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software and computer configuration problems that kept crashing the software. Several folks made trips to the site at various inconvenient hours to reset everything. But progress is being made and we've received a gratifying amount of positive feedback.
The node is located in Hopkinton, near Hopkinton Center. It is currently using temporary antennas located about 510 feet above sea level. The permanent antennas will be located another 20 feet higher. However, coverage seems pretty good, even on KA1USL's loaner vertical.
Special thanks for the first two weeks' effort go to AA1ON, W1RH, KA1USL, NB1B, N1XAS, W1EQW, and KC1YR. In addition, KA1AXY and N1DVJ are helping us on special projects in October. Congrats the entire PacketCluster team for a successful launch.
Come check it out. See you on the Cluster!
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QSL Card
Submitted by Sharon, KC1YR
Lee and I have taken some wonderful trips involving ham radio, but none were more incredible than my T9 expeditions to Sarajevo. The first one wasn't just a trip, but seemed closer to a miracle.
Less than a month after the brutal siege of Sarajevo was finally lifted, a friend of mine in Arlington got permission for me to accompany a humanitarian aid mission to the city in March of 1996. Flying in on a NATO cargo plane, I actually got to meet some of my dear Bosnian friends who had experienced such horrors during the four-year war and siege.
I had worried about them every day, and dreamed about such a meeting since 1996, but hadn't really believed it would be possible to meet someday.
I was only on the radio briefly while I was there -- I only had three days, and wanted to spend time with my friends more than talk with strangers, even if there was a truly amazing pileup waiting for me. Alas, the aid group left the morning of Sarajevo's first hamfest since before the war, and I missed it.
The next year, Lee and I went together, in another kind of miracle -- we took a commercial flight into Sarajevo, and got to see some results of reconstruction efforts underway. We enjoyed two weeks in Bosnia, seeing part of federation territory and also visiting the Croatian jewel on the Adriatic Sea, the city of Dubrovnik. We spent a few evenings playing radio, and had a great time visiting with our friends and meeting more hams.
As some of you know, two of our dearest friends from Bosnia are now living
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here in New England -- Danny, T93M/N1ZPE, currently designing antennas for Cushcraft; and Kamenko, T91EXA, an MIS manager in Cambridge, and their families. And, one family is about to expand, as Kamenko's wife is expecting their first baby this fall.
Samir, T99S, came to visit from Sarajevo this spring, and spoke with Danny about their wartime radio experiences and ham radio in Bosnia today. Samir looks forward to returning again sometime for another visit, and sends 73s to all his friends at W1FY.
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