Topband: Topband Digest, Vol 124, Issue 10

Sun Apr 14 02:54:05 EDT 2013

Mike VK6HD, REST OF PIECE.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Modeling for the N6LF "Elevated Radials" QEX article
      (Jim Brown)
   2. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (Charlie Cunningham)
   3. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (ok1tn )
   4. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (Eddy Swynar)
   5. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (W2PM)
   6. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (Gary Smith)
   7. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (HAROLD SMITH JR)
   8. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (K8MFO at aol.com)
   9. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (John E Bastin)
  10. Re: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd. (Petr Ourednik)
  11. VK6HD (Brian Machesney)
  12. Mile, VK6HD. (Robert Briggs)
  13. See you in JIDX this weekend (Sugiyama)
  14. Re: VK6HD SK (Jon Zaimes AA1K)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:58:55 -0700
From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Modeling for the N6LF "Elevated Radials" QEX
 article
Message-ID: <5168050F.6000605 at audiosystemsgroup.com>
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On 4/12/2013 1:47 AM, Dan Maguire wrote:
> For those of you who have the AutoEZ program (or its predecessor, which is what N6LF used) I have created a general purpose model

Thanks for some great work, Dan. Like Rudy's, a lot to digest, and much 
food for thought.

73, Jim K9YC

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:11:09 -0400
From: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com>
To: "'Bruce'" <k1fz at myfairpoint.net>, <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <013301ce377f$3381c540$9a854fc0$@nc.rr.com>
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I'm sad to hear that! I worked Mike on 160 MANY years ago for my first VK6
on 160 and one of my proudest 160m accomplishments at that time!
I've worked Mike on several other bands, but the 160 contact was special and
one I will always remember!

Thanks,. Mike!  Rest in Peace!

Charlie, K4OTV

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bruce
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 11:05 AM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.

Passing of VK6HD.  
Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.

Kim Lyon
VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )

On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:

           It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this
morning. As you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss
our weekly skeds. 
  For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC
Honor Roll.
  73
  Robin.

All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
_________________
Topband Reflector

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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:28:15 +0200 (CEST)
From: "ok1tn " <ok1tn at seznam.cz>
To: Bruce <k1fz at myfairpoint.net>
Cc: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <1LPu.btgl.2oTj1uTO6sw.1HQ0ll at seznam.cz>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

Mike was my first VK on 160m as for many other

-- 
73 Slavek ok1tn (ok1far)

---------- P?vodn? zpr?va ----------
Od: Bruce <k1fz at myfairpoint.net>
Datum: 12. 4. 2013
P?edm?t: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.

"Passing of VK6HD. 
Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.

Kim Lyon
VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )

On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:

It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this morning. As 
you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our weekly 
skeds. 
For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC 
Honor Roll.
73
Robin.

All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
_________________
Topband Reflector"

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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:41:42 -0400
From: Eddy Swynar <deswynar at xplornet.ca>
To: "Bruce" <k1fz at myfairpoint.net>
Cc: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <B6C0B45F-7EF0-458F-AA6D-5905861A148F at xplornet.ca>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

On 2013-04-12, at 11:05 AM, Bruce wrote:

> Passing of VK6HD.  
> Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
> 
> Kim Lyon
> VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
> 
> On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
> 
>           It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this morning. As you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our weekly skeds. 
>  For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC Honor Roll.

Hi Bruce,

Gosh, but that is VERY sad news indeed...

Mike's signal was doubtlessly the very first "VK6" Topband log entries with MORE than a few stations on this side. I will miss his presence on the band, as will many others, I am sure.

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ

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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:10:30 -0400
From: W2PM <w2pm at aol.com>
To: Bruce <k1fz at myfairpoint.net>
Cc: "<topband at contesting.com>" <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <3F9DAE5D-1997-47FD-B7BE-A6EBAFBC6691 at aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Sad news indeed. Great op, great guy and my first VK on Topband. His Qsl still in shack on wall for that.  Used to work him on 30 too. RIP and 73 Mike. 

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 12, 2013, at 11:05, "Bruce" <k1fz at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> Passing of VK6HD.  
> Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
> 
> 
> 
> Kim Lyon
> VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
> 
> 
> On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
> 
>           It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this morning. As you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our weekly skeds. 
>  For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC Honor Roll.
>  73
>  Robin.
> 
> All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
> _________________
> Topband Reflector

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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:06:49 -0400
From: "Gary Smith" <Gary at ka1j.com>
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <51685B49.20932.66B9B56 at Gary.ka1j.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Yes, he was mine as well. 

