Kris and all:

I'd say let's scrap the 40-meter round table tomorrow afternoon, in light of 
the NAQP contest.

In terms of my mother's situation, I won't clutter the list with all of the 
details, but I'll just say that, as time goes on, it becomes more and more 
apparent that her recovery will be long and arduous, and that she will never 
get back to where she was prior to her septic shock and cardiac arrest 
eppisodes last Monday.

She is facing sub-acute rehab, and then accute rehab, after which her future 
is still uncertain.

What troubles us too is that the doctors can't seem to pinpoint the exact 
cause of her problems, which makes it hard to come up with preventative 
strategies for the future.

Anyway, I'm hanging in there, and trying to be as supportive to my 
82-year-old father as I can from here.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kris Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: this week-end's nets


> Hi Tom and All,
>
> I think you are probably right, Tom.  When there is a really popular 
> contest
> going on like that there's no point in trying to hold a net.  We don't 
> want
> to be trying to grab a frequency and hold it for an hour when there are so
> many people who want to use it.
>
> I think we should scrap it for tomorrow and plan to have the 20 meter net 
> on
> Sunday.
>
> I'm glad you are finally getting back to normal.  Are the reports on your
> mom good ones?  I hope so!
>
> 73
> Kris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 5:59 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: this week-end's nets
>
> Hi, all.
>
> I am trying to get somewhat back to normal here, and, to be honest, this 
> is
> the first chance I have had in a week and a half to even think about ham
> radio.
>
> Anyway, I am wondering if we are going to have to scrap our 40-meter East
> Coast Mid West Round Table tomorrow, due to the North American QSO Party 
> SSB
> contest.  For one thing, I am hoping to participate in the contest, and 
> will
> not be available to serve as net control.  More importantly, I'm sure the
> band will be wall-to-wall with contest activity, which will make finding 
> and
> keeping an operating frequency very challenging at best.
>
> Things look better for Sunday afternoon's 20-meter net, so hopefully, I'll
> catch many of you there.  Regarding the 20-meter net, I still don't think
> I'm in a good position to be net control, until we get into more daylight
> here in west-central lower Michigan, but I'll certainly be happy to do
> relays as needed.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>