Rick shared his considerable knowledge of crystal, cesium, and rubidium frequency standards with particular emphasis on the HP 10811 oscillator. The presentation was videotaped but hasn't been properly mastered for copying yet. Look for an announcement in a future newsletter if you are interested in obtaining a copy of the tape. We are sorry to have to pass on the news that Ron Hopkins has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The prognosis is that this is a terminal illness.
Conventional medicine has no effective treatment to offer.
Ron is currently in Central America, where he has opted to go to pursue an alternative therapy. Other than this treatment, Ron's main focus is to spend time with his family. In April of this year Ron gave a great presentation at the 50 MHz and Up meeting about his EME operations and EME in general. Ron has also wanted to pursue EME on 10 GHz. Jeffrey Pawlan, WA6KBL, is working to set up a 16 foot Scientific Atlanta dish on an SCR-584 radar pedestal which will be merged with electronics that Ron has accumulated in an attempt to get 10 GHz EME working as soon as possible so that Ron can achieve this amateur radio goal.