TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY
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Kent,
I am very sorry to learn of Tom's passing. He helped me add accessories to my K2 some years ago. Tom was a true "Ham" and will be missed. Please extend my condolences to Jeri and your Radio Club members. 73, Bob VE3XM Wellesley, ON K2/100 & K3/100 ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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Tom sure will be missed. I remember him from our old Fox Tango Days 30 plus years ago when Milt Lowen N4ML
ran the net and published the newsletters and we were running FT-101E's. He was a great help to that group also. 73 de KE4WY Jim On Aug 5, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Dave KK7SS <[hidden email]> wrote: > Damn! > He'll be missed. > > -- > Dave G KK7SS > Richland, WA > > '59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it.. > '65 Sprite - in process :( > '76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son :) > '06 Honda Civic Hybrid > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 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 |
Re: [QRP-L] Tom Hammond, N0SS, silent key
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RIP Tom.
We'll all see you soon enough. Keep the coffee pot on, the rig warmed up and a chair ready for us when we meet again. Best 72, 73 Mike Baker K7DD [hidden email] All QSO's are uploaded to LOTW and EQSL. -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 10:24 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Cc: QRP-L Subject: [QRP-L] Tom Hammond, N0SS, silent key Elecraft is fortunate to have some of the best customers--and friends-- a small company could hope for. And then there was Tom Hammond. Tom was there nearly from the beginning, in 1999, gently but firmly pushing us in the right direction. He helped us test and refine K2 and K3 hardware, firmware, and documentation. He wrote or edited many of our early application notes. Helped specify parts and tools. Spent countless hours volunteering in our booth, demonstrating radios. He celebrated our victories, and felt our pain. Tom was relentlessly positive. He drank the Kool-Aid, but if it was sour, he'd spit it out, then smile and tell you how much sugar to add. Many of us have felt Tom's pain over the past few years. He was always a survivor, but by the time Dayton, 2011 rolled around, he was little more than a friendly ghost. We knew he was suffering. Now, we're counting our blessings that we were able to see him one last time. About ten years ago, Tom and I drove together to the Ft. Tuthill QRP gathering in Flagstaff, Arizona. We were in a small pickup truck without air conditioning, and when we left Phoenix, it was a blistering 122 degrees in the shade. But we made the best of it, rolling the windows down, sailing along the freeway at 75 MPH, cracking jokes and powering through bottled water. I never had a better road trip. That's how I'll remember him: taking the heat, in style. Here's to Tom, N0SS/M, wherever he may be. 73, Wayne N6KR ______________________________________________________________ QRP-L mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
Re: Tom Hammond, N0SS, silent key
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Tom was relentlessly positive and giving ... I've had the pleasure of knowing him for 35+ years ... back to the early days of the FT-101 and the Fox-Tango group. We exchanged many mail and e-mail messages in those years and worked the FoxTango booth with Milt and Ida Lowens at Dayton for a few years in '76/'77/'78 time frame. Tom was always interested in making things better but never concerned about calling attention to himself or claiming credit. Amateur radio and those of us fortunate to know him are better for Tom. He will surely be missed. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/5/2011 1:24 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > Elecraft is fortunate to have some of the best customers--and friends-- > a small company could hope for. And then there was Tom Hammond. > > Tom was there nearly from the beginning, in 1999, gently but firmly > pushing us in the right direction. He helped us test and refine K2 and > K3 hardware, firmware, and documentation. He wrote or edited many of > our early application notes. Helped specify parts and tools. Spent > countless hours volunteering in our booth, demonstrating radios. He > celebrated our victories, and felt our pain. > > Tom was relentlessly positive. He drank the Kool-Aid, but if it was > sour, he'd spit it out, then smile and tell you how much sugar to add. > > Many of us have felt Tom's pain over the past few years. He was always > a survivor, but by the time Dayton, 2011 rolled around, he was little > more than a friendly ghost. We knew he was suffering. Now, we're > counting our blessings that we were able to see him one last time. > > About ten years ago, Tom and I drove together to the Ft. Tuthill QRP > gathering in Flagstaff, Arizona. We were in a small pickup truck > without air conditioning, and when we left Phoenix, it was a > blistering 122 degrees in the shade. But we made the best of it, > rolling the windows down, sailing along the freeway at 75 MPH, > cracking jokes and powering through bottled water. I never had a > better road trip. > > That's how I'll remember him: taking the heat, in style. > > Here's to Tom, N0SS/M, wherever he may be. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > 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 |
