engineer). So, I rarely HAVE to go to meetings and I like that just fine.

Now I think I hear coffee calling… 73 all...

David Thompson, AG7TX
Jack of All Trades
Master of None
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