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One Week Until
Frostfest 2009
by Tray Murphy N4PAT
The Hams of the
Richmond Amateur Telecommunications
Society would like to extend a personal invitation to the Hams
of the Hampton Roads to attend this year's
Frostfest!
The all-indoor hamfest opens its doors
at 8:30 AM (8 AM if you purchase tickets before the event) and will
offer flea market vendors, commercial vendors (including
Austin Amateur
Radio Supply,
KJI Electronics,
Quicksilver Radio
Supply, Hamstuff
and many others), VE Testing, and many forums and meetings of all
sorts. The Frostfest
is the offical
ARRL State Convention and the meeting begins at 10 AM. We are
working hard to make this year's event the best hamfest we've ever
hosted. Please join us at the
Richmond Raceway Complex on Saturday, February 7, 2009 for
Frostfest!
Complete details (along with online
table and ticket ordering) are available at
http://www.frostfest.com. Use the promotional code FF2009 to
receive $1off each ticket you order. Thanks for supporting amateur
radio in Central Virginia.
Tray Murphy, N4PAT
Chairman, Frostfest 2009
Contact Your State
Legislators!
If you are an
ARRL member, and
subscribed to "News and information from your Division Director
and Section Manager" on your
member data page, you may have recently received the following
from our Virginia Section Manager...
 Our
State Government Liaison,
Marty Mait, AG4DN, has alerted us about two bills that have
been submitted to the legislature concerning the use of telecommunication
devices while operating motor vehicles. These bills are currently
in committee.
73
Carl Clements W4CAC
Virginia Section Manager
 Both
of these bills have a current status of referral to the
Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety. They are
specifically
HB 1659 &
HB 1769. I'm no legislator, but both bills are rather
vague and cast a wide net with regard to any wireless communication!
This has dire implications for mobile amateur operations.
We need to convince the legislators that Virginia's 17,000+ Hams
can be trusted as safe mobile operators and that we need the freedom
to train/operate mobile on a daily basis in order to maintain our
emergency proficiency. This means specifically excluding amateur
radio from the provisions of these bills!
Calling and writing are very effective vehicles for communicating
with your state legislators, but if you don't have the time to do
either of those, please take the time to get an email to them...
I have attempted to make that process
as painless as possible in the next few paragraphs. Please
read and then start clicking!
 At
the Virginia
Assembly website is a link to "Who's
my Legislator?" You will see a form to fill in your name,
address, phone number, etc. (like the image on the right).
Please fill in all blocks with your info (+4 portion of zip is not
needed) and then click the "lookup" button at the bottom of the
form. You will then be presented with oodles of info about
your state legislators, including a button at the bottom of the
page to send them an email. Click that button and you will
be given another form. This form will have most of your info
already filled in, and will only require that you provide a subject
and a message (below).
I already took the time
to write down my thoughts and send them along. Since yours
are likely to be fairly similar, I have provided my email message
in an easy cut and paste format. Simply
click here and select all of the text, then press Ctrl-C.
After that, go to the message block at the Virginia Assembly website
and press Ctrl-V. You can also use the "right click" method
to cut & paste, if it is more familiar. Please feel free to
modify my text as you see fit!
New VBCERT Net
by Tom Thomas KI4IRH
 A
new
VBCERT Net will be conducted on the 146.895- W4KXV (VBEARS)
repeater. The monthly net will inaugurate on Tuesday, February 10th
at 7:30 PM. This new net will be held on the second Tuesday of each
month to discuss VBCERT activities, events and other information
with regard to CERT issues. The net will be open to all licensed
amateurs, particularly those whom are CERT members from the Hampton
Roads area.
For more information
about VBCERT, or the new VBCERT Net, please
shoot me an email.
73,
Tom KI4IRH
VBCERT Director of Communications
 The
VBCERT program educates citizens about disaster preparedness for
hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster
response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team
organization and disaster medical operations. Using the training
learned in the classroom and during exercises, VBCERT members can
assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event
when professional responders are not immediately available to help.
VBCERT members also are encouraged to support our emergency response
agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness
projects in their community. This is a primary example of people
helping people.
