eHam.net News for Monday 19 November 2012
 

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Fort Wayne Hosts Largest Hamfest in Indiana:

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:32 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/29358


FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne hosted the
largest Hamfest and Computer Expo in Indiana on November 17 and 18. The
event featured amateur radio equipment, vendors, emergency equipment, and
more. Jim Boyer, the Hamfest chairman, said this year was the 40th
anniversary for the event. "There are 300,000 amateur radio operators in
the United States and about 10,000 or so in Indiana alone, so there is a
lot of interest here," Boyer said.


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William Kleronomos, KD0HG (SK):

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:30 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/29357


The funeral service for William Kleronomos is this Sunday, Nov. 18 in
Longmont, Colo. The long-time chief engineer for Clear Channel's KBCO(FM),
Boulder, Colo. died Tuesday at the age of 61. The cause was not reported.
He had been the CE of KCBO since 1995. "While Bill was an integral part of
the Denver engineering team there are many of us in this company that have
also been touched by his willingness to help at any time. He was also very
popular in the ham radio community, KD0HG," according to Mike Irby,
director of engineering and IT for Clear Channel's Denver cluster. "I've
worked with Bill for several years even before coming to Denver," Mike told
Radio World. "He was instrumental in the early days of Clear Channel's HD
rollout. KBCO was on the forefront of that and his findings helped many
others in the company as they began installing their equipment. Bill loved
radio and lived to help others anytime he could. There was never a time
that I knew him to not be happy about life and what he was doing."


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Ham Radio Fan Saves U.S. Bacon:

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 01:29 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/29356


HUNDREDS of lives may have been saved on the night Superstorm Sandy hit
America : by an Irishman in his shed.