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| ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jess <w6len@aim.com> Date: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:05 AM It is with great sadness that I report the passing of the legendary DXpeditioner ZL1AMO, Ron Wright. He was 75. Ron was admitted to North Shore Hospital last week after he had a collapsed lung and was in stable condition at the time. He became a Silent Key earlier today. My first QSO with Mr. Wright was ZL3HI/C in 1978 in the 10 meter Novice Band and as corny as it might sound he would later become one of my DX heroes. Ron was a serious CW op and would visit the US Novice bands late in his DXpeditions. He had probably well over 100 DXpeditions throughout the Pacific including 3D2RW, 3D2RW/R, 5W1CW, A35EA, C21/ZL1AMO, FW0BX, H44RW, T28RW, T28RW, T30BH, VR6HI, YJ0RW, ZK1CQ (South), ZK1CQ, (North), ZK1MB (North), ZK2RW, ZK3RW, ZL7AMO, ZL8AMO and ZL9AMO just to name a few! Many of these locations he visited multiple times between the late 70’s and 2002. Some will remember his last DXpedition where he was emergently air lifted back home to New Zealand from Fiji back in late 2002. After his recovery he went back home and continued to give back to the hobby as QSL manager for his good friend ZL3CW, Jacky Calvo. For many years he was also a BOD member of INDEXA and a member of the A1 Club. Ron was the 23rd Amateur Radio operator inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame in 1985, as well as recently (2009) the “2nd inductee to the NZ DX Hall of Fame”. AMO was one of the best CW ops and operated most of his DXpeditions exclusively on his favorite mode. His CW DXCC count was 339/346 (current/total), only needing one country to have them all on Code! That one ironically was 3C0 – Annobon! I had the pleasure of meeting Ron as a young man in the early 80’s (http://www.dailydx.com/images/ZL1AMO-WB3JRU.jpg) at a National Capitol DX Association (NCDXA) meeting in Virginia. Throughout the years we had many QSOs on CW. One evening I found AMO at home on SSB on 20 meters. Knowing Ron always enjoyed life and had a great sense of humor I broke in and said “Hello Mr. Wright, you’re on the wrong mode”. His quick witted response was “I guess you can call me Mr. Wrong”! So from that point on when I found him on SSB during his DXpeditions I would give him reports of “59 Mr. Wrong!” In all seriousness I wish the Wright family (his wife Jeanette and daughters Karen and Terri) my sincere condolences. Amateur Radio and the DXing Community have lost an extraordinary man and DXpeditioner! Today’s issue is dedicated to ZL1AMO. Jess Guaderrama W6LEN e-qsl or via buro only Huntington Beach California USA _______________________________________________ FCG mailing list Send mail - FCG@kkn.net Change/edit subscription info - http://www.kkn.net/mailman/listinfo/fcg FCG Web site - www.floridacontestgroup.org Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/4xw5jr7 DXCluster - telnet to k4fcg.dyndns.org |