Amen bro. I wasn’t going to say anything, but I’m glad someone did. It’s too bad about Bill’s disability, but life goes on. I’m not above asking for a strong arm when it comes to antenna work, but I scrape together money for my own toys. It isn’t politically correct to compare disabilities, but I can’t help wondering where Bill would be if he had been disabled all his life as I have. Coping with that takes a certain type of person.
I commented to a friend recently that BVARC is essentially a good ol’ boys club run by a clique of people such as Bill. They can’t help it really; Amateur Radio has always been seen as a bizarre niche by the general public, and I reckon it’s pretty hard to not come to think of yourself as a breed apart. I saw what Bill said about helping during Harvey, but I did a lot of monitoring and what I heard paled compared to, say, 40 years ago. From: BVARC [mailto:bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org] On Behalf Of Rick Hiller -- W5RH via BVARC Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 19:48 To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> Cc: Rick Hiller -- W5RH <wn3...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [BVARC] My GoFundMe Page OMG ! WTF ! With all of the folks still getting their houses back in order and you are wanting people to buy you toys???. You stated...."I would love to have a new station with radios and gear that is under warranty for a change!" So would I, MF...so would I. RH Rick Hiller The Radio Hotel -- W5RH On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Bill Crowell, N4HPG via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org <mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: All, I’ve never asked anybody for money. Now I am. I was in court for my disability claim on 10/13. The judge was AWFUL to me. He has a reputation. Honestly, I’ve been interrogated by the FBI for days at a time to get a security clearance back in the day. I would gladly be interrogated by the FBI rather than this judge. During Harvey, I manned HF and provided a liaison between Harris EOC and the state EOC. This method of having the HF station be “stand off” from the actual EOC and using 2m/440 between them is part of the plan we developed in NC ARES. It gives the HF operator better room to manage the radios without being inside the melee that is the EOC. I have been purchasing old radios and attempting to fix them. I’m getting too old and my health is not so good. I would love to have a new station with radios and gear that is under warranty for a change! I’ve selected a complete Elecraft station plus upgrades to the antennas. Here’s the link. Please share. https://www.gofundme.com/new-amateur-radio-equipment When the next disaster happens and ARES goes into action, you’ll know that you were a part of it. 73! Bill Bill Crowell, N4HPG Pearland, TX n4...@comcast.net <mailto:n4...@comcast.net> Mutability of opinion is directly proportional to intelligence. _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org <mailto:BVARC@bvarc.org> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Message delivered to wn3...@gmail.com <mailto:wn3...@gmail.com>
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