Hi Jim,
Haven't received my QST yet but read Brooke's piece on the web which
you mentioned in your "broadcast". I never worked 9N1MM (or any
other 9N for that matter - yet!) but I am privileged to have met
Father Moran in person. How's that for a long shot from California?
I'm retired now from NASA-JPL in Pasadena, CA where I managed an
international standards program for space communications and data.
Father Moran came to visit us during the heyday of planetary
exploration in 1978. He wanted to see where we controlled our space
missions from, and visit our radio club. The Public Information
Office contacted the radio club and they escorted him to see W6VIO
and then dropped by my office to introduce him to me. (I was the
newsletter editor). It was quite an exciting moment. He had an aura
of uniqueness and empathy about him that you find with well-known
personalities. Now I see his trip to California was a rare one for
him, since he seldom left Nepal. You can see an article about his
visit in our club's archives at
http://www.jplrecclubs.caltech.edu/radio/calling/1978/sep/sep78.html
A couple of weeks ago I just returned from an Elderhostel trip to
Bhutan. I'm sorry I didn't arrange some extra days for ham radio
while there, but we were maxed out on the number of days we could
stay away from home. Didn't go via Nepal, but hitting the two in a
future trip would make a really rare DXpedition, at least for us
west-coasters!
Thanks for forwarding the interesting link.
73,
- - Merv MacMedan, N6NO
At 15:34 -0700 2006-10-18, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
Saw this in November, 2006 QST and thought others might be interested:
Everyone Knows Father Moran
by: Brooke Allen
http://www.internationalfamilymag.com/fables/septstories06.htm
73 - Jim AD1C
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USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us
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