[CQ-Contest] GM3BCL SK

[Tom Horton]

Stewart,
  Thank you for the information about Sandy.
Yes, I for one, remember him very well.
Not only from conntesting, but from county
hunting as well. I remember working him from
my mobile in CO,TX, NM, and UT several times.
He will be missed!
73, Tom K5IID



At 23:06 02/07/04, Cooper, Stewart wrote:
>I only just found out yesterday that Sandy Anderson GM3BCL died about two
>weeks ago. I think there will be many on here who knew him, or at least
>worked him in CQ WW SSB from time to time. I believe he actually entered the
>contest every year from about 1948 until last year. That has to be a record!
>I first met Sandy when I was about 16 and had just got my licence. I wanted
>to do CQ WW SSB but I had never entered an HF contest and didn't know what
>to do. He lived about a mile from me so I cycled out to his very large and
>impressive house and introduced myself. As a sixteen year old who was new to
>ham radio I was totally bowled over by his shack. It was out of this world -
>it was so big he even had a snooker table in it! The entire station was
>built into a very beautiful custom built wood library wall. I was
>dumb-founded. He was very nice to me, and answered my (probably niaive)
>questions.
>Sandy was a US county hunter and even when I last visited him, in about
>1989, I think he only required 3 counties to work them all. Sadly, I don't
>know that much about Sandy, but I often worked or heard him in CQ WW SSB,
>and I expect he put a very strong signal into east coast USA. His house was
>on a hill facing north west, across the Grampian mountains in north east
>Scotland. Sandy was a founder member of the local radio club.
>This is just a personal tribute to the man who really inspired me to do
>contesting. I hope there are others who remember him.
>
>Stewart
>GM4AFF
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