Citizens who participate
in VBCERT training have a better understanding of the potential
threats to their home, workplace and community and can take the
right steps to lessen the effects of these hazards on themselves,
their homes or workplace. If a disaster happens that overwhelms
local response capability, VBCERT members can apply the training
learned in the classroom and during exercises to give critical support
to their family, loved ones, neighbors or associates in their immediate
area until help arrives. When help does arrive, VBCERT members provide
useful information to responders and support their efforts, as directed,
at the disaster site.
All Hands on Deck
by Richard Siff WA4BUE
 I
received a phone call from Tom Robinson, who lives in Richmond,
Virginia. He is working with the
Zuni Maritime
Foundation. The Zuni was a Naval Vessel, that served during
WW2, it is 205 long and had many distinguished uses, and then was
transferred to the Coast Guard and renamed the Tamoria. If you saw
the movie "The Perfect Storm", the Zuni was one of the Rescue Boats.
The foundation wants install an amateur radio station on the boat.
The boat will be open to the public and will attract the general
public, school students, and scouts.
 The
Zuni is docked at Little Creek Amphibious Base. You can read the
History of the ZUNI and the foundation's plans on their
website.
The foundation is looking for amateur
radio operators that would like to volunteer to repair the old gear,
install the radios, and to operate on the air. They will be taking
several cruises for as much as a month at a time. Tom says he has
access to radios located on ships in the "moth-ball fleet."
Interested hams should email
Tom Robinson for more information.
73,
Rich WA4BUE
VBARC January Membership Meeting
&
2009 Elections
The 8th of January was the second Thursday of
the month, certainly not VBARC's normal meeting night, but with
62 members and guests signing the muster sheet - the house was packed
nonetheless!
  The
meeting was shifted to the right in an effort to move it away from
New Year's Day, figuring many of our members just might have been
lucky enough to score a four day weekend (perhaps giving them good
reason to travel).
Of course the major endeavor for any January VBARC
meeting is the Election of Officers & Directors for the new year.
Lots of work went into the candidate nomination process, and the
Nominating Committee is well deserving of our collective thanks!
Thank you Bernadette KI4VCR, Joe KI4RKB & Judy KI4VCQ for your hard
work.
 About
a week before the meeting, Don AI4ME contacted me to advise that
George WA4GDB wanted to do a short DTV presentation for the club
members. I certainly thought that would fit nicely and as it turned
out, George gave us an enlightening presentation (with all the props
needed) to help us get our brains around the whole DTV switch in
February. Thanks to George, we are in a better position to help
educate our local non-Hams as requested by the FCC.
Perhaps two to three weeks ago, the club was contacted
by Norm Harris, a retired Norfolk Police Harbor Patrol Diver that
used to dabble in CB. Norm stated that he and his son Jason were
interested in obtaining their license and we gave him a few pointers
for studying for the Technician exam. About two weeks later, Norm
and Jason already had an HT, coax and a home antenna on the way!
After a few more email exchanges, Jim AG4XT graciously offered to
coordinate a test session at the meeting if Norm and Jason thought
they were ready... Both gentlemen left our January meeting with
the knowledge that their first Amateur ticket would be in hand (or
at least in the ULS) in a week to 10 days! Both gents now
have their ticket, and you have probably already heard them on our
local nets!
Al WA4TCJ reminded the membership
about the upcoming
Shamrock
Marathon in March.
 Now
is the time to reserve your favorite spot. He had his sign-up sheet
with him, but if you missed the meeting or forgot to sign, just
shoot him an email. Shamrock is one of our biggest community
service events and is a great way to put your operating privileges
to good use in the community! If you are newly licensed, community
service events are a great way to hone your operating skills...
Not to mention, many of the events offer some sort of gratis, usually
in the form of a T-Shirt.
Contact Al for all the details!
 Speaking
of newly minted Hams, there were quite a few of them at the meeting!
It is great to see all the new faces at our meetings. Please remember
that we are honored to have you all in the club. I have been told
that occasionally we don't get around to greeting everyone at the
meetings, and that is certainly true! Since VBARC is such a large
club, sometimes all of us old timers spend too much time catching
up on each other from the last meeting. Please don't be offended
and by all means keep coming back! Remember, every one of us in
the club were all the new guys/gals at one time...
 Tom
WS9B urged the membership not to forget the upcoming
VADXCC meeting
on
Tuesday, January 20th. VADXCC is not just for those whom are
already among the prestigious "100 or more countries contacted"
Hams, but also those that are working toward it or even just interested...
Certainly I have no excuse for not being among those holding the
impressive designation, but after three years I am still a member
of the VADXCC! I'll get there someday!
