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 <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> moin moin,
>
> boosted by a friend on the far coast
>
> Darrell Hilliker, NU7I
>
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> 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
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