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	<15 seconds of fame> Hi ! My name is John Slusser and I grew up on a farm near Casey, IL, started my education in a one-room school (Oak Point), graduated from Casey High School in 1957, spent 22 years in the USAF, retired, worked as an Electronics Engineer with Hughes Aircraft and Raytheon for 18 years and retired again. I became a partner in Eastern Illinois Internet service and we sold it after 3 years. I worked over a year for DaVinci Research here in Tucson. We (DaVinci Research) started a new company, Cardio Pneumatics Research, LLC (CPR) and now, it has evolved to another company, FSNC, and I'm a partner in that venture. I've been an amateur radio operator (FUN!) since 1984, and I live in Tucson, Arizona with my bride & partner for over 48 years, Shirley Malcom from Martinsville, IL. My amateur radio call is: (Below)

	"in a word...efficiency."

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By the way, this site is pretty graphical and requires some
patience or a fast connection. There's some good stuff and
it's worth the wait...(IMHO)!

AMATEUR RADIO

What is Amateur Radio? I could probably answer that question, but I think that you should click <here> and you can find out all about it from the ARRL (American Radio Relay League). They're very informative and have a lot of neat links to follow.

Personally, my favorite mode of operation is SSTV (Slow Scan TV)...an amateur radio mode that allows the sending and receiving of graphical images. Listed below, you can find a link to a gallery of some of the pictures that I have sent and received. And that's not all; I've included some of my favorite pages to visit....some are quite "kewl "!

LOOK UP SOMEONE'S HAM RADIOCALL: Click on

and plug in an Amateur Radio Call. For example try WD7F and see what comes up.

This guy has wild SSTV pictures!

KB4YZ has a huge SSTV page
with links to everything to do
with SSTV . Check it out !!
Click on his beautiful butterfly !!

With a computer/sound card and an
HF (shortwave) receiver you can
receive SSTV pictures with this
software. Licensed amateurs can
transmit SSTV also. You can try it for
FREE!

What IS this thing? Well, click on it!

The BEST ever FREE SSTV program!
BY: JE3HHT
Makoto Mori

MMSSTV

K3ASI has a neat Amateur Radio Page		Here are a few SSTV pictures!	Check out this new digital mode which which has a 31hz bandwidth! It's almost magic! Uses the soundcard.
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Modes on the Repeater IRLP Node# 3892 is operational on the 146.34/.94. Click on the IRLP Logo for guidelines. Node Status: <CLICK> WIRES-II is a new internet linking system operating on the repeater. The node number is 1128D. Click on the WIRES-II logo for the user guide. We now have Echo Link Node #1125 on the machine! Give it a call sometime. Click on the logo for basic operation. Click <HERE> for Node Status. If you missed it in the quick links, here is Dave - K7IOU and Craig - KD7TXO standing by the 224.74 Repeater. Dave's repeater has IRLP Node 3033, Echolink Node 22474 and WIRES-II Node 1381, adding to the VoIP capability of the BART system.
IC-756 DISPLAY PROBLEM My ICOM IC-756 display had been deteriorating for a couple of years because of lines that had finally blocked out the entire bottom of the display where the pan adapter display and function buttons features were located. ICOM had decided not to support the display so my radio was becoming useless. I discovered that PA7FA - Richard Rosenberger in the Netherlands had developed an LCD replacement display. I sent the front panel of the IC-756 to Richard and he replaced the display and returned the panel in quick order. Even though the LCD display is not as pretty as the bright blue and crisp original, it works fine and will afford years of additional life to your rig. Click the picture to check it out ! BACK TO THE TOP			IN MEMORIAM Click On Names or Picture N7SQJ (Obit) Gregg White (SK) K7CC Hobart J. Paine (SK) W7AFC Oliver Grieve (SK)
Check out Joe's IRLP Node #3529 in "Sunny" Sequim WA.	What's B.A.R.T.? It's the Border Amateur Radio Team! Click the Logo! HEAR LIVE AUDIO FROM THE BART SYSTEM !		Here you will find lot of info including a page on all the other radio clubs in Tucson! Click on the Logo!
More digital modes that uses the soundcard for DSP! Digipan WinPSKSe HamScope MMTTY W1SQP-PSK	WD7F's SSTV CAM & Links to Many Others (Just in case you missed it at the top!)		HOW TO CONVERT and INTERFACE (CAT 250) a MSR-2000 Repeater <CLICK> (A Work In Progress)

Family & Friends Photos

SMILE! It might be YOU!!
Click on Brownie

Read the story of
my Old Barn.

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My first car and was I proud of it ! Look
at the Moon Hubcaps on the front ! You
could sleep in the trunk. Only one seat
though. Shirley and I drove this bomb
from Casey to Denver, where we were
stationed at Lowry AFB from February
1959 until August 1963. .

A 1947 Chrysler New Yorker
Business Coupe !

Setting in front of the station
circa 1958.

What would I give for it now?

<Click Me>

The Big-Bad
Master Sergeant

This was taken near
Kunsan, Korea
sometime in the
summer of 1977.

Dang! I was still
pretty skinny.

CASEY HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1957 HAD THEIR
45th
REUNION IN 2002!

Take a look at the
PHOTO GALLERY

IT MUST BE LOVE

<click pictures to enlarge>
Here we are! Valentines Dance
in the Martinsville, Illinois High
School gym. I had just arrived
home from basic training at
Lackland AFB, TX. Not long
after this was taken we were
married in beautiful down town
Shawneetown, Illinois. We were
married on 18 February 1959.
Where did these skinny young
people go? Where did forty-seven
years go?

Note:
For our 47th anniversary, we went
out to eat at Saguaro Corners,
a medium priced restaurant,
and had a very nice meal. The
$70 tab, which included the tip, was
just $15 less than my $85 monthly
pay as an A3C in 1959.