At least he died for something he was passionate about. RIP.
Thanks,
Ed
> On Nov 1, 2018, at 8:53 PM, terry burge <ki7m@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> This is sad to hear. I have worked W0AIH many times over the years.
> 160,80,12,10 and 20 meters. Looks like most during contest as far back as
> 2010 and six of the contacts were during CQWW160 contest. Wish we had talked
> a little more.
>
> Terry
> KI7M
>
>> On November 1, 2018 at 9:36 AM W1JCW John <W1JCW@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Found this information on Dx news.
>>
>> W0AIH, Paul Bittner from Fall Creek, USA passed away.
>>
>> Information from N9ISN: I received very very sad news this evening. Paul
>> W0AIH passed away late this afternoon (Wednesday).
>>
>> It was a tower accident involving his 40m tower he was working on in getting
>> ready for SS. Mary says he fell 60 feet.
>>
>> No information on services as of yet.
>>
>> https://dxnews.com/forum/forum/silent-keys/13561-w0aih-paul-bittner-fall-creek-usa
>>
>>
>> 73-
>> W1JCW
>> John
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> john@kk9a.com
>> Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2018 7:01 AM
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] W0AIH SK
>>
>> Very sad news. W0AIH built an incredible station in the black hole. There
>> are youtube videos of his larger Yagis. From P40A I worked his station on
>> multiple bands in every DX contest. I sold Paul an antenna once and he was a
>> very nice guy and will be sorely missed.
>>
>> RIP
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>>
>>
>>> FROM W2GD
>>> I am sorry to report Paul Bitner, W0AIH died today from injuries
>> sustained falling from 60' while doing a tower project (details are not yet
>> clear).
>>>
>>> W0AIH was a member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame and had a passion
>>> for
>> ham radio and contesting all his life. He was a retired ordained Lutheran
>> Minister in his 80s.
>>>
>>> R.I.P. Paul.
>>>
>>>
>>> John W2GD
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