 Vic
W4VIC spoke on behalf of the
Quarter Century
Wireless Association Chapter 119 and wished to relay that just
because you haven't reached a quarter century being licensed, doesn't
mean that you are not welcome at the QCWA! The next QCWA meeting
is on
Friday, January 16th and all are welcome. If you would like
to learn more about QCWA, please
shoot Vic
an email.
Bob K4NTO reminded us that it was
time to pay the bills once again! January is dues collection time!
Please pay your dues promptly if you missed Bob at the meeting.
You can now pay online,
using
PayPal if you like. As always you can also utilize snail mail
or pay Bob at the next meeting.
 In
any event, don't forget that after three months of non-payment the
By-Laws require that you be removed from the club roster. If
anything has changed with your personal information, address, telephone
or email, please take the time to fill out the
club's
sign-up sheet to give us the updated info.
Walking into the meeting, I think we were all
prepared for an installment of the Nominating Committee selected
candidates. But just before balloting, Don AI4ME announced a nomination
for Joe KI4RKB for Director. As outlined in the By-Laws, nominations
could be made up until balloting provided that the nominee had previously
indicated willingness for candidacy. Joe verified that he was willing
to accept the nomination.
 Fortunately
the ballots had been previously prepared (in the event of a last
minute nomination) and with Joe's name now needing to be added to
the ballots, Bernadette KI4VCR and Bob K4NTO swung into action and
penned in Joe's name on all of the ballots.
The Nominating Committee's list of Club Officers
was elected by installment, with the election now focusing on 8
Director candidates competing for 7 seats. After all of the votes
were counted by the appointed Election Manager (Ron W8RJL), the
following are the results of this years VBARC Election...
From left to right: Director Joe
KI4RKB, Past President Don AI4ME, Director Lew W4BLO,
 Director
Don WQ1E, Secretary Bernadette KJ4VCR, President Steve W4XQ, Vice
President John WB4AXY, Treasurer Bob K4NTO, Director George WA4GDB,
Director Al WA4TCJ, Director Stew K4STW, Director Bill WA4EUL. For
a closer look at our VBARC Leadership for 2009, please check out
the updated
Club Leadership
page! Congratulations to all of our Club Officers & Directors!
 Shortly
after the election, all of the newly elected leadership assembled
for photos and the annual "Passing of the Gavel" ceremony. Past
President Don, passed the gavel to our new President Steve.
To end the meeting, Mr. 50/50 (Stew
K4STW) called for our newest young Ham to pull the winning ticket.
Jason Harris reported for duty from the back of the room. In an
interesting turn of events, it seems that David KF4NMK captured
the sale of the winning ticket to Lee KJ4IRT, one of our new Hams
from the December Tech
Classes. Lee walked away from his first VBARC meeting with $40!
Not a bad haul, might help finance his next amateur project!
A meeting of many firsts for VBARC!
Have a peek at all of the photos taken by David and I. Our next
meeting will be on Thursday, February 5th, please mark your calendar!
USS Wisconsin Radio Club Minutes
by Jack Main W4YCZ
Meeting held January 10, 2009 at Gus and Georges
Sal opened the meeting at 1:29
There were 19 members and guests attending.
Sal welcomed us all. He told us of the trials and tribulations
of the new motor scooter. Terry was asked if he would like
to stay on as treasurer. He said that he would. As I am stepping
down, we need someone to volunteer to take my place. Vern
did step up and volunteer. Sal will remain President and Ron
will stay as vice president. The slate of officers will be:
Sal Yorks as President
Ron Young as Vice President
Terry Buzzard as Treasurer
Vernon Fix as Secretary
This slate was voted on and passed.
 Ron
announced that all QSL cards were up to date. Butch had asked
for a check to see how near to WAS we were. Ron found that
we did not have Hawaii confirmed but found a contact in the log
and has sent a card to try to confirm that one. He will also
check to see how our supply of blank cards stands. We did
receive some cards via the bureau and Ron has answered them via
the respective bureaus.
 Sal
reminded us that we are involved in two events per year. This
would be the Museum Ships event and Pearl Harbor event. Butch
wants us to join the Wisconsin QSO party in March and it has been
suggested that we get into one more event, possibly The Navy’s birthday.
This would give us more visibility on board the Wisconsin and also
it would allow more people to get operating time aboard ship.
