Seen at ARRL web site: "Wilbur E. "Bip" Bachman, W6BIP, SK: Well-known San Francisco-area amateur and contester Wilbur E. "Bip" Bachman died of heart failure February 2 at his home. He was 88." He gave me SF for many a "sweep". RIP, Hans, K0HB -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST at contesting.com