Forwarded by K1KI
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One of the contesting pioneers became a silent key last week and I don't see
any mention of it here. I have been working K5GA Mr Bill since I started
contesting in '86. I only met him face to face one time, but we had countless
quick chats in the middle of various contests over the last 35 years.... Along
with several phone calls hundreds of text messages and email exchanges. RIP Mr
Bill..... And SJ......MOG
Paul K9PG
Paul@k9pg.com
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Well I have seen nothing about the passing of Billy, so I will say a few
things..
Bill Bradford (K5GA) " Mr. Bill" passed June 18th, after a long fight he fought
to the very end!
One of the true Radio-Sport pioneers, being a contester since I believe the age
of 10 in the late 50's! Just a few of his accomplishments can be seen on his
QRZ page.
He was a great friend and mentor, taking the time to help me when I got back
into the hobby in the 90's.
He helped me decide on things to build my mini-contest station on an extreme
budget. We had some great times doing multi-ops, Billy eating fritos and bean
dip, joking, ringing the mult bell and sometimes we would do well against the
big boys .. his favorite saying was "the little station that could" when we
would score well against the Pros!
Amazing to me was how much he loved it, you could see how excited he was to
find that VU2 LP on 40m, just like I'm sure he was at 10 working his first JA!
I know he really enjoyed his last multi-ops out with George at NR5M..
Billy will really be missed..my weekly phone chats about stocks, radio, life....
Rest well Mr. Bill, hope LP is open wherever you are!
Mike K5NZ
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Tom Frenaye, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093. c: 860-597-4539 h: 860-668-5444
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