Butch’s goal is to work all counties in the state of Wisconsin.
There was a suggestion that we could actually operate on the Navy
base for the birthday event. Ron mentioned that W3A will be
on the air for the presidential inauguration on 40 meters and up.
Sal wants us to think about events we want to schedule. He
also mentioned that there has been a change in leadership at Nauticus.
Richard Conte has stepped down and has been replaced.
 Vern
announced that he is planning another
ham cruise
in 2010. Prices have jumped $600 to $800 per person. He has
polled the people who have been on the first two cruises and 60%
of them have suggested a trip to Panama. He said that the
first trip on the Princess line, radio reception was really noisy.
The second cruise was very quiet with good reception. This
was a Carnival ship. He was surprised when one cruise line
said they had a bad experience with hams. Ron suggested a cruise
to Nova Scotia. The 2010 cruise would be from Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
 Vic
told us that the QCWA is having programs at the meetings now.
Next meeting is January 16th at Frankies Place for Ribs. K5VIP,
Barry, will talk about submitting contest scores via the internet.
Vic would like to have as many as possible join the Virginia QSO
part and contribute their scores to Chapter 119 of the QCWA for
a club score. Also, there will be a program called lunchtime
DXpedition. Vic wrote a blurb for the recent issue of the
QCWA Journal. This included BB64 activities. 2009 is
the 30th anniversary of chapter 119. There is a membership
drive in progress now. Ron reminded us of the QCWA net at
9pm Sundays on the 97 repeater. Ron mentioned the loss of
Sy during the past year. Mike has been going through Sy’s
effects and found his radio books. He was Vice President of
the club and took over when Bus died. Sal mentioned that there
are 10 DVD’s on the N4WIS website from the QCWA convention.
Terry reported that there was $1201.93 in the treasury.
$25 was donated for prizes for the Christmas party and he has collected
dues from 14 people.
Sal closed the meeting at 2:05
Submitted by your friendly OUTGOING secretary,
Jack Rodwell Main, W4YCZ
VBARC Community Service Events for 2009
 Al
WA4TCJ has released VBARC's calendar of Community Service events
for this year. Though these events give invaluable assistance
to the event sponsors and participants, they also provide valuable
training for Hampton Road's Amateur Community. This is another
way we can serve the community, simultaneously training for ARES
and emergency operations.
Many of these events offer some form of gratis for
the participants (usually a T-shirt). If you are interested
participating, all you need is any class license, a 2 meter HT (even
if you don't have a radio, someone will probably be happy to loan
you one) and the time. Please
contact Al for more
info!
| Thursday |
March 19 |
Shamrock Marathon Pre-race Meeting |
| Saturday |
March 21 |
Shamrock 8K Race |
| Sunday |
March 22 |
Shamrock Marathon and ½ Marathon |
| Saturday |
April 18 |
American Diabetes Tour-De-Cure |
| Saturday |
May 23 |
Pungo Strawberry Festival Parade |
| Sunday |
May 31 |
Breezy Point Triathlon |
| Saturday |
August 8 |
Armed Services YMCA Mud Run |
| Sunday |
September 6 |
Rock-n-Roll ½ Marathon |
| Sunday |
September 20 |
Sandman Triathlon |
| Saturday |
November 21 |
Cape Henry 10 Miler and Duathlon |
| Saturday |
December 5 |
Virginia Beach Christmas Parade |
K4AMG
Memorial Amateur Radio Club
By Richard Siff WA4BUE
The K4AMG Memorial Amateur Radio Club honors my
1st Elmer, my uncle, Robert G. Siff also know as "Uncle Bob".
Uncle Bob influenced my early life in electronics and instilled
in me many other aspects on how to be a good citizen.
 He
was born in Dayton, Ohio and tested for his amateur radio license
in 1933 at the FCC office in Cincinnati. He received the call W8QDI.
He received an Mechanical Engineering degree from Purdue University
and studied Electrical Engineering at Princeton University and electronics
at MIT. He owned his own electronics business in Dayton, Ohio. He
was a broker for Eimac tubes and other electronic companies mainly
selling to the Air Force at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
He was one of the
founders of the Dayton Hamvention, and he performed public service
communications with Civil Defense. In this respect, even my ham
radio path followed a similar path in the 1960s and 1970s when I
was the Radio Officer for Norfolk Civil Defense and the Emergency
Coordinator for ARES (for the city of Norfolk and Chesapeake) and
the Tidewater Chapter of the American National Red Cross.
