Never had opportunity to operate his Station in Hannibal Mo. But I did get the
opportunity to visit him in the early 90's .
Was visiting my Brother in-law in St Louis. Mo. Gave him a phone call B-4
the trip and he invited me over.....
Extremely gracious both him and his wife. Had a tour of his antenna farm
and shack he then hosted a lite lunch.....
A true gentlemen and asset to the Hobby .\
RIP Lew
Wayne W3EA
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From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Stan Stockton
<wa5rtg@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 9:44 PM
To: Valeri Stefanov
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] K4VX SK
I operated at K4VX/0 four times in a five year period beginning 1994. Missed
1995 but took my son and others the next three years.
A lot was learned from Lew.
Lew had an opinion regarding packet spotting. He didn't like it and even
though it put him at a disadvantage we tuned the radio to find needed
multipliers in the M/M category.
Lew had an opinion regarding the rules...they were to be followed. I remember
a heated discussion regarding a logged exchange with a UA9 that resulted in an
"attempted" correction to the exchange field for an earlier contact with the
same station on another band.
Lew went to great lengths to make sure every amplifier was tuned up to EXACTLY
1500 watts and not 1499 and not 1501. That was a little tricky with what I
believe was a 3CX-3000 on 10M.
RIP, Lew Gordon.
Stan, K5GO
> On Feb 26, 2017, at 1:41 PM, Valeri Stefanov <stefanov.valeri@abv.bg> wrote:
>
> Sad to report that Lew has passed:
> K4VX, Lew Gordon, died at 3:57 this afternoon, February 25.
> Funeral arrangements will be from Smith Funeral Home, Hannibal, MO.
>
>
> GregK9IG
>
> These are really bad news. I knew Lew since 1978 when I went to LZ1KDP
> during my first year at Dental School. He was my TEACHER / mentor in
> contesting back then. Learn a LOT from him about contesting. Due to
> socialism / communist ruling in these years in Bulgaria we were able to meet
> each other only about 30 years later when he visited me and LZ9W. R.I.P.
> Lew. You will not be forgotten ! Wally LZ2CJ
>
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