John Switzer 1947 – 2016

John L. Switzer died Friday, March 25, 2016, at Denver Hospice. He was 68. He was born in Boone, Iowa to LeRoy J. and S. Evelyn Bygness Switzer, April 12, 1947.  Later, John and his family moved to Tama and then Chariton before moving to Des Moines.  John attended All...

Clay’s Corner for April 2016

  Clay’s Corner – Providing news and views from a broadcast engineers perspective since September 1986 Over the many years I have been working in this business, and writing this column, I run across the name of a person that I have worked with in the past....

The KEØVH Hamshack for March 2016

The KEØVH Hamshack for March 2016      The latest layout of the KEØVH Hamshack November 2015 till now! I am continuing to recover from the head and neck cancer treatments. My doctors say I am doing great, the cancer cells are dying and going away, and I am progressing...

Clay’s Corner for March 2016

      Clay’s Corner:Providing news and views from a broadcast engineer’s perspective since September 1986 If you read this column regularly you may have noted the above header…Got thinking about the fact that this year will mark 30 years that I’ve...

The KEØVH Hamshack for February 2016

                        As some of you may know I am undergoing treatments for a head and neck cancer at SCL Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge CO near my home, a real blessing. As of this writing I have just completed 5 of 7 weeks of M-F radiation treatments...

Clay’s Corner for February 2016

Clay’s Corner for February 2016 I guess I’ve always been a bit of a weather-nut….When I was younger, before I discovered radio, I thought about getting into that field….Perhaps this is why I write about our weather in this column? Looking back at 2015 some thoughts...