Clay Freinwald

Clay, K7CR, CPBE - A SBE Fellow SBE Member # 714 Since March 1968

Clay’s Corner for Sept 2013

  As I write this, near the end of August, I can truthfully state that this has been a wonderful summer…Dry, warm, not too hot…another chapter in the book of the most wonderful place on to be in the summer.    Thankfully, we have been spared the conditions in other...

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Clay’s Corner for August 2013

The loss of a friend is not an easy thing to write about.   The experience brings about a flood of thoughts about how life and your own mortality.   When you are young a lifetime is thought of as being forever.  Then as time goes by you eventually reach the conclusion...

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Clay’s Corner for July 2013

 Clay’s Corner for July 2013   Welcome to Summer….. For those of you –not- in the PNW you are likely enjoying typical summer weather – For those of us here in the Seattle area, we are still enjoying rain showers and lots of clouds.   Now don’t get me wrong, this area...

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Clay’s Corner for June 2013

  Once again our country has experienced a tragic disaster….This time in Oklahoma where a huge EF5 Tornado tore a swath, reportedly 2 miles wide and 20 miles long.   Reports are that debris that was picked up by the storm was dropped almost 100 miles away.   And again...

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Clay’s Corner for May 2013

     Once again the broadcast industry was front and center as the bombing in Boston and the following man-hunt was carried live to the nation.   Like many I watched countless replays on TV of the bombing…The final day, as they were hunting for suspect #2 I was...

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Clay’s Corner for April 2013

   A lot of attention was paid to  a couple of EAS Events recently – First was the Zombie Attack when some likely fun-loving folks found out how to get in the ‘back-door’ of brand-X EAS equipment and have a little fun.    This quickly, got the attention of the FCC who...

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Clay’s Corner for March 2013

    Clay Freinwald - Seattle Chapter 16         I was looking out in my back yard in the middle of February and, I swear, I have a tree that just about to produce leaves!   My lawn is past the point where it needs mowed and I have bulbs...

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Clay’s Corner for Feb 2013

Welcome to February!     The days are getting longer (and you can tell) and spring is just around the corner.   This winter has been one of the wettest ones in some time.   We have moss growing on moss.  What we have not had is snow.   Statistically if we get this far...

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Clay’s Corner for January 2013

As I start writing this column I am reflecting back on a question that was asked of me recently… “When did you start writing this column?”   I had to answer – I don’t really know.   All I recall is that someone asked me to write a column back when SBE16 was meeting at...

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The KE0VH Hamshack For December 2012

KLove /Air 1 Denver Engineering MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR from KEØVH and KDØTRZ! My Christmas Decoration! Yes Patrick, my partner and KLove engineer is now KDØTRZ.  He has been active on the local repeaters with me and is making new friends.  We have used the...

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