[R-390] End of year and losses to the group!

[Gene Beckwith]

*Cecil, 

Thanks for the heads up re Barry.  I've been a recent reader of the 
list, and not so long ago was a contributer to the list when the ST J 
Blue Striper's were in the main recovery mode....I have many hard copy 
print outs in the R390X files, many with Barry's name on them...

I too have a stable of the heavy weights, each one treasured and an 
amazing reminder of the creativity and craftsmanship of those who did 
the design work...and what joy to 'play' with them. 

and to this list and its participants and readers....Merry Christmas and 
Happy New Years...what a great bunch of guys and gals...

Is this a great hobby or what? 

And Cheers to you Barry, wherever you are, I plan on soldering a few 
wires and replacing a few caps in your honor...

73, 

Gene
W8KXR
Clinton, Ohio
*


Cecil Acuff wrote:
> Well here we are in the final month of 2008, another year gone.
>
> I am also saddened at the news of another friend gone.  It was learned 
> last evening when a fellow list member received a reply after 
> enquiring about the availability of parts from a past 
> source...American Trans Coil.  As many of you know Barry Hauser had 
> picked up all the remaining stock of odds and ends from ATC to make 
> available to this group as Mark needed room in his building to store 
> stuff that was more in line with what paid the bills at the moment. 
> Don't know any of the details but it appears Barry Hauser passed away 
> earlier this year.  Don't even know how much earlier we are talking 
> about but either way we have lost another of the anchor members of 
> this group. Mark with ATC indicates in his note that he was not 
> contacted by the family and guessing....the R-390 parts may have been 
> discarded.
>
> I know Barry was a collector of all things heavy and tubed and had 
> them stashed all over his office complex and at home.  I can only pray 
> that too didn't all go to a landfill somewhere on Long Island.
>
> Barry's quick humor and writing style will be missed as will his help 
> to those who were working to keep the tubes lit in these old radio's.  
> His work to help bring about the Y2K manual will remain a monument to 
> his devotion to this group....and the radio's we have all developed a 
> relationship with.
>
> Earlier this year we lost Wally Chambers who was also a long time 
> fixture here.  Li Wha Ho Wally from up Memphis way.  He had some 
> tremendous stories to tell....
>
> I'm sure there have been others lost as well this year....
>
> As guilty as the next and probably more than many, I pass a pile of 
> radio's each time I enter the shop...waiting for that time when I will 
> get to them. I have to wonder if I will ever have the time, take the 
> time, to get them back in the game before my family has to make the 
> difficult decisions...ones that usually don't bode well for the pile.  
> But hope I will continue, that time will allow me to get to the bottom 
> of the pile.
>
> I have at least quit adding to the pile....I guess that's one step in 
> the right direction.
>
> Consider telling your family about this list and how to get to this 
> list of others who have a passion for these old radios and their parts 
> in hopes that when that day, and it does come, that they have to make 
> the difficult decisions about your pile, maybe that part of you can 
> live on through the glow in the filaments.
>
> Wishing you all a Happy Holiday season....and don't forget to Thank 
> God for every minute because we are not guaranteed another breath!
>
> Cecil Acuff
> K5DL
>
>
>
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