Very sad news !!!...i am very proud showing Rich´s QSL card to my visitors.
I contacted him many, may times during and outside contest.
RIP Rich!!!...we will miss you !!!
73....Doug, CO8DM / T48K
"No creo que haya alguna emoción más intensa para un inventor que ver alguna
de sus creaciones funcionando. Esa emoción hace que uno se olvide de comer,
de dormir, de todo." - Nikola Tesla
----- Original Message -----
From: <sbloom@acsalaska.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] KL7RA SK
Hi Mike:
No Rich was 70 or so ...he had heart issues some years back ...but seemed
to be in good health ..still climbing towers, still expanding the station.
We were there for CQWW SSB in October ...nobody expected this. Just one of
the nicest guys in or out of ham radio that one could ever meet ..and
contest mentor to many including myself.
Steve KL7SB
On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 09:46:49 -0400, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
Wow, that is a shame. Rich and his stationmates always seemed to
have the
knack of picking up the weak ones (me) in a pileup and I looked for them
every time there was a KL7 or Zone 1 station needed.
You could really count on that thundering signal and usually comical 3830
report afterwards. Big shoes to fill.
Someone said Rich was 93- is that true?
RIP ol' friend.
Mike VE9AA
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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