Tom was the first ham I met when I moved from AR to MO in 1981. I ID'd on the repeater and there he was. I bought a house across the river from Jeff City and so was in a different ham club, but did see him from time to time and will always remember a few things.
He was a big contester and had one of those cool new AEA CK1 memory keyers. He removed the key pad from it and mounted it to the back of his paddle at right angles so the memory buttons would be just that much closer to his sending hand. I was timidly working on putting a small A3 tribander on a 40 foot tower. Tom suggested a big TH5DX but I said that's too big and might scare the neighbors. So he proposed I put it at 75 feet and then it would look a lot smaller. Years later he'd gotten into QRP and I saw him at OzarkCon. Tom told me that Elecraft was working on something really big and he couldn't tell me more but I'd be impressed when it was announced. Sure enough, the K3 became my first Elecraft purchase. A great guy and a great ham. 73- Nick, WA5BDU ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
