[CQ-Contest] Al HiX

[k8khz at k8khz.com]

Al Hicks was truly one of the The Greatest in my Mind

A recent comment from TG9NX, he saud if Al could not get the DX on the first call, he would use those AMPS. HIHI
Al was last seen by many of us at Dayton May 16th.






Top 40-meter DXer Al Hix, W8AH, SK (Jul 1, 2003) -- Albert H. "Al" Hix, W8AH, of Charleston, West Virginia, died June 25, after a brief illness. He was 85. A DXCC Honor Roll member with 388 entities confirmed, Hix also was at the top of the worldwide 40-meter DXCC pile with 362 entities. ARRL West Virginia Section Manager Hal Turley, KC8FS, said Hix could be tenacious in a DX pileup. "But away from his radio and off his 'battlefield,' he was a true gentleman, uncharacteristically meek and mild, one who loved to share his love for our hobby and especially this thing called DX," Turley said. Licensed in the 1930s while in high school in Charleston, Hix was an electrical engineering graduate of West Virginia University. Following his graduation with an ROTC commission, he served during World War II as an officer in the US Army Signal Corps in Europe. After the war, he worked for Union Carbide from 1947 until he retired in 1985. A past president of the West Virginia State Radio Council and of the West Virginia Quarter Century Wireless Association, Hix was voted West Virginia Outstanding Amateur Radio Operator of the Year in 1986. He was a member of ARRL and of the Kanawha Amateur Radio Club. He also was vice president of the Instrument Society of America (ISA) and was named an ISA Fellow. Survivors include his wife, Connie, and a brother, James. Hix was buried with military gravesite rites. The family invites donations to the ARRL Albert H. Hix Memorial Scholarship Fund, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111-1484.