[Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY
K9ZTV
at 0125 UTC Friday, August 5th.
Tom died peacefully with his family around him at his residence in
Jefferson City, Missouri, following many battles with cancer over the
last 15 years. No one I have ever known handled illness with the kind
of optimism and faith as he did. There are many cancer survivors alive
today because Tom taught them how to fight the disease psychologically
and emotionally.
Tom was an early member of the Elecraft family with K2 serial number 008
and continued his loyalty as one of the original beta-testers on the K3
(also serial number 008). Wayne once told him, "Just when we think we
have something perfect, Hammond comes along and finds a glitch for us."
Early renditions of the K3 firmware incorporated many of Tom's suggestions.
Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for Saturday, August 13th (a
week from tomorrow).
Suggestions for memorial contributions will be posted after the family
completes arrangements tomorrow afternoon.
Thank you all for your prayers and support these last several months.
73,
Kent Trimble, K9ZTV
Jefferson City, MO
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主題︰ [Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY
Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF
Thanks for all your work on the K3 (and other projects).
Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF
Elecraft K3 #4257 + PR6 + K144XV + KPA500 #166
Don Wilhelm
Thanks for the news, but yes, it leaves me with a very heavy heart. Tom
was a great friend, and Tom's courage was contagious. His experiences
helped me deal sensibly with my own battle with cancer and chemo
treatments. He will be sorely missed.
Yes, I am one of those cancer survivors whom Tom taught how to fight the
disease psychologically and emotionally.
Thank you Tom for all that you have done for the ham community, and for
me personally. RIP, your contributions have been great.
My condolences to Jeri and the rest of his family.
73,
Don W3FPR
Rick Tavan N6XI
friend, just a wonderful human being with so much optimism, determination
and courage. We'll all miss him a lot.
/Rick N6XI
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:04 PM, K9ZTV <k9...@socket.net> wrote:
> It is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of Tom Hammond, N0SS,
> at 0125 UTC Friday, August 5th.
>
--
Rick Tavan N6XI
Truckee, CA
Greg
AB7R
Gary Gregory
became the better for the experience....you will be missed Tom....
KD5NHL..Gary
--
VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile
Elecraft Equipment
K3 #679, KPA-500 #018
Living the dream!!!
Tom McCulloch
his experience and expertise. The ham community will miss Tom.
Tom WB2QDG
K2 1103
David Lankshear
Thoughts are with the family, especially Jeri.
Dave G3TJP
Ron Polityka
Very sorry to hear that Tom passed away.
He helped me with some issues on the CW Indicator kit.
Tom was a Great guy and he will always be remembered!!
72 and Thanks,
Ron Polityka
WB3AAL
K1 - SN 01011
K2 - SN 01392
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Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:04 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY
Guy Olinger K2AV
were always improved because they were there, how they were always a
clarifying influence, an advancer of anything they embraced.
Of such N0SS.
Rest in peace, Tom, and nicely done.
Guy K2AV.
Dale Putnam
A sad day, Tom will be missed by many, many folks.
He was an example to follow, in many ways.
Left huge footprints, and I wish I knew, half of what he forgot.
Rest well, Tom, it's a brighter place because you were here,
N0SS will be heard, in the echos of my mind.
--... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy
> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:08:57 -0400
> From: oli...@bellsouth.net
> To: wb3...@verizon.net
> CC: elec...@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY
Dave KK7SS
He'll be missed.
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Dave G KK7SS
Richland, WA
'59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it..
'65 Sprite - in process :(
'76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son :)
'06 Honda Civic Hybrid
Wayne Burdick
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
Vic K2VCO
I've known Tom for 11 or 12 years, since he helped me get K2 no. 709 working. We had
literally hundreds of conversations after that, by email, radio and Skype. The man simply
lived to help others.
What a loss.
On 8/4/2011 9:04 PM, K9ZTV wrote:
> It is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of Tom Hammond, N0SS,
> at 0125 UTC Friday, August 5th.
>
> Tom died peacefully with his family around him at his residence in
> Jefferson City, Missouri, following many battles with cancer over the
> last 15 years. No one I have ever known handled illness with the kind
> of optimism and faith as he did. There are many cancer survivors alive
> today because Tom taught them how to fight the disease psychologically
> and emotionally.
>
> Tom was an early member of the Elecraft family with K2 serial number 008
> and continued his loyalty as one of the original beta-testers on the K3
> (also serial number 008). Wayne once told him, "Just when we think we
> have something perfect, Hammond comes along and finds a glitch for us."
