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

[i2wij at yahoo.com]

This is a very sad, terrible news!
Dear Steve you'll be missed on the bands, faithful companion of countless EUSPRINT contests. 
R. I. P. 
Bob, I2WIJ


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> Il giorno 02 dic 2016, alle ore 16:26, Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com> ha scritto:
> 
> Another sad occurrence, this has been a bad year!
> 
> 73
> Neal
> 
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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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