This is a very sad, terrible news!
Dear Steve you'll be missed on the bands, faithful companion of countless
EUSPRINT contests.
R. I. P.
Bob, I2WIJ
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> Il giorno 02 dic 2016, alle ore 16:26, Neal Campbell <nealk3nc@gmail.com> ha
> scritto:
>
> Another sad occurrence, this has been a bad year!
>
> 73
> Neal
>
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> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Jim Nitzberg via PVRC <pvrc@mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear PVRCers and friends of Steve Cole GW4BLE,
>>
>> It is with great sadness and a sense of relief for Steve that I report
>> Steve's passing early this morning.
>>
>>
>> I received this email from Jack, G8DX this morning, how had visited Steve
>> two days ago and informed us things were not looking good.
>> "It is with deep sadness that I'm reporting the passing of our friend,
>> Steve GW4BLE. Steve passed away this morning at 02:30 at the Royal Gwent
>> hospital in Newport with his wife beside him."
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve and I were what I would call "very close" radio friends. Even
>> though we never met, we would email each other incessantly before, during
>> and after contests,and Steve was an anonymous fan of team W3LPL and would
>> campaign for our wins. We would check in with each other even during the
>> off season.
>>
>> For the past few months he and I had been texting about his recent surgery
>> and recovery - which almost seemed like it was going to work - against all
>> odds.
>>
>> A weeks ago when we were texting he told me he would not likely recover
>> from his current predicament.
>>
>> Steve remained positive until he became a silent key. He was one of the
>> most enthusiastic contesters I ever "met" and he talked glowingly about his
>> wife/family and recently, his first
>> grandchild (see his qrz.com page).
>>
>> Steve also has a really cool lookup of contest QSOs where you can hear
>> yourself - you might want to listen before it gets taken down and remember
>> some of your QSOs with him.
>>
>> The world lost a great man this morning - however it is good to know Steve
>> is no longer suffering.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Jim Nitzberg WX3B
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