By
the way, I coordinated a small hamfest in the 1960s for the Tidewater
Amateur Radio Club at Lakewood Park in Norfolk. Vernon Fix (W4THN)
said that he and a few others thought that they could make it grow.
 This
was the start of TRCI and the
Virginia Beach
Hamfest. The first TRCI meetings and "peel and stick" parties
for the mailing labels were held at my house in Virginia Beach.
My Uncle Bob was instrumental in the early days
of amateur radio repeaters. Similarly I was instrumental in placing
the 146.790 repeater on the air at the Laurel Avenue water tower
in Norfolk Highlands area of Chesapeake. I was the first Trustee
of WA4ZAU, WR4ACN as the FCC frequently changed the rules and regulations.
Later as the rules on repeaters calmed down, Sperry Davis became
the trustee and the call is now N4SD.
Uncle Bob was a member of
QCWA for
over 60 years.
In 1968, Uncle Bob retired and moved to Sarasota,
FL where he found another niche in the field of marine electronics.
He and one of his sons operated TRADYNE of Florida for over thirty
(30) years. He was active in amateur radio clubs and public service
activities in Sarasota.
In November 2006 at the age of 86, Uncle Bob became
a Silent Key. In his memory, I have founded the K4AMG Memorial Amateur
Radio Club to honor his continued influence on my Life.
The club is an Elmering Club and has 14 members
at this time. His niece and my daughter, Melody/KE4ACK is trustee
of the call. Melody is a graduate of the Virginia Beach Amateur
Radio Club classes in 1992 at the age of 12 and by age 16 had become
an EXTRA.
The K4AMG Club has no dues, very simple by-laws,
and constitution. Anyone can join and similarly, as we joke around,
anyone can be kicked out! The K4AMG club is not designed to compete
with other clubs. Our members are always helping people whether
it is in amateur radio or anything else, and our members are great
hams but more important, great individuals.
The current project of the K4AMG Club is to receive
donations to purchase amateur radio equipment or donated radios
for hams that can not afford to purchase amateur radio equipment.
This project has started with donations of some boat anchors from
one of the pillars of our local ham radio community,
John - W4HDW (Honorary
Member) and radios that I inherited from Uncle Bob's estate. The
Boat Anchors that the club have will be offered at the Frost Fest
in February 2009 for trade or sell. The current goal is to place
10 two meter radios in new shacks next year.
This is the K4AMG Memorial Amateur Radio Club. Look
for us on the air.
I am excited to tell you that the K4AMG Memorial Amateur Radio
club will be trading and selling things at the
Frostfest.
Proceeds and trades will take place at table C - R 001. Recipients
of this venture will be students from the Chesapeake Center for
Science and Technology Broadcast Radio class, (15 KW)
WFOS FM 88.7. You can listen to live stream audio on the
WEB and the students operate the station when they are in class.
The Broadcast instructor teaches the Technician License material
to the class, as a part of their electronic training. The
Chesapeake Amateur
Radio Service and members from
QCWA participate
in the Amateur Radio testing sessions.
Last year six students passed the test. This spring another
15 students will take the test. The K4AMG
Club wants to help get these students on the air using 2 meter radios
with tones. This week a TM 271 with power supply and antenna
is scheduled to be donated to one lucky student from a SK estate.
Please look for us at the Frost Fest in Richmond on February 7th.
Our table will be full of old junque. Any donations, radios,
or money will be appreciated.
In a couple of weeks, we hope to have pictures of our lucky student
receiving his/her first amateur radio.
For additional information, contact me:
WA4BUE
Richard Siff
God Bless
Rich WA4BUE
Editors Note: While doing a little research to provide some
links in Richard's article, I ran across this
tribute to Bob Siff in
Southwest
Florida's HeraldTribune.
SKYWARN Training in Portsmouth
by Steve Molo KI4KWR
NWS WAKEFIELD SKYWARN AMATEUR RADIO SUPPORT TEAM
TO HOLD NET CONTROL TRAINING CLASS IN PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
 Licensed
amateur radio operators interested in serving as Net Control Stations
for the National Weather Service SKYWARN program are invited to
attend a Net Control Training Class to be held in Portsmouth, Virginia
on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 1:00 pm. The class will
be held at
Portsmouth Fire & Rescue Station 4, located at 645 Broad Street
in the City of Portsmouth.
