[CQ-Contest] W5WMU SK

John Geiger af5cc2 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 7 20:11:40 EDT 2017


Wow, that is sure sad to hear.  I could usually count of him to give me the
LA multiplier on a couple of different bands.

73 John AF5CC

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Ria Jairam <rjairam at gmail.com> wrote:

> Willie five willie Mike united
> One of the first voices I heard on phone contests.
> Will be sorely missed.
>
> RIP Pat.
>
> Ria
> N2RJ
> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 4:11 PM Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:
>
> > It is with great sadness to learn this morning about the passing of Pat,
> > W5WMU.
> >
> > My first interactions with Pat took place back in the early 1980s when he
> > became a regular customer of my duping service.  Pat's logs were
> meticulous
> > and I always enjoyed entering his data.
> >
> > In 1995, Pat called and asked me to come operate the CW Sweepstakes.  I
> > remember him telling me that he had several brothers who had passed away
> at
> > his current age from heart attacks.  Pat was always very hospitable
> during
> > my SS operations.
> >
> > Some pictures of his station in Louisiana taken during a couple of the SS
> > CW efforts:
> >
> > http://www.kkn.net/~tree/gallery/sscw-2005
> > http://www.kkn.net/~tree/gallery/w5wmu
> >
> > Pat was a medical doctor - and told people that if you needed to get a
> hold
> > of him during working hours - to assume the name "Doctor DX" and he would
> > take the call.
> >
> > RIP Pat.
> >
> > Tree N6TR
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