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Unit 399 JJ in Medellin Colombia
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I posted this in another thread.
Want to share this here.
Decated to Jim 399.
Floating high
Gravity no longer holds you to the ground
Rise above Jim ...
Want to share this here.
Decated to Jim 399.
Floating high
Gravity no longer holds you to the ground
Rise above Jim ...
Sometimes there is no warning signs with a heart attack or stroke. My ex-father in law went that way. He got up to go outside to do something and dropped over dead with the big one. It is a shock to the family but the poor bugger didn't lay around and suffer. The only better way would be in your sleep. But most of us aren't that lucky.
I feel bad JJ399 was a true gentleman on the radio and on the site. I have had the pleasure to make contact with him on the radio and once sold him a Cobra 148GTL DX. he will be missed.
Yep. My son passed in his sleep from a seizure in 2020 at the age of 27. That's him in my avatar. He never knew what happened, just woke up in Heaven.
It's not easy to have a love-one pass away but I watched my mom struggle with her body slowly shutting down and pass away 5 days after turning 94 and that wasn't pleasant to watch by no means and I actually prayed to God to take her because she didn't deserve that humiliation.
My mother in-law recently passed at the age of 94 as she had developed congestive heart failure. She went to the hospital for a week and came home on Hospice with an oxygen tank. Two weeks later she was having great difficulty and we called the Hospice nurse to come out, she confirmed that it wouldn't be long. My wife made calls to her remaining eight siblings and we had a house full. At twilight, my mother in-law had her "last hurrah" and sat up in bed completely lucid and for 45 minutes it sounded like we were having a party. It was a truly amazing event, the kind you only hear about. I am holding back the tears as I write this. The next evening, at twilight, she expired.
It is natural to try and find some logic about the events when someone passes. The only solace is to know that God has a plan for each and every one of us. Even if we don't know what that plan is.
It is natural to try and find some logic about the events when someone passes. The only solace is to know that God has a plan for each and every one of us. Even if we don't know what that plan is.
So very sorry to hear this news. It's been a while, but was always a delight to QSO with him on the forum, and over the air. Especially, when it was homebrew antennas both ways.
JJ was definitely an awesome radio friend and I'm sure an even better one in person, even though we never met. We spoke sometime back in September and that's the last contact we made recently. Link attached below of a nice contact with him about 12-13 years ago. He will be missed big time on the air!
Greg T
WDX-945 (Jazz Singer) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
R.I.P. my friend. And thank you so much for the assistance!
This is great. You've helped preserve the JJ we all enjoyed. A great memorial.
Never EZ to hear...Never knew it till Jim and I hooked up on the air MANY years ago, that we talked on the air when he had a shop in Indianapolis and I was working at a shop in Greenfield, In. about 30 miles apart back in the mid 70's...Fun Time...Jim will be missed greatly by the locals there also...He always seem to lend a hand where it was needed...GODSPEED OM GL
Its been quite fun running the Realistic TRC-449. Something that needs to happen for this radio is recapping it. I did replace that one tantalum in the back years ago for a 50v, but other then that I dont think ive recapped it.
Oh man, just seeing this. Condolences to all family and friends. Had the pleasure of making contact with JJ a couple of times and would hear him frequently, describing their land, the weather, and previous times in the states. I always got a kick from him correcting people (nicely of course) "no I'm in Medellin, Columbia in South America not British Columbia, yeah you made the trip to Medellin" . Gotta mention his 858 contribution, good stuff.
R.I.P. JJ, We'll miss hearing you out there.
R.I.P. JJ, We'll miss hearing you out there.
JJ was very helpful when I had some microphone questions and we exchanged some PM's. I was lucky enough to hear him 3-4 times on the air. Mostly at home in Az, but I did hear him once in the mobile in Las Vegas. I am very thankful for his contributions to the radio world. I am very sorry to hear this news. Rest well, JJ.