Tom was relentlessly positive and giving ... I've had the pleasure of
knowing him for 35+ years ... back to the early days of the FT-101 and
the Fox-Tango group. We exchanged many mail and e-mail messages in
those years and worked the FoxTango booth with Milt and Ida Lowens at
Dayton for a few years in '76/'77/'78 time frame.
Tom was always interested in making things better but never concerned
about calling attention to himself or claiming credit. Amateur radio
and those of us fortunate to know him are better for Tom. He will
surely be missed.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 8/5/2011 1:24 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Elecraft is fortunate to have some of the best customers--and friends--
> a small company could hope for. And then there was Tom Hammond.
>
> Tom was there nearly from the beginning, in 1999, gently but firmly
> pushing us in the right direction. He helped us test and refine K2 and
> K3 hardware, firmware, and documentation. He wrote or edited many of
> our early application notes. Helped specify parts and tools. Spent
> countless hours volunteering in our booth, demonstrating radios. He
> celebrated our victories, and felt our pain.
>
> Tom was relentlessly positive. He drank the Kool-Aid, but if it was
> sour, he'd spit it out, then smile and tell you how much sugar to add.
>
> Many of us have felt Tom's pain over the past few years. He was always
> a survivor, but by the time Dayton, 2011 rolled around, he was little
> more than a friendly ghost. We knew he was suffering. Now, we're
> counting our blessings that we were able to see him one last time.
>
> About ten years ago, Tom and I drove together to the Ft. Tuthill QRP
> gathering in Flagstaff, Arizona. We were in a small pickup truck
> without air conditioning, and when we left Phoenix, it was a
> blistering 122 degrees in the shade. But we made the best of it,
> rolling the windows down, sailing along the freeway at 75 MPH,
> cracking jokes and powering through bottled water. I never had a
> better road trip.
>
> That's how I'll remember him: taking the heat, in style.
>
> Here's to Tom, N0SS/M, wherever he may be.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
