[RTTY] [PVRC] GW4BLE, Steve Cole - Silent Key

[Neal Campbell]

Another sad occurrence, this has been a bad year!

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On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Jim Nitzberg via PVRC <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> Dear PVRCers and friends of Steve Cole GW4BLE,
>
> It is with great sadness and a sense of relief for Steve that I report
> Steve's passing early this morning.
>
>
> I received this email from Jack, G8DX this morning, how had visited Steve
> two days ago and informed us things were not looking good.
> "It is with deep sadness that I'm reporting the passing of our friend,
> Steve GW4BLE. Steve passed away this morning at 02:30 at the Royal Gwent
> hospital in Newport with his wife beside him."
>
>
>
> Steve and I were what I would call "very close" radio friends.  Even
> though we never met, we would email each other incessantly before, during
> and after contests,and Steve was an anonymous fan of team W3LPL and would
> campaign for our wins.  We would check in with each other even during the
> off season.
>
> For the past few months he and I had been texting about his recent surgery
> and recovery - which almost seemed like it was going to work - against all
> odds.
>
> A weeks ago when we were texting he told me he would not likely recover
> from his current predicament.
>
> Steve remained positive until he became a silent key.  He was one of the
> most enthusiastic contesters I ever "met" and he talked glowingly about his
> wife/family and recently, his first
> grandchild (see his qrz.com page).
>
> Steve also has a really cool lookup of contest QSOs where you can hear
> yourself - you might want to listen before it gets taken down and remember
> some of your QSOs with him.
>
> The world lost a great man this morning - however it is good to know Steve
> is no longer suffering.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jim Nitzberg   WX3B
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