Kris:
Thanks for asking. ... Our son and his family are fine, although he did
indicate that the closest tornado probably was within 5 miles of his house.
He had been monitoring the storm ever since the watch was issued, and was
right on top of things, taking all needed precautions. So, I guess a little
bit of dear old Dad's training and skywarn knowledge paid off.
My son is a ham, but with two little kids around, and needing to be sure
everyone and everything was safe, he did not have the time or ability to
check into the local skywarn nets. This is a shame, because I'm sure they
could have used his spotter knowledge. Nevertheless, he did what he had to
do and all turned out well in the end.
I do think he is a bit more in awe of Mother Nature now, though, than he
previously might have been.
Glad you survived the storms ok, and will look forward to hearing you on the
round table this afternoon.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kris Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:13 AM
Subject: Re: What A Difference A Day Makes!
Tom, It is Satuyrday morning after the big tornado in st. Louis. I just
wanted ti be sure your Son and family are ok. St. Charles got hit pretty
bad in some areas. Lambert is a total mess, and Marilyn Heights and several
areas really have a tremendous amount of damage.
We were lucky here. There were two tornados and one went north of us and
the other went south. We got a pretty good thunderstorm out of it, but
little or no damage as far as I know.
I'll try to make the net this afternoon.
73
Kris
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 7:02 PM
Subject: What A Difference A Day Makes!
> Hi, everyone.
>
> Well, this evening, I'm happy to report that I appear to be back in
> business
> on HF!!
>
> Today was one of those nice Michigan Spring days, and one of my good ham
> friends came over and successfully installed my Radio Shack 10-foot mast
> extension on top of my 30-foot telescopic mast. I need to do a lot more
> checking, but initially, my SWR's look reasonable with both antennas on
> the
> various bands. I also will now be in a position to really see if my RFI
> problem with my Heil mic set-up has been resolved, so there will be lots
> of
> testing ahead for me here. I'll be out of town tomorrow, but should have
> some time tonight and tomorrow night to get a better feeling of how things
> are working.
>
> If everything goes according to plan here, I should be available to do the
> 40-meter east-coast mid-west round table Saturday afternoon. So, if there
> is enough interest, and if there are no ongoing contests, I'll be on or
> near
> 7.185 MHZ at 4 p.m. Eastern (2100 Z) Saturday afternoon.
>
> If things change, I'll let everyone know, but for now, I'll plan to head
> up
> the round table if that's ok with everyone.
>
> More later for sure!
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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