Hello all and I hope you are having a great summer. The All Star baseball game came and went so fast I barewly had time to blink! Most of us are complaining about the summer heat but soon we will be groaning loudly about the cold. Are we ever happy with the WX? Our big news of the summer is that we are moving in August. We finally got handicapped accessible housing which is spacious and very nice. I wish that all of our stuff could be sorted and packed with the wave of a magic wand but that won't happen. Our emails and phone will remain the same but we will have a new address. I'll give that to you when the time approaches. Ham radio will be the last thing to set up but we will have EchoLink and internet. John's laptop bit the dust Sunday with a pretty blue screen. It won't even start in safe mode. He is unable to get into my office to use my computer so he is totally disconnected at this time. Now for a loaded question. Anyone have an extra laptop hanging around we could borrow for a while or buy for a reasonable price? Because we have moving expenses, our money tree is not very leafy. Please call John if you can help. If you send email, send to me and I will print for John. This also means John can not make changes to the tipsnet.org web site but I will keep you informed of news via this email list. We had a call from KT1NG who told us he has a teaching job at a college in MD. He is in CT for the summer and doing very well. It was nice to hear Tad's good news. I am busy with my Section Traffic Manager work and my braille transcription business. I need another 24 hours in a day or the ability to function with no sleep! That's enough rambling about everything but radio. Let's hear from you! How did Field Day go for you? Did it rain? Most of the state was spared but some received some heavy showers. After all what's FieldDay without a bangy thunderstorm? Anne, K1STM TIPSnet Manager 860-628-6454 ================================================= TIPSdiscussion welcomes messages from members please POST at: tipsdiscussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Our Info Page and Web Portal (the easy way to get to your acct) www.freelists.org/list/tipsdiscussion Subscribe to the list send a blank email with SUBSCRIBE in the subject field: tipsdiscussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Unsubscribe by sending a blank email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject to: tipsdiscussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Tell your friends about TIPSnet!!! =================================================