[R-390] Meeting up with other list members at Entelec

[Tom Frobase]

Thank you for the nice comments.  It is not the first time this has
happened.  Several years ago at a vendor's office in the Boston area
and my phone started to ring, the ring tone was DE DE N3LLL in Morse
code.  When we took a break John Flood, N1JAF came over and introduced
himself.  Said he heard the callsign and recognized it from the 390
list. It has been interesting to me how many of the folks who really
get it, get their hands dirty doing what we do!  It really is a small
technical world ... Tom, N3LLL



On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 1:34 PM Tisha Hayes <tisha.hayes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It was surprising to have this guy walk up to our booth at Entelec in
> Houston and start up a conversation with "so, does your company make the
> 390 model?"
>
> I was instantly confused, I asked about three times in a row what he was
> asking about; My personal radio hobby so rarely collides with my
> professional life that it just did not compute. Finally with my bad eyes I
> was able to read his name... Tom Frobase" and it still took a second to
> click in my brain... then the conversation made sense.
>
> Tom had set up a table in a back corner of the convention hall with a
> BC-348, Heathkit transmitter, CW key, box of QSL cards and a very nice
> little tribute to an SK who was a past member of the Entelec board. Entelec
> is an association for oil and gas communications folks. Our company was
> there with a booth to present our radios, I was there to do five different
> sessions over the three days. Tom happened to hear my speaking at a
> vendor-shootout discussing the merits of narrowband radio and the Internet
> of Things.. He teased me because I commented about how the people who write
> standards are often divorced from the reality of making systems work or
> supporting them in the field.
>
> When I made it back to the booth I was quizzed "how do you know Tom Frobase
> from Boardwalk?"  I had to explain about R-390A's and boat anchors and that
> just classified me even further in to the "weird radio chick" category.
>
> Later that day Tom swung by as I was sitting on the floor, taking about
> booth furniture. He always gets me at the most inconvenient moments!
>
> But it was nice to see another boat anchor enthusiast. I am fortunate to
> work for a company filled with electrical engineers who are also hams and
> radio nerds.
>
> *Ms. Tisha Hayes, AA4HA*
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