- 1. [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: "Ellen White, W1YL" <w1yl@tampabay.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:28:18 -0500
- Dear friends: In September of 2002 K4OJ sat at this computer and wrote a poignant obituary honoring his father, W1CW, who had died that very morning. On this afternoon of February 12, 2004, it is my
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00242.html (9,132 bytes)
- 2. RE: [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: "K9YO-Cedrick Johnson" <k9yo@cedrick.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:47:06 -0500
- Wow, this is a great loss to the contesting community. I met Jim at various events, and he always had the knack of making everyone around him laugh. Jim will certainly be missed. On behalf of the mem
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00246.html (11,425 bytes)
- 3. Re: [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: "N7MAL" <N7MAL@CITLINK.NET>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:54:52 -0000
- It is no secret within the contesting community that Jim and I had some real disagreements. Today those seem so trivial. With Jim's passing the contest community has a very large hole in it. I would
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00247.html (11,031 bytes)
- 4. [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: W0UN -- John Brosnahan <shr@swtexas.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:00:59 -0600
- Over the years I knew Jim as the "crazy guy" we all have lurking inside of us and that we try to keep hidden most of the time. The "craziness" was really just his enthusiasm for everything he did. Wh
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00248.html (10,750 bytes)
- 5. [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: yt3t <yt3t@absolutok.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:43:50 +0100
- I would never beleive that a loss of a man I never knew personally could hurt so much! Dear, dear Jim... Kele YU1AO -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00250.html (7,853 bytes)
- 6. [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:10:56 -0800
- I never had the chance to meet Jim in person, but corresponded with him here on a number of occasions. I used to get a kick out of his wacky, tounge-in-cheek messages. I'll surely miss them. 73 Jim!!
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00253.html (7,765 bytes)
- 7. [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Fatchett" <mike@mallardcove.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:25:53 -0700
- I was saddened by the news of Jim's passing. I have worked Jim countless times and he was always a great op and fun guy to talk with. If memory serves me he could be found on 10m when nobody else was
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00255.html (7,538 bytes)
- 8. Re: [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Smith <jimsmith@shaw.ca>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:26:38 -0800
- It is always sad to see an SK announcement. This is the first one to make me cry. 73 Jim, I'll miss you. Jim, VE7FO -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00256.html (8,715 bytes)
- 9. [CQ-Contest] k4oj sk (score: 1)
- Author: "norm pratt" <n.pratt@bmts.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:22:28 -0500
- Ellen and Family, Please accept our sincerest condolences on the passing of Jim k4oj. Our thoughts are with you at this time. Norm Pratt and family ve3nbj owen sound,ontario -- The world's top contes
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00258.html (7,707 bytes)
- 10. Re: [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Horton <k5iid@ntelos.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 01:40:08 +0000
- Jim, I'm sure that you and I aren't the only ones to shed a tear. Tom K5IID At 00:26 02/13/04, Jim Smith wrote: It is always sad to see an SK announcement. This is the first one to make me cry. 73 Ji
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00260.html (9,725 bytes)
- 11. Re: [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: "Grillo's" <ah3c@frii.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:39:08 -0700
- Dear Ellen - This is such sad news. ICON's in amateru radio are so rare. To know your devoted family will always be a treasure to me. Jim was a bright, wide-smiling teen-ager when I met him, you, and
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00262.html (11,242 bytes)
- 12. Re: [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Tope" <W4EF@dellroy.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:51:12 -0800
- Well said, John. We all take ourselves too seriously from time-to-time and Jim was always there to remind us to lighten up and enjoy the ride. I remember when we got our vanity calls K4OJ and W4EF ba
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00268.html (12,151 bytes)
- 13. Re: [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Cook <n7or@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 07:15:22 -0800 (PST)
- I don't know who he was, but it has been posted a few times that he organized a widespread bunch of contesters who did not really know each other into a thriving contst club. That's saying something.
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00274.html (8,117 bytes)
- 14. Re: [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Beckwith" <mark@concertart.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:37:29 -0600
- Me too. I agree it is almost like losing a brother. Jim and I were the ends of the dipole on the Sprint name question and even feuded in public in the pages of the NCJ, like 20 years ago. Here's one
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00291.html (7,556 bytes)
- 15. Re: [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 18:13:14 -0600
- Oh my, this news hurts terribly. Jim was obviously a beacon of energy and enthusiasm from the day I met him at Dayton ten years ago. I was a budding new contester, and he would point at me and say "g
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00305.html (9,036 bytes)
- 16. [CQ-Contest] K4OJ SK (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Higgins" <RHIGGINS1@CFL.RR.COM>
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 19:30:56 -0500
- Its taken a while to sit down and write this, feeling as I do totally inadequate to the task. I did not know Jim White as well or for as long as many of you who have written. I met Jim at the first m
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg00306.html (9,706 bytes)
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