Owen and his red pickup rover was an inspiration to me. I learned a lot for my
van from checking out his rover when he came up to DEMI at Frenchtown, years
back. I remember especially one contest when the new K8GP station was operating
and I was down in FM18 running the bands with them. We got to 2.3GHz and he had
a colossal signal, but said he could hear nothing from me. I had made other
2.3GHz QSOs, and everything checked out fine on my rover. He finally came to
the cause that his preamp went dead, but only after I had moved to another
grid. I could always count on having great feedback from him. He attended many
of our VHF Conferences, and I loved his video production of the K8GP VHF
station as the lead-off speaker years ago. He brought great deals to the table
at HAMARAMA when the Packrats ran that at the grange. More recently (4-5 yrs
ago?) he was selling uW parts at the NE VHF and he sold me a dual 5-10GHz feed
that he had motorized to get the feed on the optimal focal
position. He was a great and energetic ham and a revered mentor. I share fond
memories with many of you. Rick, K1DS
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