I wish I had a ham station to maintain myself. unfortunately, most of my ham gear was destroyed June 27th, 2023 in a house fire that spread from a neighbors back yard (where he was improperly charging 2 e-bike lithium batteries in direct sunlight). The insurance for the house has specifically excluded me from the policy for coverage, which means I am out both an HF, and VHF/UHF transceiver set, as well as a 3 KW antenna tuner, 4 tube Dentron Amplifier, braille sense U2 (replacement for this is $6k), a lot of clothing, 1 server donated by a plug member last year, 3 other computers (desktop type) and a laptop as well as many other items. I estimate all of it to be somewhere over $20k and more likely $25k just to replace it all. I was able to rescue my Mac mini before the fire spread and a couple of external drives and a small amount of misc hardware. However, if Darrel needs some help, I can think of a couple of guys on the 94 machine in the west valley that might be able to help. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, equipment recovery Dept. > On May 28, 2024, at 10:05 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > moin moin, > > boosted by a friend on the far coast > > Darrell Hilliker, NU7I > > ---- > My non-blindness physical disabilities are worsening and I have realized > after an antenna incident over the weekend that I can no longer maintain > my #AmateurRadio station all by myself. If anyone out here is a #HamRadio > op in the West Valley of the #Phoenix area in #Arizona I'd really > appreciate a DM if you're interested in helping. I'd really like to keep > my station on the air. Thanks and 73. > ---- > > https://mastodon.social/@darrell73@mastodon.online/112514960168790023 > > If you want to help, but aren't on the Fediverse I can help with > messaging. > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # https://www.SpiralArray.com https://www.PhxLinux.org > # "Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back." -- David Brin > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss