[Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY

[Vic K2VCO]

Damn. For once I don't have a clever comeback.

I've known Tom for 11 or 12 years, since he helped me get K2 no. 709 working. We had 
literally hundreds of conversations after that, by email, radio and Skype. The man simply 
lived to help others.

What a loss.

On 8/4/2011 9:04 PM, K9ZTV wrote:
> 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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Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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