Truly a sad day. Remarkable individual, fellow ham and friend whose heart
and soul was always shining brightly on topband. Like many, I will miss the
early morning Q's on topband. Hopefully Bob is in a better place and at
peace now.
73 and God Bless Bob, you will not be forgotten
Cal W1IZL ( W0IZL > W7IZL > WA2IZL )
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 10:53 PM, David Raymond <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
wrote:
> Bob was truly a remarkable person. Not only did his homebrew skills far
> surpass the vast majority of us but he also put out a remarkable signal
> with a modest station. A lot of topbanders may be unaware that Bob's
> signal came from a homebrew 42' vertical (yes, forty two foot) . Capped
> off with a hefty top hat and a very good ground radial system, he was able
> to work the world daily. He and I had other shared interests and enjoyed
> exchanging emails. I will surely miss his friendship and his signal on
> 1824.5 on those cold, winter morns.
>
> 73 Bob. . .rest in peace OM.
>
> Dave, W0FLS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: SidShusterman
> To: topband@contesting.com ; Jean Briggs ; robert briggs ; Bernie
> McClenny, W3UR ; Bob Garrett ; K3JJG ; David Raymond ; tree@kkn.net
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 6:23 PM
> Subject: VK3ZL SK today
>
>
> I received an email from Jeannie this afternoon. Bob succumbed to the
> effects of bladder cancer today. Bob was many things. He was one heck of a
> builder. His amplifiers won the SERG homebrew competition so many times
> that they finally gave him a lifetime achievement award. He was a fixture
> on TopBand and gave many their first VK QSO. He was also a beacon until
> recently. If there was any propagation at all Bob was there to work it.
> Over the years Bob and I and I am sure some others developed a
> relationship that transcended ham radio. I found that Bob was a fire
> communications officer who provided essential communications and control
> for the intense fires that happen in that part of Australia amongst other
> interests.
> Above all Bob was our friend.
> Bob told Jeannie his wife he wanted the following on his grave marker:
> Robert William Briggs..
> ..loving husband of Jeannie..
> ..17 Oct 1942 ---7 July 2014..
> .......vk3zl s k......
> and that is what she will do.
> Jeannie can receive your emails at both her email address: Jean Briggs <
> jabi77@bigpond.com>
> and also she is keeping Bob's account open: VK3ZL@bigpond.com
> Sid K3SX
>
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