[SEDXC] FW: [PVRC] ZL1AMO SK

[Robert Carroll]

In case you have not heard this sad news.  I imagine most of the older SEDXC
members have worked Ron many times.
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-----Original Message-----
From: pvrc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:pvrc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of donovanf at starpower.net
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:57 PM
To: pvrc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [PVRC] ZL1AMO SK

>Date: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:05 AM
>Subject: [SCCC] ZL1AMO  SK
>To: SCCC at contesting.com
>
>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.
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