[Mldxcc] SK- I2UIY

[Rick Tavan N6XI]

Oh, my! I haven't been following cq-contest lately so I hadn't heard about
Paolo's recent health problems. I'm so sorry to lose a delightful
acquaintance and great friend of contesting and DXing. Although he may have
first flown on an airliner in 1990, I think I gave him his first ride in a
small plane in 2005, along with his lady friend Nilla and our own Rusty
W6OAT. The challenge of fitting him into my "spam can" was bettered only by
his good humor and enthusiasm for the process and the flight. On a
subsequent visit to Italy, Ann and I enjoyed his enthusiastic hospitality at
his local trattoria where his appetite justified his size and the food was
fantastic. Rest in peace, my friend.

/Rick N6XI

On 10/13/08, Ken Anderson <k6ta at volcano.net> wrote:
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> Another friend, K7SS, notes that WRTC 1990 was Paolo's first airplane
> trip.  The Italian team stayed at K7SS's home.  Both K7SS and G4BUO
> mention Paolo's sense of humor.  `BUO says Paolo was a real radio
> enthusiast, and funded the EU Sprint certificate program from his own
> pocket.  KL2A says when he got his license in 1983 in Alaska and ran
> Europe pileups all night long, I2UIY was always there.  He remembers
> Paolo and WRTC teammate IK2DVG saying in Seattle, "A contester must
> eat!" and stopping in the middle of the WRTC event to laugh, talk, and
> eat pasta.  He says, "Paolo had the ability to make us laugh until we
> cried."
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