[Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Some people are remembered for all the help they gave, how situations
were always improved because they were there, how they were always a
clarifying influence, an advancer of anything they embraced.

Of such N0SS.

Rest in peace, Tom, and nicely done.


Guy K2AV.

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ron Polityka <wb3aal at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello Kent,
>
>  Very sorry to hear that Tom passed away.
>
> He helped me with some issues on the CW Indicator kit.
>
> Tom was a Great guy and he will always be remembered!!
>
> 72 and Thanks,
> Ron Polityka
> WB3AAL
>
> K1 - SN 01011
> K2 - SN 01392
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K9ZTV" <k9ztv at socket.net>
> To: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:04 AM
> Subject: [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
>>
>>
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