> Early renditions of the K3 firmware incorporated many of Tom's suggestions.
>
> Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for Saturday, August 13th (a
> week from tomorrow).
>
> Suggestions for memorial contributions will be posted after the family
> completes arrangements tomorrow afternoon.
>
> Thank you all for your prayers and support these last several months.
>
> 73,
>
> Kent Trimble, K9ZTV
> Jefferson City, MO
--
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
Brett Howard
his strong signal helping me get checked into ECN. I couldn't really
get into ECN without him. He will be missed!
~Brett (N7MG)
Ron D'Eau Claire
the gut.
Our e-mail correspondence must be close to a thousand since I first met him
here 11 years ago. And then there were the chats by telephone as worked on
various projects, but we never met face to face. Even so, I was remarkably
moved by his presence, good humor and willingness to do whatever he could to
help others.
Perhaps the one thing that sticks most in my memory was the hearty THANKS
PAL! closing he offered with such obvious sincerity every time we spoke or
wrote to each other.
So, for the last time: Thank YOU, Tom.
Ron AC7AC
Mike Fatchett W0MU
Jim
ran the net and published the newsletters and we were running FT-101E's. He was a great help to that group also.
73 de KE4WY Jim
Joe Subich, W4TV
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
Kevin Rock
he gets to know everyone. She never met him but I am sure the two would
have been fast buds. Now is her chance to get to know him as well as you
did.
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:46:12 -0700, Joe Subich, W4TV <li...@subich.com>
wrote:
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Bill K9YEQ
Tom and I were on the original K2 FT team as well and shared many a private email. He was very knowledgeable and helped me a great deal. I will miss him.
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
Nick-WA5BDU
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
Lee Buller
This is just not good....horrible news I will miss Tom. I will miss his CW
fist in contests. What a great man. Ham radio has lost a wonderful person who
was a true gentleman. May God bless his family.
He was fun to work in the CW contests...always stopping to "chat" on CW at high
speed. He was a consummate CW operator and a first class operator.
I am truly saddened by this news.
Lee Buller
K0WA
Kansas....next door to MO.
In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't
have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any
Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common
Sense divine?
Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind.
- John W. (Kansas)
F5vjc
I began the Elecraft experience by building K2 1188 in May 2000 while
living in the Shetland Islands UK.
I have been licensed for many years and this totally revitalised Ham
radio for me, together with the Elecraft reflector and all the good
and knowledgeable people on there.
This is where I came across Tom Hammond of course and he was indeed
one of the best.
Always helpful and positive, personally producing some excellent
supplementary small kits for the the Elecraft equipment.
Today I still have my K2 now alongside K3 325 and my interest is as
keen as ever, thanks to Elecraft and people like Tom.
Tom was really officially or unofficially a true member of the Elecraft Team.
I am sad to hear the news.
My condolences to his family and many friends, he will be really missed.
Deni
F5VJC
Julius Fazekas n2wn
me a lot with my K2. We corresponded on and off through the years.
We worked in contests and even met at a TenTec Hamfest way back when. He was
always friendly and upbeat.
I knew of his health issues, but I didn't realize he had taken a serious
turn for the worse. I think Wayne's eulogy expresses how I will remember
him.
Hopefully we can all be more like him...
73,
Julius
n2wn
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Terry Schieler
A few weeks ago, someone suggested a small accessory here on the reflector and I sent Tom an email stating that this little project would be right up his alley. I never received a response and that sent a chill up my spine. Something wasn't right.
Rest in peace my friend. You've done enough work down here in your lifetime for ten people and none of it will be forgotten.
73,
Terry, W0FM
Mike Baker
We'll all see you soon enough.
Keep the coffee pot on, the rig warmed up and a chair ready for us when we
meet again.
Best 72, 73
Mike Baker K7DD
K7...@cox.net
All QSO's are uploaded to LOTW and EQSL.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
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Tim O'Rourke
My K2 and other projects benifitted form his expertise and unending devotion to Amature Radio.
Hope someone will post info on contacting family with condolences.
Tim W4YN
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Tom McMahan
Per your comment, I am pasting below a copy of Tom's obituary from the
funeral home. There is a link to the funeral home website for those who
wish to leave notes of condolences.
This is my first posting to the reflector. I joined when I heard there were
so many nice comments about Tom on the site. I have been very impressed!
