Re: [CQ-Contest] GM3BCL SK

[Tom Horton <k5iid@ntelos.net>]

Stewart,
 Thank you for the information about Sandy.
Yes, I for one, remember him very well.
Not only from conntesting, but from county
hunting as well. I remember working him from
my mobile in CO,TX, NM, and UT several times.
He will be missed!
73, Tom K5IID



At 23:06 02/07/04, Cooper, Stewart wrote:
> I only just found out yesterday that Sandy Anderson GM3BCL died about two
> weeks ago. I think there will be many on here who knew him, or at least
> worked him in CQ WW SSB from time to time. I believe he actually entered the
> contest every year from about 1948 until last year. That has to be a record!
> I first met Sandy when I was about 16 and had just got my licence. I wanted
> to do CQ WW SSB but I had never entered an HF contest and didn't know what
> to do. He lived about a mile from me so I cycled out to his very large and
> impressive house and introduced myself. As a sixteen year old who was new to
> ham radio I was totally bowled over by his shack. It was out of this world -
> it was so big he even had a snooker table in it! The entire station was
> built into a very beautiful custom built wood library wall. I was
> dumb-founded. He was very nice to me, and answered my (probably niaive)
> questions.
> Sandy was a US county hunter and even when I last visited him, in about
> 1989, I think he only required 3 counties to work them all. Sadly, I don't
> know that much about Sandy, but I often worked or heard him in CQ WW SSB,
> and I expect he put a very strong signal into east coast USA. His house was
> on a hill facing north west, across the Grampian mountains in north east
> Scotland. Sandy was a founder member of the local radio club.
> This is just a personal tribute to the man who really inspired me to do
> contesting. I hope there are others who remember him.
>
> Stewart
> GM4AFF
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