May he RIP ..... he was a "fixture" for a very long time and
will be missed! Always a thrill to work JT/Zone 23 in any contest and he
was the source for a very long time! For as long as I can remember and I
have been at it since 1953.... de GG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Claerbout" <k4zw@hotmail.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:35 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] JT1BG SK
> I wanted to add a couple of words about my friend Baatar JT1BG. The
news
> was not a complete surprise as he was dealing with a few health issues for
> the past year or so. Yet when I received word from JT1BV, it was
> heartbreaking. Baatar was just a really fun guy. We clicked immediately
> during my first visit to JT1CO in November of 2001. He had a great sense
of
> humor and as JT1CD said, he had a real zeal for ham radio.
> In one case, Baatar ran into a couple of RFI issues after moving into a
> new apartment about a year ago. Apparently it got so bad with the
neighbors
> that he feared a visit from the police. I could tell it bothered him
> greatly that he could not enjoy something he loved doing. Operating Ham
> Radio. The problem was eventually resolved with the installation of a
> Bencher lowpass filter on the output of his Chinese made amplifier. You
> could sense his relief half a world away. We often exchanged e-mail if
only
> to pass along the latest WX report and to say hi. His last message of
> November 10 had the subject line of a smiling face. He said it was about
> -5c and snowing. He also said he was feeling pretty good, about "5 by 8."
> He was QRV up until the very end operating his family call of JT1M in the
> JIDX contest.
> So long good friend. I'm grateful for the opportunity to have known
you.
>
> Ken K4ZW
>
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