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- Everybody's Elmer, Jud, K2CBA
You often ask "How do you know all this stuff?". Well, the answer is easy. Hanging around with Jud and his friends for 40 years. He amassed a group of people that were not just happy reading about it. They had to build it, try it, push it to it's limits. Then improve it. And, that would always lead to another project. An education not available anywhere else in the world! So, this is a picture of Jud from one of the many trips to the Deerfield Hamfest, among many trips to so many other Hamfests. A half dozen of us would pile into Jud's van and start a 2, 4, even 6 hour journey, one way, to a Hamfest. Which meant 4, 8 or 12 hours of some of the finest technical hands on minds having a brainstorming session, with anything science or technology on the table. A PhD in the van would be scratching his head, not understanding a word being said. We recently lost Jud. Ham radio will never be the same to a lot of us again. Services were on the 1st of June, with full Military Honors, at the Gerald B Solomon National Cemetery. One of Jud's best and longest friends, John Stevens, WB2BYP, put together a site to honor and remember Jud. https://www.storyavenue.com/K2CBA.htm You'll see pictures from the June 1st ceremony, followed by numerous stories and memoirs from friends. One picture shows a tower with the "Dog House" at the base. Actually, it is a 180 foot rotating tower, dwarfing Jud's first farm house in Grafton. Later, you'll see the new 3 story house up on the hill with the rotating tower. Both houses provided countless hours of enjoyment for so many people, building, operating, testing, planning, playing. Advancing the technology as we cemented friendships. Rest in peace, my friend, rest in peace. Jim K2BHM
- Just Deserts
My wife was looking for a unique way to self serve deserts at her nephew's wedding next week. She saw some things on Amazon, ordered a few things, and nothing was as expected. So, I went about creating "Serving you your Just Deserts"! She picked out some 12" square marble floor tiles from Home Depot. They were trimmed down with a diamond wheel wet saw. The one piece saved from Amazon, the lazy susan bearing, was epoxied to the underside of the bottom marble tile. 1/2" diameter brass rod was cut to length and "Faced Off" in my lathe to give perfectly flat, square ends. They were easily taped in the lathe for the connector studs. My "Round Tuit" easily made a decorative accent for the finial in top. You can see this accent piece just under the crystal lamp shade holder from Lowes. A fun project! As mentioned, Mother Nature provided some excitement when she blew the paper tablecloths into the Sterno cans in the chafing dishes. I did manage to catch a picture before the firefighters jumped into action. I didn't want to get in their way! This was 1 second into the event. By 5 seconds, it had spread to the whole table! The Bride and Groom at the wedding, with heavy duty backup! Massapequa was not taking any chances. This was too important for any foul ups!!! Jim K2BHM
- The move from analog to the digital cloud
Paul, AC2UQ sent me an interesting article about the translation from broadcast engineering to everything now being digital, on the cloud, and requiring the services of a network engineer https://tvnewscheck.com/tech/article/ip-transition-blurs-lines-between-engineering-and-it/?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=The+Transition+To+IP+Blurs+The+Lines+Between+Engineering+And+IT&utm_campaign=The+Transition+To+IP+Blurs+The+Lines+Between+Engineering+And+IT It got me reminiscing about my experiences in the medical Diagnostic Imaging field. Enjoy, Jim K2BHM
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- Hudson River Radio Relay 2022 - a few pixIn General Discussions·June 14, 2022Good fun was had by all at the OMARC location of the HR3 event on Saturday at Kingston Point. Good contacts with Europe on voice (20M) and FT8 (10M?). But only a few contacts with the other Hudson River stations! (Elevation? Angle of attack? Love the location but maybe a new spot next year.) No trees were used for this event. We used Doc's KJ2DOC portable tower and a beefy but light tripod/mast rig set further out in the field. Horizontal on the tower is the 10-15-20M tribander, oriented approx NE-SW. On top vertical is a Diamond 3nn(?) for VHF. Receding into the background from the tower is a long wire, mainly for 40M, oriented approx WNW. Also in background, some South Asian guys, who were doing cricket plays and grilling burgers. Also there was a car show there that day. Four or five rigs. Ant on top is a squalo but cut-off in this picture and I don't know what the one under it is. Kimiko KD2YFW, Charles KD2BID, Bob KD2QAK, Scott W2NTV Guy KD2TLF, Celeste KD2ZQI, Judy KD2WHO, Tom KD2ZQJ Scott W2NTV, Charles KD2BID, Kimiko KD2YFW, Bob KD2QAK, Neil W2NDG.1119
- Sub's N Sodas, 06/02/2022In General Discussions·June 5, 2022Sorry that it took me so long to share these, but it's amazing how busy you get after you retire, hi. I had a great time at my first "Sub's N Sodas" event & it was great meeting everyone. I took some pictures and I am posting them here, but please forgive me putting the names to the faces as it was the first time I met most of you, so if I'm making a mistake, either correct it if you can or if not let me know & I'll try correcting it. Paul (N3EYQ), Jim (K2BHM), Paul (AC2UQ), Scott (N2MEE), Mose (KB5BV), Judy (Mose's wife), Bob (K2LD) & Joe (AD2AH) Paul (AC2UQ) & Judy (Moes's wife) Paul (N3EYQ), Paul (AC2UQ), Bob (K2LD) & Joe (AD2AH) Shane (KD2YRB), Manny (KB2ZST) & Moes (KB5BV)117
- Next Thursday Subs n Soda in the parkIn Family, fun, hobbies·May 27, 2022Thursday, June 2nd, Noon, the first 2022 Subs n Soda in the park. Freer Park, Port Ewen Be there, or be square. Everybody else will get around to it... Will you? Got the picture????? Jim K2BHM1315