Comments for Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association http://www.paara.org The Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association: 71 Years of Ham Radio (1937–2008) Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:20:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Dave Rogers, K5DKR SK by Joey Stith KI4DUK http://www.paara.org/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-12 Joey Stith KI4DUK Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:56:49 +0000 http://www.paara.net/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-12 So sorry to hear about Dave. I only knew him for a few months, but he was really a great person. So sorry to hear about Dave. I only knew him for a few months, but he was really a great person.

]]> Comment on Dave Rogers, K5DKR SK by Terry. AF6TF. http://www.paara.org/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-11 Terry. AF6TF. Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:08:02 +0000 http://www.paara.net/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-11 The PAARA sponsored educational trust fund that has been established for Dave's son Danny has already received over $1,100.00.. in donations from PAARA members. We would ask that you make your checks out to PAARA (ear marked for Danny's trust fund) and give them to the PAARA Secretary or Treasurer at your earliest convenience. Please contribute something so that when PAARA submits the funds in January 05 to the Sequoia School District who are managing the fund, we will have provided a wonderful long term gift to allow us to remember Dave as our friend and active PAARA member. The PAARA sponsored educational trust fund that has been established for Dave’s son Danny has
already received over $1,100.00.. in donations from PAARA members. We would ask that you make your checks out to PAARA (ear marked for Danny’s trust fund) and give them to the PAARA Secretary or Treasurer at your earliest convenience. Please contribute something so that when PAARA submits the funds in January 05 to the Sequoia School District who are managing the fund, we will have provided a wonderful long term gift
to allow us to remember Dave as our friend and active PAARA member.

]]> Comment on Dave Rogers, K5DKR SK by Natasha Thompson http://www.paara.org/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-10 Natasha Thompson Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:34:08 +0000 http://www.paara.net/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-10 A gentle, kind, decent and lovely man, always a smile, an uplifting presence. I feel as though I have a lost part of myself, yet I know we shall meet again. A gentle, kind, decent and lovely man, always a smile, an uplifting presence. I feel as though I have a lost part of myself, yet I know we shall meet again.

]]> Comment on Dave Rogers, K5DKR SK by Dyan Fassett http://www.paara.org/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-9 Dyan Fassett Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:20:11 +0000 http://www.paara.net/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-9 A wonderful person, he will be greatly missed. A wonderful person, he will be greatly missed.

]]> Comment on Dave Rogers, K5DKR SK by BOB http://www.paara.org/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-8 BOB Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:15:02 +0000 http://www.paara.net/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-8 JOANNE & I HAVE LOST A DEAR FRIEND, AND PIZZA BUDDY. JOANNE & I HAVE LOST A DEAR FRIEND, AND PIZZA BUDDY.

]]> Comment on Dave Rogers, K5DKR SK by Andy Gonzales KG6RWO http://www.paara.org/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-7 Andy Gonzales KG6RWO Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:06:31 +0000 http://www.paara.net/PAARAgram/2004/11/09/dave-rogers-k5dkr-sk/#comment-7 Such a heartbreaking loss. I shared several QSO's about trains, sons, and baseball with Dave, K5DKR Such a heartbreaking loss. I shared several QSO’s about trains, sons, and baseball with Dave, K5DKR

]]> Comment on N6NT’s house on Little Cayman by Vic Black http://www.paara.org/PAARAgram/2004/09/16/n6nts-house-on-little-cayman/#comment-6 Vic Black Thu, 28 Oct 2004 03:30:09 +0000 http://www.paara.net/PAARAgram/2004/09/16/n6nts-house-on-little-cayman/#comment-6 The last time I talked to Bruce Sawyer, ZF2NT, he indicated that 18,000 vehicles simply disappeared from Grand Cayman during the hurricane. They apparently were washed out to sea and sunk. According to the CIA, there are only 46,000 people in the entire country, spread out over three islands. The islands took a major hit from the hurricane. Bruce said that the house on one side of his was constructed entirely of steel reinforced concrete. The waves from the storm surge reduced the house to a pile of sand. The house on the other side of Bruce’s house had the swimming pool completely filled with three foot diameter boulders (coral heads). I asked if building his house to California earthquake standards had saved his “home brew house”. He responded that a last minute design change seemed to have saved it. Originally it was designed to be built on a concrete pad at ground level. He finally constructed it on pilings putting it 8 feet above the ground. The storm surge flowed under the house and spared it. A big problem is that his entire property was covered by sea fans washed in from the sea. They look like plants, but are actually animals. Since the skeletons are silicon based they don’t burn so everything smells like decaying animals. He’s still assessing damage to his antennas, but apparently his towers are serviceable. Vic Black AB6SO. The last time I talked to Bruce Sawyer, ZF2NT, he indicated that 18,000 vehicles simply disappeared from Grand Cayman during the hurricane. They apparently were washed out to sea and sunk. According to the CIA, there are only 46,000 people in the entire country, spread out over three islands. The islands took a major hit from the hurricane. Bruce said that the house on one side of his was constructed entirely of steel reinforced concrete. The waves from the storm surge reduced the house to a pile of sand. The house on the other side of Bruce’s house had the swimming pool completely filled with three foot diameter boulders (coral heads). I asked if building his house to California earthquake standards had saved his “home brew house”. He responded that a last minute design change seemed to have saved it. Originally it was designed to be built on a concrete pad at ground level. He finally constructed it on pilings putting it 8 feet above the ground. The storm surge flowed under the house and spared it. A big problem is that his entire property was covered by sea fans washed in from the sea. They look like plants, but are actually animals. Since the skeletons are silicon based they don’t burn so everything smells like decaying animals. He’s still assessing damage to his antennas, but apparently his towers are serviceable. Vic Black AB6SO.

]]> Comment on N6NT’s house on Little Cayman by Doug KG6LWE http://www.paara.org/PAARAgram/2004/09/16/n6nts-house-on-little-cayman/#comment-5 Doug KG6LWE Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:02:08 +0000 http://www.paara.net/PAARAgram/2004/09/16/n6nts-house-on-little-cayman/#comment-5 Good Luck Bruce! I really enjoyed your talk on building the house. Hope you don't have to do it again. 73 Good Luck Bruce! I really enjoyed your talk on building the house. Hope you don’t have to do it again.
73

]]> Comment on BPL Meeting Video by Don Trask http://www.paara.org/PAARAgram/2004/08/07/bpl-meeting-video/#comment-3 Don Trask Fri, 03 Sep 2004 20:55:00 +0000 http://www.paara.net/PAARAgram/2004/08/07/bpl-meeting-video/#comment-3 9/3 - haven't visited the site in a while. Very impressed. Especially the Vallio video. Did I understand correctly that Jim was killed by a tractor? 9/3 - haven’t visited the site in a while. Very impressed. Especially the Vallio video. Did I understand correctly that Jim was killed by a tractor?

]]> Comment on Field Day Photos by N6NU http://www.paara.org/PAARAgram/2004/07/16/field-day-photos/#comment-2 N6NU Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:01:43 +0000 http://www.paara.net/PAARAgram/2004/07/16/field-day-photos/#comment-2 Peter, the album is wonderful. I like it. Andreas, N6NU Peter,

the album is wonderful. I like it.

Andreas, N6NU

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