Re: Tom Hammond, N0SS, silent key
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Don't worry Joe, I am sure my Pat is right now introducing him around so
he gets to know everyone. She never met him but I am sure the two would have been fast buds. Now is her chance to get to know him as well as you did. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:46:12 -0700, Joe Subich, W4TV <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Tom was relentlessly positive and giving ... I've had the pleasure of > knowing him for 35+ years ... back to the early days of the FT-101 and > the Fox-Tango group. We exchanged many mail and e-mail messages in > those years and worked the FoxTango booth with Milt and Ida Lowens at > Dayton for a few years in '76/'77/'78 time frame. > > Tom was always interested in making things better but never concerned > about calling attention to himself or claiming credit. Amateur radio > and those of us fortunate to know him are better for Tom. He will > surely be missed. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 8/5/2011 1:24 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> Elecraft is fortunate to have some of the best customers--and friends-- >> a small company could hope for. And then there was Tom Hammond. >> >> Tom was there nearly from the beginning, in 1999, gently but firmly >> pushing us in the right direction. He helped us test and refine K2 and >> K3 hardware, firmware, and documentation. He wrote or edited many of >> our early application notes. Helped specify parts and tools. Spent >> countless hours volunteering in our booth, demonstrating radios. He >> celebrated our victories, and felt our pain. >> >> Tom was relentlessly positive. He drank the Kool-Aid, but if it was >> sour, he'd spit it out, then smile and tell you how much sugar to add. >> >> Many of us have felt Tom's pain over the past few years. He was always >> a survivor, but by the time Dayton, 2011 rolled around, he was little >> more than a friendly ghost. We knew he was suffering. Now, we're >> counting our blessings that we were able to see him one last time. >> >> About ten years ago, Tom and I drove together to the Ft. Tuthill QRP >> gathering in Flagstaff, Arizona. We were in a small pickup truck >> without air conditioning, and when we left Phoenix, it was a >> blistering 122 degrees in the shade. But we made the best of it, >> rolling the windows down, sailing along the freeway at 75 MPH, >> cracking jokes and powering through bottled water. I never had a >> better road trip. >> >> That's how I'll remember him: taking the heat, in style. >> >> Here's to Tom, N0SS/M, wherever he may be. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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Ditto.
Tom and I were on the original K2 FT team as well and shared many a private email. He was very knowledgeable and helped me a great deal. I will miss him. 73, Bill K9YEQ -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Johnny Siu Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:13 PM To: K9ZTV; Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY It is really a piece of sad news and I will miss Tom. 73, Johnny VR2XMC 從︰ K9ZTV <[hidden email]> 收件人︰ Elecraft <[hidden email]> 傳送日期︰ 2011年08月5日 (週五) 12:04 PM 主題︰ [Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY It is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of Tom Hammond, N0SS, at 0125 UTC Friday, August 5th. Tom died peacefully with his family around him at his residence in Jefferson City, Missouri, following many battles with cancer over the last 15 years. No one I have ever known handled illness with the kind of optimism and faith as he did. There are many cancer survivors alive today because Tom taught them how to fight the disease psychologically and emotionally. Tom was an early member of the Elecraft family with K2 serial number 008 and continued his loyalty as one of the original beta-testers on the K3 (also serial number 008). Wayne once told him, "Just when we think we have something perfect, Hammond comes along and finds a glitch for us." Early renditions of the K3 firmware incorporated many of Tom's suggestions. Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for Saturday, August 13th (a week from tomorrow). Suggestions for memorial contributions will be posted after the family completes arrangements tomorrow afternoon. Thank you all for your prayers and support these last several months. 73, Kent Trimble, K9ZTV Jefferson City, MO ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
Re: TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY
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Tom was the first ham I met when I moved from AR to MO in 1981. I ID'd
