Boy thats a punch in the chest! Eddie was one of my favorite "rtty
characters", definitely shifted!
I have searched for Ray on the internet without success, although I haven't
done it recently. I would love for his software to become open source, it
would be great fun to port it to windows (boy that makes me feel old to
say, like going from 16 bit to 32 bit).
Eddie, you made a difference to this ham and I have missed you since you
disappeared. I used to send 'Whats happening with Eddie?" emails every few
years. Sad to learn this however.
Ray is such a wonderful guy and his legacy lives on, he was the inventor of
ADIF (along with some others but he was the organizing force) I hope he
comes back into the rtty world, I suspect he would love a brand new SDR!
73
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC
On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Anthony W. DePrato <wa4jqs@mikrotec.com>
wrote:
> As some of you know i have been trying to run down some old qsls from the
> late 90's on rtty. G0AZT/W6 was very active on the bands and a good friend
> to many of us over the years. while trying to get TY on rtty confirmed on a
> few bands I recalled that Eddie and Ray WF1B were there at Peters for a
> contest in the late 90's i have found Peters DL call and address but he
> lists that he will NOT qsl . but thinking i would give it a shot anyway i
> had sent Peter Ray and Eddie qsl requests. i got a letter back from Ray
> last week he is well but does not have any radios anymore he said they ran
> out of qsls years ago but did confirm the contacts on the back of mine for
> his and Eddie's dxped to TY.
> Ray said i have renewed his interest in Radio by contacting him and that
> i was the only ham he had heard from in over 10 years. so lets all hope Ray
> gets back on the air. his rtty contesting software made contesting on rtty
> fun. I have not heard from Peter TY1TS but i keep hoping.
> I got a letter today for Jim McCombe.who Eddie stayed with in Calif. and
> it is with a sad heart that i must pass along the bad news that Eddie G0AZT
> became a SK on Dec 23rd 2015. from complications from Pneumonia.Jim said
> eddie lost interest in radio in late 1999 and sold all his gear. he spent
> his later years building computers.
> Jim informed me he had no ideal what Eddie ever did with his logs but
> would look and see if he could find them. He wanted me to pass along to the
> rtty and UK gang that Eddie was a SK.
> RIP OLD FRIEND
> 73 Tony WA4JQS
>
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