[NCC] Drew, W8GFG SK 03/01/11

tleek8az tleek8az at gmail.com
Wed Mar 2 11:07:43 PST 2011


Well and beautifully said Timmy.

RIP, Drew.  Make sure you drift out of the ether in the early hours before
dawn this weekend to say "hi" to your most famous "mentee".  We all know
he'll be listening for you.

'AZ

ps:  GL to the stars at LR and all of the NCC Warriors this weekend.

 In a message dated 3/2/2011 11:48:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>  k3lr at k3lr.com writes:
>
> Several  NCC members have operated Field Day from the hill top on Rutledge
> Road in  Transfer, PA under the callsigns W8GFG/3, W3VK and then K3LR. Guys
> like  K8CX, N3RA, K8MR, AF3P, K8AZ, K3LA, K8NZ, N8AA, K3LA, K3MMM, AC8E,
> K8CC,  WA3WIK, WA3BBJ (W3JL), K8CCV, WB3EUB, K3UA, W3YQ (KL7WV) and even a
> 16
> year  hot shot CW op who drove to WPA from Missouri, Jeff, N0AQK - the same
> guy  that went on to win three WRTC gold medals (and holds the CQWW single
> op
> WORLD records on both modes) - known today as N5TJ.
>
>
>
> 1972 was my first Field Day and my first ever contest. W8GFG  was a radio
> rock star to this 12 year old skinny Novice. I (WN3SZX) was  honored to be
> operating in the same farm shed while Drew did 75 meters  right beside me.
> Many of Drew's friends would say that he was monoband 75 -  at all times.
>
> So many things happened to me on that hill top - that  Drew encouraged me
> to
> be a part of. My love for contesting - dating the  blonde farmer's daughter
> across the street (love and great QTH's go  together!) - being at the top
> of
> a 40 ft tower when it fell (I was 16)  which could have ended really bad if
> not for WA3WIK saving my life that day  (and 5 days in the hospital). 30
> days
> later - stitches were out - I was up  on a 350 ft tower with Glen, WA3BBJ.
>
>
>
> Drew loved Amateur Radio -  but he was "in love" with 75. You know it when
> you see it. Drew was the  first guy to teach me about contesting, even
> letting me stumble through  working a few guys with his HeathKit HW-12 on
> 75
> SSB - that magic weekend  in June of 72'.
>
>
>
> Drew was the first guy to take me to Dayton  when I was 14. All of you know
> how I feel about Dayton - a place where all  of our friends are and will
> always be.
>
>
>
> Tom, K8CX knew Drew  very well and they operated contests together many
> years
> before I was  licensed.
>
> Tom brought Drew over to see a K3LR multi multi contest  operation in
> action
> a few years ago - I told him "Look what you started" -  as I always thought
> that multi multi was just a W8GFG Field Day with  amplifiers. Drew told me
> how proud he was of the "fire" he lit in 1972.
>
> We hugged - I cried then and again now - that he is gone. K8CX and I  were
> on
> the phone last night for over an hour - with the awesome W8GFG  memories,
>
>
>
> This weekend's DX contest at K3LR is dedicated to the  memory of Drew,
> W8GFG.
>
>
> Seems very appropriate that I'll be on 75  meters - I know he'll be there -
> hope you think of Drew this weekend  too
>
>
>
> RIP W8GFG SK
>
>
>
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