on the repeater and there he was. I bought a house across the river from Jeff City and so was in a different ham club, but did see him from time to time and will always remember a few things. He was a big contester and had one of those cool new AEA CK1 memory keyers. He removed the key pad from it and mounted it to the back of his paddle at right angles so the memory buttons would be just that much closer to his sending hand. I was timidly working on putting a small A3 tribander on a 40 foot tower. Tom suggested a big TH5DX but I said that's too big and might scare the neighbors. So he proposed I put it at 75 feet and then it would look a lot smaller. Years later he'd gotten into QRP and I saw him at OzarkCon. Tom told me that Elecraft was working on something really big and he couldn't tell me more but I'd be impressed when it was announced. Sure enough, the K3 became my first Elecraft purchase. A great guy and a great ham. 73- Nick, WA5BDU ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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This is just not good....horrible news I will miss Tom. I will miss his CW fist in contests. What a great man. Ham radio has lost a wonderful person who was a true gentleman. May God bless his family. He was fun to work in the CW contests...always stopping to "chat" on CW at high speed. He was a consummate CW operator and a first class operator. I am truly saddened by this news. Lee Buller K0WA Kansas....next door to MO. In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - John W. (Kansas) ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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I only had the pleasure of meeting Tom in person once which cemented a
friendship developed through many QSOs and Contest Exchanges. Tom, always the gentleman. Jack W0UCE ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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So sorry to hear about Tom...
I began the Elecraft experience by building K2 1188 in May 2000 while living in the Shetland Islands UK. I have been licensed for many years and this totally revitalised Ham radio for me, together with the Elecraft reflector and all the good and knowledgeable people on there. This is where I came across Tom Hammond of course and he was indeed one of the best. Always helpful and positive, personally producing some excellent supplementary small kits for the the Elecraft equipment. Today I still have my K2 now alongside K3 325 and my interest is as keen as ever, thanks to Elecraft and people like Tom. Tom was really officially or unofficially a true member of the Elecraft Team. I am sad to hear the news. My condolences to his family and many friends, he will be really missed. Deni F5VJC On 5 August 2011 23:48, Kevin Rock <[hidden email]> wrote: > Don't worry Joe, I am sure my Pat is right now introducing him around so > he gets to know everyone. She never met him but I am sure the two would > have been fast buds. Now is her chance to get to know him as well as you > did. > 73, > Kevin. KD5ONS > > > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:46:12 -0700, Joe Subich, W4TV <[hidden email]> > wrote: > >> >> Tom was relentlessly positive and giving ... I've had the pleasure of >> knowing him for 35+ years ... back to the early days of the FT-101 and >> the Fox-Tango group. We exchanged many mail and e-mail messages in >> those years and worked the FoxTango booth with Milt and Ida Lowens at >> Dayton for a few years in '76/'77/'78 time frame. >> >> Tom was always interested in making things better but never concerned >> about calling attention to himself or claiming credit. Amateur radio >> and those of us fortunate to know him are better for Tom. He will >> surely be missed. >> >> 73, >> >> ... Joe, W4TV >> >> >> On 8/5/2011 1:24 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >>> Elecraft is fortunate to have some of the best customers--and friends-- >>> a small company could hope for. And then there was Tom Hammond. >>> >>> Tom was there nearly from the beginning, in 1999, gently but firmly >>> pushing us in the right direction. He helped us test and refine K2 and >>> K3 hardware, firmware, and documentation. He wrote or edited many of >>> our early application notes. Helped specify parts and tools. Spent >>> countless hours volunteering in our booth, demonstrating radios. He >>> celebrated our victories, and felt our pain. >>> >>> Tom was relentlessly positive. He drank the Kool-Aid, but if it was >>> sour, he'd spit it out, then smile and tell you how much sugar to add. >>> >>> Many of us have felt Tom's pain over the past few years. He was always >>> a survivor, but by the time Dayton, 2011 rolled around, he was little >>> more than a friendly ghost. We knew he was suffering. Now, we're >>> counting our blessings that we were able to see him one last time. >>> >>> About ten years ago, Tom and I drove together to the Ft. Tuthill QRP >>> gathering in Flagstaff, Arizona. We were in a small pickup truck >>> without air conditioning, and when we left Phoenix, it was a >>> blistering 122 degrees in the shade. But we made the best of it, >>> rolling the windows down, sailing along the freeway at 75 MPH, >>> cracking jokes and powering through bottled water. I never had a >>> better road trip. >>> >>> That's how I'll remember him: taking the heat, in style. >>> >>> Here's to Tom, N0SS/M, wherever he may be. >>> >>> 73, >>> Wayne >>> N6KR >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > 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 |
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Tom was one of the first folks I "met" on the Elecraft reflector and helped me a lot with my K2. We corresponded on and off through the years.