The course is expected to run between two and
three hours and covers basic Net Control Station duties, including
on-air procedure, logging and prioritizing reports, and passing
traffic to the National Weather Service Forecast Office.
 This
free course is open to all interested amateurs with a Technician
Class license or higher who live or work in the NWS Wakefield County
Warning Area and who intend to serve as Net Control Stations for
the SKYWARN program. Participants must have current, valid
SKYWARN Spotter training (within the last three years). While
severe weather reporting criteria will be covered during this course,
this is not a replacement for official SKYWARN Spotter Training,
which will be offered in the area later this year.
No previous net control, emergency communications,
or public service experience or training is required, and participants
need not be a member of any other organization. Upon completion
of the course, participants will be registered with the SKYWARN
Amateur Radio Support Team and will be assigned to a SKYWARN District.
Refreshments will be available during the class
and local SKYWARN Amateur Radio Support Team leadership will be
available for informal Q&A with local emergency officials, ARES/RACES
leadership, local club officers, repeater trustees, and any other
interested parties after the class.
UPDATE as of January 15th:
Amateurs wishing to participate in the Net Control
Station training classes occurring in the first and second quarter
of 2009 but who do not have current SKYWARN Spotter Training may
still register for these classes and indicate "none" for their Spotter
ID. These NCS volunteers will be required to complete Spotter
Training as soon as it is offered in their area this year.
We will cover basic reporting criteria at the
class and will do our best to train these people; NWS staff will
have to make it official through "real" Spotter training as soon
as possible.
If you hear any objections or run into any obstacles
getting folks interested or registered in classes in your area,
please pass those concerns up the line to me so we can tackle them.
Being flexible on the Spotter Training requirement is a prime example
of an easy way we can increase class participation without endangering
the long-term effectiveness of our volunteers.
Both the
WX4AKQ.org homepage
and the
WX4AKQ.org/classes page have been updated to reflect this exception.
Pre-registration is required and can be completed
online at the
"classes"
page. Registration closes Sunday, February 15.
The NWS Wakefield SKYWARN Amateur Radio Support
Team plans to offer several additional Net Control Station training
classes through early spring, including Williamsburg, Richmond,
and South Hill, Virginia and Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
Details on upcoming classes are posted at our
"classes"
page as they become available.
Direct any questions relating to this class to
SKYWARN District 5 Assistant Coordinator
Steve Molo KI4KWR.
Please do not contact the National Weather Service Forecast Office
regarding these classes, as they do not have additional information
and cannot process your class registration.
For Spotter training information, visit the
NOAA NWS
webpage.
About the NWS Wakefield SKYWARN
Amateur Radio Support Team
The
NWS Wakefield SKYWARN
Amateur Radio Support Team was formed in July 2008 and provides
amateur radio communications between SKYWARN Spotters and the National
Weather Service Forecast Office in Wakefield, Virginia. Operating
under the call sign WX4AKQ, the team maintains a roster of trained
Net Control Stations which collect and relay Spotter reports via
VHF FM repeaters, HF, and APRS messaging systems in all or part
of over 50 counties and cities in Virginia and North Carolina, and
also maintains a pool of Trained Responders who operate the SKYWARN
Radio Desk inside the NWS Office during severe weather events. The
team operates exclusively to serve the National Weather Service
and is under the direction of Amateur Radio Coordinator Steve Crow
KG4PEQ, and additional information about the team, including district
maps and frequency information, please visit our
website.
From the editor: Virginia Beach will also have SKYWARN
Training available in April. Please
click here for all of the details!
HRHams Calendar
Build Your Own
Vacuum Tubes
(Claude Paillard F2FO Does!)
 Don't
watch this unless you have 17 minutes of free time! Because once
you start watching this master of electromechanical dexterity, you
won't be able to stop!
 Here
is a
link to Mr. Paillard's web site, but I caution that it is translated
from French (courtesy of
Google)
and a little is lost...
Perhaps many of you
have already seen this, but I was absolutely mesmerized. Mr. Paillard
is my new hero!
Thanks to Wright W4JLS
for passing this along. Wright moved away from Hampton Roads for
the City of Lights, but still likes to stay in touch with what is
going on back here with his old friends through his subscription
to HRHams.
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