When I put up my first 6 meter Yagi, 9 elements on a 50' boom, I looked up
at it and said: "Wow, this thing is huge! No one could have a bigger
antenna than this!" Bill, with his 11 element Yagi, was my FIRST contact.
Brought me down a notch!
Bill will be missed by all, on and off the air, including at the Austin 6m
BBQ.
Chuck W5PR
On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 11:36 PM, N6Ze via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting@contesting.com> wrote:
> I am so sorry to hear that Bill, W3XO/, is now a silent key.
> I used to work him in his later Burtonsville,MD days as well as at his TX
> QTH, most recently on 6m FT8 a couple of months ago.
> Bt73 & RIP, Bill
>
> De n6ze/k1fjm
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 8, 2018, at 20:42, K7XC Tim Marek <k7xcnv1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Silent Key - Bill Tynan W3XO - on his life, in his own words.
> > {From a presentation he gave years ago)
> >
> > http://www.kerrhams.org/W3XO.pdf
> >
> > RIP Bill...
> >
> > Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
> >
> >
> >> On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 3:20 AM, K7XC Tim Marek <k7xcnv1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I just heard from Pat - W5OZI on the ON4KST 6M Region 2 chat page that
> Bill
> >> Tynan, *W3XO* has become a silent key. No further info at this time.
> >>
> >> My best wishes to his family and friends at his loss.
> >>
> >> RIP OM
> >>
> >> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
> >>
> >>
> >>
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