We worked in contests and even met at a TenTec Hamfest way back when. He was always friendly and upbeat. I knew of his health issues, but I didn't realize he had taken a serious turn for the worse. I think Wayne's eulogy expresses how I will remember him. Hopefully we can all be more like him... 73, Julius n2wn
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Everyone,
Looking back at Dayton in 2010 I met Tom personally at the Elecraft booth. I shook hands with him but got so busy assisting customers at the booth I didn't have a chance to talk with him. In building my K2 his publications on his web sits were extremely helpful. I know he has contributed directly to the success of Elecraft, especially the K2 and K3 rigs. I wish I had taken the time to talk to him. I would have learned allot. Tom 73 and rest peacefully. Dave KD1NA ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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I guess my worse fears about Tom were true. Rest in peace, my friend.
We've lost a fine person. 73 Tom, Gary W2CS >-----Original Message----- >From: [hidden email] [mailto:elecraft- >[hidden email]] On Behalf Of W0UCE >Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 10:42 PM >To: [hidden email] >Subject: [Elecraft] N0SS > >I only had the pleasure of meeting Tom in person once which cemented a >friendship developed through many QSOs and Contest Exchanges. >Tom, always the gentleman. > >Jack W0UCE > > >______________________________________________________________ >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 ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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I first met Tom at the Elecraft booth at the Kirkwood, MO hamfest around 2000. He was vibrantly hyping the K2 which I had just started to build. He probably met 1,500 people that day. Through the years I'd call on Tom for help on various projects and he was always quick to respond. The first phone call he returned to me started off with "hey Terry, you going to the Kirkwood Hamfest this year?" My God, the man remembered me from that one meeting two years prior.
A few weeks ago, someone suggested a small accessory here on the reflector and I sent Tom an email stating that this little project would be right up his alley. I never received a response and that sent a chill up my spine. Something wasn't right. Rest in peace my friend. You've done enough work down here in your lifetime for ten people and none of it will be forgotten. 73, Terry, W0FM ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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Tim:
Per your comment, I am pasting below a copy of Tom's obituary from the funeral home. There is a link to the funeral home website for those who wish to leave notes of condolences. This is my first posting to the reflector. I joined when I heard there were so many nice comments about Tom on the site. I have been very impressed! Even though I knew how hard he worked with the Elecraft community and how well appreciated he was, I was still so pleasantly surprised. I know his XYL, Jeri, would love to hear from the crowd. Tom and I were lifelong buddies and got our Novice tickets together in the spring of 1958, he as KN0RPH and me as KN0QMY. We have stayed in touch all these years, now mostly on the landline, Skype or email. But, we used to have regular skeds in days of old. Tom would have to QRS to what for him must have seemed a snail's pace for me to copy, but he never complained and always urged me to op more and pick up my speed. My ham radio operation anymore is pretty much limited to the rig on my boat, and Tom was always there when we were offshore and out of landline range to relay messages to the family. He was always there as well to help debug equipment, and his electronics knowledge was so impressive. Good luck to all the Elecraft community. Tom always wanted me to get a K-3. Think I may just do it! I will most certainly miss Tom, N0SS!!! 73, Tom, K1FR Alexandria, VA [hidden email] Tom's Obituary: THOMAS SINCLAIR HAMMOND Jefferson City, Missouri April 23, 1944 - August 4, 2011 Thomas Sinclair Hammond, 67, of Jefferson City, died Thursday, August 4, 2011, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born on April 23, 1944, in Washington, D.C., the son of the late Ralph Wiltson and Kathryn Ellen Sinclair Hammond. He was married on July 20, 1968, in Jefferson City to Jeriann Stricker who survives at the home. Tom was a 1962 graduate