R.I.P. & 73

Gary, KA1J

> Mike was my first VK on 160m as for many other
> 
> -- 
> 73 Slavek ok1tn (ok1far)
> 
> 
> ---------- Puvodn? zpr?va ----------
> Od: Bruce <k1fz at myfairpoint.net>
> Datum: 12. 4. 2013
> Predmet: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
> 
> "Passing of VK6HD. 
> Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
> 
> 
> 
> Kim Lyon
> VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
> 
> 
> On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
> 
> It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this
> morning. As 
> you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our
> weekly 
> skeds. 
> For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current
> DXCC 
> Honor Roll.
> 73
> Robin.
>

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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:08:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: HAROLD SMITH JR <w0rihps at sbcglobal.net>
To: "topband at contesting.com" <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID:
 <1365793684.84137.YahooMailRC at web181505.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

> 
> On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
> 
>           It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this 
>morning. As you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our 
>weekly skeds. 
>
>  For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC Honor 
>Roll.
>  73

Many top-banders and I will miss Mike. He always had a good signal. I was proud 
to have 
Mike as my first VK on 160. 

Rest in Peace old Friend

Price W0RI

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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:32:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: K8MFO at aol.com
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <112e85.3706cd98.3e99bb4e at aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

Count me in as another admirer of Mike,  who gave Zone 29 to so many of us, 
not only on Top Band, but other bands as  well.

Mike was also a top notch 160 Meter DXer, living a long way from  major 
population centers, but still able to run up a high country  total.     
Contacts on 160 into places like PY may be  routine for those of us in the USA and 
Europe, but it was a major accomplishment  from VK6, and may have required 
years of effort. 

In July 1986 I was part of a group to  activate Market Reef as OH0MD/OJ0.   
   In the USA we  think of July as a high QRN month, but on Market Reef, 
you really have no  darkness, and perhaps only 1 hour per day of TWILIGHT.     
 Be that as it may, it was a real pleasure to give Mike a new one on that  
operation, and a collective cheer went up in the lighthouse when Mike was 
logged  on 160.    Everyone knew who Mike was, and had a favorite story  about 
first Topband VK, or first Zone 29 on a particular  band.  To give 
something back to Mike was very special.  It was a  tribute to his craftiness and 
dedication to break through a wall of European  callers.

I can remember working Mike a very long  time ago as G3HDA and for decades 
as VK6HD.     Sadly, you  just don't replace guys like Mike.

RIP, Old Friend.

73

Don K8MFO

In a message dated 4/12/2013 8:25:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
k1fz at myfairpoint.net writes:

Passing  of VK6HD.  
Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter  DXers.

Kim Lyon
VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )

On  12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:

It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this  morning. As 
you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss  our 
weekly skeds. 
For the record, Mike was the top Australian  operator on the current DXCC 
Honor Roll.
73
Robin.

All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight  beverage.
_________________
Topband  Reflector

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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:38:57 -0400
From: John E Bastin <bastinj at gmail.com>
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID: <7CCA8B02-0A3D-4F03-BDA1-6E2EFAED901F at gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

On 12 Apr 2013, at 11:05 AM, Bruce <k1fz at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> 
> Passing of VK6HD.  
> Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
> 
> Kim Lyon
> VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )

I was also very sorry to hear this news. Like many others here, Mike was my first VK on 160, and was a fine demonstration of why it's called the "Gentleman's Band."

RIP Mike

73,

John K8AJS
bastinj at gmail.com

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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:04:39 +0200
From: Petr Ourednik <indians at xsmail.com>
To: W2PM <w2pm at aol.com>, Bruce <k1fz at myfairpoint.net>
Cc: "<topband at contesting.com>" <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Mike, VK6Hd.
Message-ID:
 <1365793479.9473.140661217000494.45E4133D at webmail.messagingengine.com>
Content-Type: text/plain

Hello,

it is the most sad information for me. Mike was an excellent operator
and real gentleman.
Mike was my first VK/Oceanian on TB when I was young novice on band and
he was always 
ready to help. We exchanged a lot of letters regarding the TB antennas
and operation tactics.

