Such sad news. Herb was always there in contests. Often struggling with
static at his end he always stayed with it to try to pull stations through.
I remember working him from the T32C DXpedition in 2011. Having worked
us on 160m CW and Phone he said he’d got all the slots. I cheekily
suggested he hadn’t got us on data so we went to RTTY and then PSK and
made those slots too. The PSK QSO was almost certainly a first T32 to
KV4 - and might be the only one too.
RIP Herb, Topband is poorer without you.
73 Chris, G3SVL
On 29 Apr 2020, at 19:21, dan@np2j.com wrote:
It is with great regret that I have been informed that Herb Schoenbohm
KV4FZ has passed away this morning at his home.
Herb was 84 years of age.
Herb has been a fixture on Topband since the very beginning, having
160 DXCC #2 (I believe) and has been active in all 160 Meter contests
over the years setting many records.
I personally have been amazed at his stamina in contests, even
recently, he would stay up all night CQing long after this 62 year old
called it quits...I hope I live as long as Herbie, and be able to put
half the rare ones in the log as he did routinely
73 Herb
Best wishes to Herbs wife of over 50 years Monica and Sons Tom, Timmy
and Eric
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