Well Folks,

I recommend if anybody is considering buying a Heil Mike, best do it soon 
before they become inaccessible for blind operators.  See the following 
article:


Chip Margelli, K7JA, Moves to Heil Sound Ltd:
from The ARRL Letter, Vol 25, No 37
Website:
http://www.arrl.org/
on September 15, 2006
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Chip Margelli, K7JA, Moves to Heil Sound Ltd:

Well-known Amateur Radio industry personality Chip Margelli, K7JA, has 
joined Heil Sound Ltd
http://www.heilsound.com/
as vice president of sales and marketing. Heil Sound President Bob Heil, 
K9EID, and his wife Sarah announced September 14 that Margelli will be 
responsible
for all national and international Amateur Radio sales and marketing plans. 
Margelli, who for many years has been associated with the Yaesu Amateur 
Radio
brand and regularly fronted that manufacturer's hamfest concessions all over 
the US, says he's "honored and excited" to be making the move to Heil Sound.

"Heil Sound is a dynamic, growing, and creative enterprise, and I look 
forward to being a part of their bright future," Margelli commented.

Calling it "an historic day for Amateur Radio," Heil said Margelli "brings 
his great passion and knowledge of Amateur Radio to this new post." He cited
Margelli's more than 40 years of experience and expertise as a DXer, 
DXpeditioner, contester and top-notch CW operator "along with his great 
knowledge
of just about every radio in existence" as assets that will benefit Heil 
Sound's dealers and customers worldwide.

Licensed since 1963, Margelli is an ARRL Life Member. He also belongs to 
AMSAT and the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA). He and his wife 
Janet,
KL7MF, live in Garden Grove, California.

Margelli has authored articles for QST, QCWA Journal, CQ and CQ VHF 
magazines. His most recent contribution for QST was "Field Day 2003 from 
Cuba," which
appeared in the December 2003 issue. Margelli enjoys operating on all 
amateur bands from HF through UHF -- including "weak-signal" terrestrial and 
moonbounce
work and satellite operation -- and has a special fondness for 6 meters. 
Beyond ham radio, Margelli enjoys photography, astronomy and running 
marathons.

Margelli holds both bachelor's and master's degrees (political science and 
business administration, respectively) from the University of Washington. He
speaks fluent Japanese.

In May 2005, Margelli and partner Ken Miller, K6CTW, enjoyed their "15 
minutes of Amateur Radio fame" with an appearance on The Tonight Show with 
Jay Leno
on NBC. Using Morse code, the two radio amateurs went head to head with US 
cell-phone text messaging champ Ben Cook and his partner to see which mode 
would
get the message through in the shortest time. Margelli, Miller and Morse won 
hands down.

Outside of the realm of the Amateur Radio industry, Margelli and Heil are 
longtime friends. An industry personality in his own right, Heil was 
inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in June on the basis of his pioneering 
sound work with a variety of rock bands, including The James Gang and The 
Eagles
(see "Hall of Famer Bob Heil, K9EID: "It's all Because of Ham Radio!" in Oct 
2006 QST, p 49). Another Heil friend, Joe Walsh, WB6ACU, plays in both 
bands.

Contact Margelli via e-mail
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Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often.

Steve, K8SP