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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Modeling for the N6LF "Elevated Radials" QEX article
(Jim Brown)
2. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (Charlie Cunningham)
3. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (ok1tn )
4. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (Eddy Swynar)
5. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (W2PM)
6. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (Gary Smith)
7. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (HAROLD SMITH JR)
8. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (K8MFO@aol.com)
9. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (John E Bastin)
10. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (Petr Ourednik)
11. VK6HD (Brian Machesney)
12. Mile, VK6HD. (Robert Briggs)
13. See you in JIDX this weekend (Sugiyama)
14. Re: VK6HD SK (Jon Zaimes AA1K)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:58:55 -0700
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Modeling for the N6LF "Elevated Radials" QEX
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On 4/12/2013 1:47 AM, Dan Maguire wrote:
For those of you who have the AutoEZ program (or its predecessor, which is what
N6LF used) I have created a general purpose model
Thanks for some great work, Dan. Like Rudy's, a lot to digest, and much
food for thought.
73, Jim K9YC
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:11:09 -0400
From: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com>
To: "'Bruce'" <k1fz@myfairpoint.net>, <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
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I'm sad to hear that! I worked Mike on 160 MANY years ago for my first VK6
on 160 and one of my proudest 160m accomplishments at that time!
I've worked Mike on several other bands, but the 160 contact was special and
one I will always remember!
Thanks,. Mike! Rest in Peace!
Charlie, K4OTV
-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bruce
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 11:05 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Passing of VK6HD.
Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
Kim Lyon
VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this
morning. As you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss
our weekly skeds.
For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC
Honor Roll.
73
Robin.
All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
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Topband Reflector
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:28:15 +0200 (CEST)
From: "ok1tn " <ok1tn@seznam.cz>
To: Bruce <k1fz@myfairpoint.net>
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
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Mike was my first VK on 160m as for many other
--
73 Slavek ok1tn (ok1far)
---------- P?vodn? zpr?va ----------
Od: Bruce <k1fz@myfairpoint.net>
Datum: 12. 4. 2013
P?edm?t: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
"Passing of VK6HD.
Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
Kim Lyon
VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this morning. As
you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our weekly
skeds.
For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC
Honor Roll.
73
Robin.
All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
_________________
Topband Reflector"
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:41:42 -0400
From: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
To: "Bruce" <k1fz@myfairpoint.net>
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <B6C0B45F-7EF0-458F-AA6D-5905861A148F@xplornet.ca>
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On 2013-04-12, at 11:05 AM, Bruce wrote:
Passing of VK6HD.
Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
Kim Lyon
VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this morning. As you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our weekly skeds.
For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC Honor Roll.
Hi Bruce,
Gosh, but that is VERY sad news indeed...
Mike's signal was doubtlessly the very first "VK6" Topband log entries with
MORE than a few stations on this side. I will miss his presence on the band, as will many
others, I am sure.
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:10:30 -0400
From: W2PM <w2pm@aol.com>
To: Bruce <k1fz@myfairpoint.net>
Cc: "<topband@contesting.com>" <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <3F9DAE5D-1997-47FD-B7BE-A6EBAFBC6691@aol.com>
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Sad news indeed. Great op, great guy and my first VK on Topband. His Qsl still in shack on wall for that. Used to work him on 30 too. RIP and 73 Mike.
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 12, 2013, at 11:05, "Bruce" <k1fz@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
Passing of VK6HD.
Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
Kim Lyon
VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this morning. As you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our weekly skeds.
For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC Honor Roll.
73
Robin.
All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
_________________
Topband Reflector
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:06:49 -0400
From: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <51685B49.20932.66B9B56@Gary.ka1j.com>
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Yes, he was mine as well.
R.I.P. & 73
Gary, KA1J
Mike was my first VK on 160m as for many other
--
73 Slavek ok1tn (ok1far)
---------- Puvodn? zpr?va ----------
Od: Bruce <k1fz@myfairpoint.net>
Datum: 12. 4. 2013
Predmet: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
"Passing of VK6HD.
Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
Kim Lyon
VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this
morning. As
you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our
weekly
skeds.
For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current
DXCC
Honor Roll.
73
Robin.
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:08:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: HAROLD SMITH JR <w0rihps@sbcglobal.net>
To: "topband@contesting.com" <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
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<1365793684.84137.YahooMailRC@web181505.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this
morning. As you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our
weekly skeds.
For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC Honor
Roll.
73
Many top-banders and I will miss Mike. He always had a good signal. I was proud
to have
Mike as my first VK on 160.
Rest in Peace old Friend
Price W0RI
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:32:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: K8MFO@aol.com
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <112e85.3706cd98.3e99bb4e@aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Count me in as another admirer of Mike, who gave Zone 29 to so many of us,
not only on Top Band, but other bands as well.
Mike was also a top notch 160 Meter DXer, living a long way from major
population centers, but still able to run up a high country total.
Contacts on 160 into places like PY may be routine for those of us in the USA and
Europe, but it was a major accomplishment from VK6, and may have required
years of effort.
In July 1986 I was part of a group to activate Market Reef as OH0MD/OJ0.
In the USA we think of July as a high QRN month, but on Market Reef,
you really have no darkness, and perhaps only 1 hour per day of TWILIGHT.
Be that as it may, it was a real pleasure to give Mike a new one on that
operation, and a collective cheer went up in the lighthouse when Mike was
logged on 160. Everyone knew who Mike was, and had a favorite story about
first Topband VK, or first Zone 29 on a particular band. To give
something back to Mike was very special. It was a tribute to his craftiness and
dedication to break through a wall of European callers.
