Hi Steve.

I would call that a cheap shot, but it seemed more like a free shot!

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 11:22 AM 9/17/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>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
>View comments about this article!
>
>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

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