of Jefferson City High School, attended William Jewell College, and received the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from Lincoln University in 1968. He retired in 1995 as Assistant Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Missouri Department of Employment Security where he had been employed for twenty-eight years. During high school he was employed with the Missouri Highway Patrol Dispatch Center where he was one of the last Morse Code operators. Known throughout the world by the call sign of N0SS, Tom was a Federally-licensed Amateur Radio operator holding the highest license grade of Extra Class. His specialty was the International Morse Code which he employed on a daily and nightly basis at a proficiency level in excess of fifty words per minute. During the fifty-three years of his ham radio career, he personally conducted numerous licensing classes which resulted in hundreds of individuals of all ages obtaining their Amateur Radio licenses. Experienced ham operators with technical expertise frequently sought out Tom Hammond's advice for resolution of complex electronic problems. He was a life member/fifty-year member of the American Radio Relay League and a member by invitation of the First Class Operators Club (FOC). He was a member of the Kansas City DX Club; International DX Foundation; CW Operators Club; Amateur Radio Emergency Services, and for many years was coordinator of the local Certified Volunteer Examiner program. He was also an avid contester who received numerous awards in various competitive categories. A past president and current Trustee of the Mid-MO Amateur Radio Club, Tom was instrumental in keeping the club alive during a period of transition during the 1970s. Beginning with the company's founding in 1998, he served as a designer, trouble-shooter, and Beta-Tester for Elecraft, Inc., of Aptos, California, a manufacturer of high-quality amateur radio equipment. Tom was a fifty-year blood donor for the American Red Cross, and was Reunion Coordinator for Jefferson City High School Class of 1962 which has continuously met on a monthly basis since their twenty-fifth class reunion in 1987. A little-known pastime was his enjoyment of Yo-Yo's acquired since winning second-place at the age of twelve in the 1956 Jefferson City Yo-Yo competition. Other survivors include three daughters, Cristina (Claes) Lillig, Columbia, Mo.; Katherine (Todd) McDonald, Columbia, Mo.; and Nancy (Shawn) Pope, Jefferson City; four grandchildren, Evelyn Lillig, Toby Lillig, Zeke Pope, and Xander Pope; and four cousins, Anne Ruthven, Bandera, Texas; Malcolm (Mick) Ruthven, Sausalito, Calif.; John Hammond, Chesterfield, Mo.; and Jane Hammond, Boulder, Colo. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2011, at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home with the Rev. Kent W. Trimble officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday, August 12th, at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the American Radio Relay League Scholarship Fund, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111; Capital City Chapter of the American Red Cross, 431 E. McCarty Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101; or a charity of the donor's choice. Those wishing to email tributes or condolences to the family, may do so at the www.dulletrimble.com website. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim O'Rourke [mailto:[hidden email]] > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:44 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY > > Very Very sad news, will miss yea OM! > My K2 and other projects benifitted form his expertise and unending > devotion to Amature Radio. > Hope someone will post info on contacting family with condolences. > Tim W4YN > > Tim O'Rourke > [hidden email] > Low Power Amateur Radio Rocks > Member of Flying Pigs,ARCI,GQRP,RSGB,ARRL Life Member > NHRA Life Member > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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Tom was nice enough to send me a little circuit to put inside my K2. It
lights the far right hand LED on my S meter to tell me I'm zero-beating the incoming signal. Ever since I heard of Tom's passing it seems I look at that lit LED a bit more fondly---that's the kind Ham Tom was. Tom M wb2qdg K2 1103 ______________________________________________________________ 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 |
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