I knew Dave very well. I contested from his station many times over the years when I lived in Ohio. I even stayed at his house the night before I took my Extra Class license at the Detroit FCC office in 1980. I'm very sorry to hear this news.

Jeff KU8E

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Subject:	[CQ-Contest] K8CC SK
Date:	Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:03:36 +0000 (UTC)
From:	K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Reply-To:	jimk8mr@aol.com
To:	cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>
CC:	mrrc@groups.io <mrrc@groups.io>

With sadness we pass along that Dave Pruitt, K8CC, became a Silent Key on December 29.  Dave's brother Tom, WB8VMN, reports that Dave passed away peacefully and in no pain.
Though slowed in recent years by health issues, Dave was a very significant contributor to the contesting community. He was a long time member and past president of the Mad River Radio Club, author of the NA contesting logging software, a log checker for the ARRL 10 Meter and 160 Meter contests, and chairman of the Michigan QSO Party. He built and operated, both as single op and multiop, a very competitive contest station in Ypislanti, Michigan.
Dave's obituary is at:    David Alan Pruett Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (uhtfuneralhome.com)
The Zoom meeting mentioned there will be held at 1:00 pm EST on Monday.

RIP,  OM.




Jim   K8MR
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