[Elecraft] OBITUARY -- TOM HAMMOND, N0SS

[KENT TRIMBLE, K9ZTV]

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  THOMAS SINCLAIR HAMMOND


Jefferson City, Missouri
April 23, 1944 - August 4, 2011


Thomas Sinclair Hammond, N0SS, 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 12^th , at Dulle-Trimble 
Funeral Home, 3210 N. Ten Mile Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109.

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 <http://dulletrimble.com/UserFiles/Tools//> 
website.





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