[MohawkARC] Sharing a QSO

[Jack B]

What we do is not always fun & games...


On the ham bands we meet all kinds and in all conditions.  This fellow
lives in Southampton, England.  Turns out he was diagnosed with a rare blood
cancer last July.  He is now immobilized, as his bones are being attacked. 
All he has is his CW
to maintain contact with the outside.  I was fortunate enough to come
across him tonite and sent him the email when we finished.  Keep in mind,
he's four hours ahead.
Jack/W1PFZ

-----Original Message----- 
From: geoff hobbs
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 1:27 AM
To: Jack B
Subject: Re: QSO

Hello Jack
Very many thanks for your mail - lovely to hear from you.
The bands have certainly been tough lately  and the problem is made a lot
worse by hams who, in thinking the bands are in bad shape, do not even turn
on!!
Just a case of throwing mud at the wall and eventually some will stick.
Many thanks for the thoughts on my cancer, much appreciated.   It is just a
case of taking the chemo, pills and other stuff and hoping for the best.
My target is to reach my 70th birthday, so I hope to make it to March 2018,
bit of a long shot but hey, aim high.  I open my eyes every morning and if
the lights are on I have another day so, all good.
Biggest thing about this cancer is bone pain - is really hurts at times but
a slug of morphine helps me along though it does little for my CW !

Jack, I look forward to hearing you again and many thanks

All the very best

Geoff
G0SCX


> On 28 Jun 2016, at 05:53, Jack B <valkryder at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Geoff,
>
> So nice to have met you this morning on 40 CW.  Conditions were tough, but 
> once again CW prevails!
> I was actually getting ready to turn in and thought I would scan the band 
> one last time real quick... and I heard you in there faintly come back to 
> my CQ.
>
> I am very sorry to read about your cancer on your QRZ page... and a rare 
> one.  I can only imagine the difficulty each day presents.  I trust that 
> everything that can be done treatmentwise and pain managementwise is being 
> offered.

> Thank goodness for the ham community, allowing you to still reach out 
> beyond your physical limitations.  You are in my prayers, from a very long 
> ways away.
>
> God bless, Geoff, and again, the pleasure was all at this end.
>
> 73 – W1PFZ
> Jack  nr Boston