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JANUARY 2003 San Francisco Roy Trumbull - Editor roy547@msn.com Bill Dempster - Artist |
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Projection Systems Inc. - Marci Mearns - (510) 259-2469 Santucci Video Systems - Sandra Santucci - (818) 704-6324 Belden - Steve Lampen - (415) 440-8393 Orban - custserv@orban.com - (510) 351-3500 MARCOM - Martin Jackson - (408) 768-8668 William F. Ruck, Jr. Broadcast Engineer - (415) 564-1450 Ross Marketing Associates - Kevin Frost - (408) 988-8111 Kathrein (Scala Division) - Michael Wm. Bach - (541) 779-6500 Hammett & Edison, Inc. - Dane E. Ericksen, P.E. - (707) 996-5200 LeBLANC - David A. Hill - (650) 574-4600 Econco - George Badger - 650-327-7599 Improbable Missions Fource - Mike Schweizer - (888) 4-ISDN4U Digi-Gear/Cancomm - Eric B. Lane - (818) 980-9188 RF Specialties of California - Bill Newbrough - (888) 737-7321 Pacific Radio Electronics - Sam Mao - (510) 636-0308 West Penn Wire/CDT - Michael J. La Porte - (650) 652-9080 Axcera - Russ Erickson - (877) 440-7877 Microwave Radio Communications - Clark W. Rhoads - (909) 246-1602 |
As usual, our luncheon will be at Sinbad's just south of the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero near the foot of Mission St. We meet at 11:30 and are seated at 12:30. To make reservations call Paul Black at 925-827-9511 and leave a message on his machine.
Dave was very pleasant and well read and could carry on an intelligent conversation about nearly anything. He found joy in music, reading, and fine dining. He truly enjoyed his work and would go to great labors to rectify problems for his customers.
From the initial diagnosis of a brain tumor until the time of his death was just 8 weeks. He leaves a daughter, Anita, who is an RN. He looked forward to what special treat she would bring him each afternoon during his therapy.
Walt would sketch the image and then fill it in using his bag of marker pens. TV resolution is quite poor so Walt used a number of tricks with detail and contrast for the best results on camera.
I think everyone who knew Walt had a favorite story about him. He was quite colorful. Back in the days when alcohol was part of his life he would hold an annual Easter egg hunt at his place in Bolinas. Everyone showed up including sheriffs and judges. The eggs were filled with booze.
Walt had a parrot that rode around town on his shoulder. One morning, Walt got up and it was missing. Everyone asked him about it but Walt didn't know why the bird was gone.
A local tavern keeper, upon opening up his joint that morning, found the parrot by the door. It had gone to a place that was home for all intents and purposes.
Walt died Nov 27th, 2002 of chronic lung disease. He was 71. He made arrangements for his art to be donated to the Bancroft Library.
In our present state of affairs it doesn't mean much, but in the future it will facilitate raising money for conferences and technical training sessions. We've done little of that in recent years. With tax exempt status it will be easier for companies to make donations to us with some assurance that they can be written off for tax purposes.
Art Leberman came across a useful RF Safety site with a lot of links: http://www.rfsafetysolutions.com/
I just got a note from Linc Reed-Nickerson who has done what every RR freak dreams of doing. He's bought his own railroad. It's the Lewis and Clark Railroad up in Oregon. The identifier is LINC. Check out: http://yardlimit.railfan.net/archive/lp/lc81.jpg
Eat your hearts out folks.
Roy also posts the current newsletter at home.earthlink.net/~rhtrumbull but the posting is without links.