Mike will be missed not by myself but in all TB family!
Mike, RIP and pass our 73 to Stew, W1BB

Petr, OK1RP

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013, at 06:10 PM, W2PM wrote:
> Sad news indeed. Great op, great guy and my first VK on Topband. His Qsl
> still in shack on wall for that.  Used to work him on 30 too. RIP and 73
> Mike. 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Apr 12, 2013, at 11:05, "Bruce" <k1fz at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> 
> > Passing of VK6HD.  
> > Mike will be greatly missed especially by 160 meter DXers.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Kim Lyon
> > VK6TM ( son of VK6LK )
> > 
> > 
> > On 12/04/13 09:39, Robin Lyon wrote:
> > 
> >           It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mike died this morning. As you are aware, I regarded him as a close friend and I shall miss our weekly skeds. 
> >  For the record, Mike was the top Australian operator on the current DXCC Honor Roll.
> >  73
> >  Robin.
> > 
> > All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
> > _________________
> > Topband Reflector
> All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight beverage.
> _________________
> Topband Reflector

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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:38:51 -0400
From: Brian Machesney <nekvtster at gmail.com>
To: "topband at contesting.com" <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: VK6HD
Message-ID:
 <CAFJh+jgT9hz-wfASbTELjAvRBzT23=tSTokmKF+dZiWd0YdQcg at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I don't know if it comports with Australian regulations and/or traditions,
but I sent the following message to the Australian Communications and Media
Authority:

Mike Bazley of Albany, WA recently became what we in amateur radio circles
call a "silent key." Mike represented Western Australia to amateurs
worldwide in the best spirit of the service, with unfailing courtesy,
patience and dedication. The "Topband" email reflector is ringing with
testimonials to the appreciation so many of us feel for Mike's unswerving
commitment to providing contacts with the elusive "zone 29" on the 1.8 MHz
and 3.5 MHz bands. To honor Mike's devotion to our hobby, I request on
behalf of amateur radio operators around the world that Mike's call sign,
VK6HD, be retired from reassignment.

Respectfully,

Brian Machesney, K1LI
Craftsbury Common, VT USA

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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:52:31 +1000
From: Robert Briggs <vk3zl at bigpond.com>
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Mile, VK6HD.
Message-ID: <51689E3F.90305 at bigpond.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

I am very sad at the passing of Mike..He was an excellent Topband 
operator, and an inspiration to all..

Bob..VK3ZL..

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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:22:49 +0900
From: Sugiyama <ji3kdh at 2333.net>
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: See you in JIDX this weekend
Message-ID: <20130413092243.4038.B8FFE8DF at 2333.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

Hello Topbanders,

While we are about off season, I'll try 160 for
the contest this weekend.
http://jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html <http://jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html>

In that of 2012, many thanks to all, I was very
excited to be called by IV3PRK, DL8QS, SV3RF,
and others with weaker signals.

See you!

note : We JAs can be through 1810-1825. Give us
RST+ your CQ Zone, please.

--
73,
Sugi JI3KDH

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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:59:51 -0400
From: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73 at verizon.net>
To: topband <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: VK6HD SK
Message-ID: <5168CA27.5010308 at verizon.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Very sad to hear of Mike's passing.

Flipping back through my old logs, handwritten on something called 
paper, it appears our first QSO with Mike was on 40 meter CW in January 
of 1980. But it is the second QSO I recall most, on 80 CW on the last 
day of that month. We had had several exchanges when Mike reported my 
signal had suddenly dropped several S units but he still had solid copy. 
Looking up, I realized my manual antenna switch had been left with my 
new "Beverage" receiving antenna connected to the transmitter, and Mike 
was still hearing me with my 25 watts going into a wire only a few feet 
off the ground. We both had a laugh when I told him what happened and, 
back on my real transmit antenna, we carried on at full strength for a 
few minutes more.

It was those golden ears of Mike's that gave us so many hundreds of 
contacts on Topband -- the first in January of 1981 and the last 32 
years later. He was there keeping the vigil, frequently the only DX 
coming through. He'd drop in for a quick hello, just to let us know the 
band was open -- halfway around the world -- when there was no other 
sign it was open to anywhere. We'd swap notes on the weather, band 
conditions and pass along tips on DX the other might need. Often he'd 
stop back a half hour later with a new signal report. In the years 
before packet and the Internet, and even after, he'd drop in quickly to 
let me know one I needed in his part of the world was just a few kHz up 
or down the band, and I'd do likewise.

We will miss our dear friend. Mike helped keep this band alive for so many.

73 and GL DX,

Jon AA1K

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