{"id":1456,"date":"2026-02-06T19:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:41:08","slug":"73-hamclock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/?p=1456","title":{"rendered":"73, Hamclock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">The passing of Elwood Downey, WB0OEW, hits home for this community more than most. Reading the words \u201c\u2026ended his own life on 29 January 2026\u201d is a stark reminder of the countless lives lost every day, often silently.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Hamclock\u2014his creation\u2014continues to run in my radio shack. I\u2019ll cherish every remaining day it ticks on. And when that clock finally runs out, it will stand as a quiet reminder of a silent key we lost, and of the human being behind the code.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">If this loss reminds us of anything, let it be that no one carries the weight alone\u2014whether we see it or not.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\u2014 73<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"567\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png 567w, https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 85vw, 567px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The passing of Elwood Downey, WB0OEW, hits home for this community more than most. Reading the words \u201c\u2026ended his own life on 29 January 2026\u201d is a stark reminder of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/?p=1456\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;73, Hamclock&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":1457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456\/revisions\/1458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flagandtorchsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}