[CQ-Contest] KL7RA SK

[sbloom at acsalaska.net]

Hi Mike:
 
No Rich was 70 or so ...he had heart issues some years back ...but 
seemed to be in good health ..still climbing towers, still expanding 
the station.  We were there for CQWW SSB in October ...nobody expected 
this.  Just one of the nicest guys in or out of ham radio that one 
could ever meet ..and contest mentor to many including myself. 
 
Steve KL7SB
 
 

On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 09:46:49 -0400, Mike Smith VE9AA  wrote:

       Wow, that is a shame. Rich and his stationmates always seemed to 
have the
knack of picking up the weak ones (me) in a pileup and I looked for them
every time there was a KL7 or Zone 1 station needed. 

You could really count on that thundering signal and usually comical 3830
report afterwards. Big shoes to fill. 

Someone said Rich was 93- is that true?

RIP ol' friend. 

Mike VE9AA

Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB

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