Even though I knew how hard he worked with the Elecraft community and how
well appreciated he was, I was still so pleasantly surprised. I know his
XYL, Jeri, would love to hear from the crowd.
Tom and I were lifelong buddies and got our Novice tickets together in the
spring of 1958, he as KN0RPH and me as KN0QMY. We have stayed in touch all
these years, now mostly on the landline, Skype or email. But, we used to
have regular skeds in days of old. Tom would have to QRS to what for him
must have seemed a snail's pace for me to copy, but he never complained and
always urged me to op more and pick up my speed. My ham radio operation
anymore is pretty much limited to the rig on my boat, and Tom was always
there when we were offshore and out of landline range to relay messages to
the family. He was always there as well to help debug equipment, and his
electronics knowledge was so impressive.
Good luck to all the Elecraft community. Tom always wanted me to get a K-3.
Think I may just do it! I will most certainly miss Tom, N0SS!!!
73,
Tom, K1FR
Alexandria, VA
K1...@ARRL.NET
Tom's Obituary:
THOMAS SINCLAIR HAMMOND
Jefferson City, Missouri
April 23, 1944 - August 4, 2011
Thomas Sinclair Hammond, 67, of Jefferson City, died Thursday, August 4,
2011, at his residence surrounded by his family.
He was born on April 23, 1944, in Washington, D.C., the son of the late
Ralph Wiltson and Kathryn Ellen Sinclair Hammond.
He was married on July 20, 1968, in Jefferson City to Jeriann Stricker who
survives at the home.
Tom was a 1962 graduate of Jefferson City High School, attended William
Jewell College, and received the Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration degree from Lincoln University in 1968.
He retired in 1995 as Assistant Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the Missouri Department of Employment Security where he had been employed
for twenty-eight years. During high school he was employed with the
Missouri Highway Patrol Dispatch Center where he was one of the last Morse
Code operators.
Known throughout the world by the call sign of N0SS, Tom was a
Federally-licensed Amateur Radio operator holding the highest license grade
of Extra Class. His specialty was the International Morse Code which he
employed on a daily and nightly basis at a proficiency level in excess of
fifty words per minute. During the fifty-three years of his ham radio
career, he personally conducted numerous licensing classes which resulted in
hundreds of individuals of all ages obtaining their Amateur Radio licenses.
Experienced ham operators with technical expertise frequently sought out Tom
Hammond's advice for resolution of complex electronic problems.
He was a life member/fifty-year member of the American Radio Relay League
and a member by invitation of the First Class Operators Club (FOC). He was
a member of the Kansas City DX Club; International DX Foundation; CW
Operators Club; Amateur Radio Emergency Services, and for many years was
coordinator of the local Certified Volunteer Examiner program. He was also
an avid contester who received numerous awards in various competitive
categories.
A past president and current Trustee of the Mid-MO Amateur Radio Club, Tom
was instrumental in keeping the club alive during a period of transition
during the 1970s. Beginning with the company's founding in 1998, he served
as a designer, trouble-shooter, and Beta-Tester for Elecraft, Inc., of
Aptos, California, a manufacturer of high-quality amateur radio equipment.
Tom was a fifty-year blood donor for the American Red Cross, and was Reunion
Coordinator for Jefferson City High School Class of 1962 which has
continuously met on a monthly basis since their twenty-fifth class reunion
in 1987.
A little-known pastime was his enjoyment of Yo-Yo's acquired since winning
second-place at the age of twelve in the 1956 Jefferson City Yo-Yo
competition.
Other survivors include three daughters, Cristina (Claes) Lillig, Columbia,
Mo.; Katherine (Todd) McDonald, Columbia, Mo.; and Nancy (Shawn) Pope,
Jefferson City; four grandchildren, Evelyn Lillig, Toby Lillig, Zeke Pope,
and Xander Pope; and four cousins, Anne Ruthven, Bandera, Texas; Malcolm
(Mick) Ruthven, Sausalito, Calif.; John Hammond, Chesterfield, Mo.; and Jane
Hammond, Boulder, Colo.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2011, at
Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home with the Rev. Kent W. Trimble officiating.
Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday, August 12th, at Dulle-Trimble Funeral
Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the American Radio Relay
League Scholarship Fund, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111; Capital City
Chapter of the American Red Cross, 431 E. McCarty Street, Jefferson City, MO
65101; or a charity of the donor's choice.
Those wishing to email tributes or condolences to the family, may do so at
the www.dulletrimble.com website.