I can remember working Mike a very long time ago as G3HDA and for decades
as VK6HD. Sadly, you just don't replace guys like Mike.
RIP, Old Friend.
73
Don K8MFO
In a message dated 4/12/2013 8:25:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
k1fz@myfairpoint.net writes:
Passing of VK6HD.
Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
Kim Lyon
VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this morning. As
you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our
weekly skeds.
For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC
Honor Roll.
73
Robin.
All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
_________________
Topband Reflector
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:38:57 -0400
From: John E Bastin <bastinj@gmail.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <7CCA8B02-0A3D-4F03-BDA1-6E2EFAED901F@gmail.com>
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On 12 Apr 2013, at 11:05 AM, Bruce <k1fz@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
Passing of VK6HD.
Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
Kim Lyon
VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
I was also very sorry to hear this news. Like many others here, Mike was my first VK on
160, and was a fine demonstration of why it's called the "Gentleman's Band."
RIP Mike
73,
John K8AJS
bastinj@gmail.com
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:04:39 +0200
From: Petr Ourednik <indians@xsmail.com>
To: W2PM <w2pm@aol.com>, Bruce <k1fz@myfairpoint.net>
Cc: "<topband@contesting.com>" <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
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<1365793479.9473.140661217000494.45E4133D@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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Hello,
it is the most sad information for me. Mike was an excellent operator
and real gentleman.
Mike was my first VK/Oceanian on TB when I was young novice on band and
he was always
ready to help. We exchanged a lot of letters regarding the TB antennas
and operation tactics.
Mike will be missed not by myself but in all TB family!
Mike, RIP and pass our 73 to Stew, W1BB
Petr, OK1RP
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013, at 06:10 PM, W2PM wrote:
Sad news indeed. Great op, great guy and my first VK on Topband. His Qsl
still in shack on wall for that. Used to work him on 30 too. RIP and 73
Mike.
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 12, 2013, at 11:05, "Bruce" <k1fz@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> Passing of VK6HD.
> Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
>
>
>
> Kim Lyon
> VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
>
>
> On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
>
> It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this morning. As you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our weekly skeds.
> For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC Honor Roll.
> 73
> Robin.
>
> All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
> _________________
> Topband Reflector
All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
_________________
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:38:51 -0400
From: Brian Machesney <nekvtster@gmail.com>
To: "topband@contesting.com" <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: VK6HD
Message-ID:
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I don't know if it comports with Australian regulations and/or traditions,
but I sent the following message to the Australian Communications and Media
Authority:
Mike Bazley of Albany, WA recently became what we in amateur radio circles
call a "silent key." Mike represented Western Australia to amateurs
worldwide in the best spirit of the service, with unfailing courtesy,
patience and dedication. The "Topband" email reflector is ringing with
testimonials to the appreciation so many of us feel for Mike's unswerving
commitment to providing contacts with the elusive "zone 29" on the 1.8 MHz
and 3.5 MHz bands. To honor Mike's devotion to our hobby, I request on
behalf of amateur radio operators around the world that Mike's call sign,
VK6HD, be retired from reassignment.
Respectfully,
Brian Machesney, K1LI
Craftsbury Common, VT USA
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:52:31 +1000
From: Robert Briggs <vk3zl@bigpond.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Mile, VK6HD.
Message-ID: <51689E3F.90305@bigpond.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I am very sad at the passing of Mike..He was an excellent Topband
operator, and an inspiration to all..
Bob..VK3ZL..
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:22:49 +0900
From: Sugiyama <ji3kdh@2333.net>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: See you in JIDX this weekend
Message-ID: <20130413092243.4038.B8FFE8DF@2333.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Hello Topbanders,
While we are about off season, I'll try 160 for
the contest this weekend.
http://jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html <http://jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html>
In that of 2012, many thanks to all, I was very
excited to be called by IV3PRK, DL8QS, SV3RF,
and others with weaker signals.
See you!
note : We JAs can be through 1810-1825. Give us
RST+ your CQ Zone, please.
--
73,
Sugi JI3KDH
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:59:51 -0400
From: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>
To: topband <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: VK6HD SK
Message-ID: <5168CA27.5010308@verizon.net>
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Very sad to hear of Mike's passing.
Flipping back through my old logs, handwritten on something called
paper, it appears our first QSO with Mike was on 40 meter CW in January
of 1980. But it is the second QSO I recall most, on 80 CW on the last
day of that month. We had had several exchanges when Mike reported my
signal had suddenly dropped several S units but he still had solid copy.
Looking up, I realized my manual antenna switch had been left with my
new "Beverage" receiving antenna connected to the transmitter, and Mike
was still hearing me with my 25 watts going into a wire only a few feet
off the ground. We both had a laugh when I told him what happened and,
back on my real transmit antenna, we carried on at full strength for a
few minutes more.
It was those golden ears of Mike's that gave us so many hundreds of
contacts on Topband -- the first in January of 1981 and the last 32
years later. He was there keeping the vigil, frequently the only DX
coming through. He'd drop in for a quick hello, just to let us know the
band was open -- halfway around the world -- when there was no other
sign it was open to anywhere. We'd swap notes on the weather, band
conditions and pass along tips on DX the other might need. Often he'd
stop back a half hour later with a new signal report. In the years
before packet and the Internet, and even after, he'd drop in quickly to
let me know one I needed in his part of the world was just a few kHz up
or down the band, and I'd do likewise.
We will miss our dear friend. Mike helped keep this band alive for so many.
73 and GL DX,
Jon AA1K
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