[Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY

[Dale Putnam]

A sad day, Tom will be missed by many, many folks. 
He was an example to follow, in many ways. 
Left huge footprints, and I wish I knew, half of what he forgot.
Rest well, Tom, it's a brighter place because you were here, 
 
N0SS will be heard, in the echos of my mind.

--... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy
 

> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:08:57 -0400
> From: olinger at bellsouth.net
> To: wb3aal at verizon.net
> CC: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY
> 
> 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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