[South Florida DX Association] DX and Other Stuff

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I am sure every one was aware of Marti's recent medical problems and  
subsequent recovery.  The following was from a fellow DXer herein South  Florida 
with an additional few comments from Marti.
 
Norm W4QN
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FYI
 
Forwarding a copy of a note from Martti Laine (OH2BH) to a friend of  mine. 
 Thought you might be interested.  I think Martti had a very  close call 
and it is good to see him "back on the bands " again.......
 
73.............Mac . . 
 
----- Original Message -----  
From: _Kip Edwards_ (mailto:kedwards at ltol.com)   
To: _Yasme Board of Directors_ (mailto:yasme-bod at kkn.net)  
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 1:32 PM
Subject: [Yasme-BoD] FW: DX and Other Stuff




Good  morning, 
I sent a note to Martti last evening.  I thought you would all like to  
read his reply. 
73, Kip W6SZN 
 
 
From: Martti Laine  [mailto:martti.laine at kolumbus.fi] 
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009  12:34 AM
To: 'Kip Edwards'
Subject: RE: DX and Other  Stuff

Kip, 
Yes I  knew that you were there------with me!  They had to do surgery on my 
 infected leg in hurry in spite of  
the  high fevers since no antibiotics were working as they had expected. My 
own  immune system was not  
strong  enough to help the medicine! It was a close call at lest for my 
leg.   
With  plastic surgery it looks reasonable but I may not be ready for 
Hawaiian Hilton  Village anytime soon. 
But  never was thus not a problem on cosmetics. Started with walker, went 
to  walking sticks and finally 
two  weeks ago I did throw my cane for the fishes! I am standing tall on my 
own!   
And  last week I was organizing the antenna party to put up more beams up 
at my  contest site. Leena said 
that  it was a good sign and needed effort to get my mind out of those past 
two  months. 
Oct.05  to Azores to furnish our new home! 
Oct.20  to NYC for CQWW at 4U1UN. 
So I  am counting on my strength to get back on almost normal pace of life! 
 Hope your plans come true with 
many  years to go------and ultimately you get FT8GA and all missed ones  
soon. 
Keep  in touch----see if you can work OH2BH this weekend in the 
Scandinavian  Contest. 
Martti 
-----Original  Message-----
From: Kip Edwards [mailto:kedwards at ltol.com]  
Sent: 17. syyskuuta 2009 22:27
To: Martti  Laine
Subject: DX and Other Stuff 
Martti, 
I’ve been keenly watching all of the traffic about you and your health—it  
appears that your bull-like approach to these things has prevailed, as I 
knew  it would.  I really hope you have beaten back all of the viruses and  
other stuff and are now back to 100%.  I did not want to intrude on your  
recovery, so I did not send you another “get well soon” message, but I hope  
you know I was hoping and praying that all would turn out well. 
Now the FT5GA operation has begun.  As you might guess, there are lots of  
not-nice comments floating about, this only the second day.  As Cass  would 
say, if I can’t hear and work them right away, it must be a lousy  
operation.  I’m biding my time (this is one of only five more) and I can  only hope 
there is no premature end to the operation, so my call will somehow  sneak 
into the log at the end. 
I’m writing for no reason other than to wish you and your family well.   
Life goes on here, and I guess I’ll work another couple of years and then see  
if I can find something to do that I’m passionate about doing—and work the 
 remaining five, with an occasional dip to 30 meters. 
73, Kip W6SZN 
G. Kip  Edwards 
Telephone:  (530)  546-5892