[Fourlanders] Dale Baldwin, WB0QGH passed away today

[Charles Osborne]

Forwarding a note from Mark Forrest, WB4HJG letting us know that Dale 
Baldwin WB0QGH passed away today ( Sunday Feb 10th, 2013), see below.

Many of you will remember Dale for his work on documenting the Southeastern 
VHF Society antenna range tests and procedures in several of the Proceedings 
back around 2000~2002.

73,
Charles Osborne, K4CSO
SVHFS President

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WB4HJG" <wb4hjg at gmail.com>
To: <president at svhfs.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 9:13 AM
Subject: SVHFS Inquiry


> Hello Charles,
> Not sure if you remember me but We worked at SA and I helped with the
> conference quit a few years ago. Any way I tried to reach Bob W4ZST but I
> have a bad email for him and can't find a good one. As Bob knew Dale 
> Baldwin
> well and was going to have him let the SVHFS group know of his passing
> today. I sent a message out via the Reflector but don't know if it went 
> out
> or not, me being a non scriber. If it did go out I hope it was ok to post 
> it
> on the reflector.
> If it did not make it out to all members of the group and the 4landers
> please let them know. This comes as a request from Dales XYL who called me
> today to give me the final word,  Dales Baldwin, WB0QGH passed today. 
> Sunday
> February 10th.
>
> Thanks Charles
> Mark Forrest
> WB4HJG
> You can contact me at WB4HJG(at)gmail.com
>
>
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Charles,
Well Dale has been sick for several years. But the last 2 months he declined
fast. He was laid off from Sprint about 4 or so years ago. Where he was a
staff engineer, worked a lot on the standards for new technology with
hardware and software suppliers. He did travel a lot to other countries. We
had a schedule on 40m everyday 360 days a year for over the last 8 years or
so.
I suspect his condition was a problem when he was working as his cause of
death was of  liver failure (cirrhosis of the liver). His wife a nurse was
not aware of the problem until several years ago.  The end of November was
the last time he got on the radio. I never had a conversation with him after
that. I talk to him on the phone, with his wife's help as it was a one-way
where I talked to him. That was two weeks ago.

Anyway, The main thing is that we pass on the info to others. I will be
getting it posted in QST as soon as Julie sends me the paper work that I
need to send to ARRL.

Thanks for Bob's number, I did find I had a typo in his email address,
corrected it and did resend it.

Yep, I live in Lula. On a ridge got about 12+ mile view, from the south
around to the west. I have trees around the other ways but if up on the
tower the view is good all around. Got 13.5A of land. I have a 160 dipole,
40m Loop, one vertical. I have only one tower up but nothing on it. I just
took down my 2m & 432 antennas last year. Never did get my 6m beam up. Still
sitting here on the ground. although I do get on 6m with the 40m Loop.

Well good to here from you Charles. Thanks for your reply and  help. Keep in
touch!
Mark