Topband: Fwd: Re: VE7BS Silent Key

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From: "SidShusterman" <k3sx at comcast.net>
Date: Jul 26, 2014 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: VE7BS Silent Key
To: "VE7EF Ed Frazer" <ve7ef at shaw.ca>
Cc: "Eldridge, Anne" <anne.c.eldridge at gmail.com>, "Tree" <tree at kkn.net>,
"Bernie McClenny, W3UR" <bernie at dailydx.com>

 Hi Ed-
I am not at present a subscriber to the Top Band Reflector. I asked Tree to
post it and I am including him here with the same request.
It is difficult to lose two wonderful radio friends in such a short time.
I am also including Bernie, W3UR. He publishes a daily and weekly digest of
DX news and events.
I send my heartfelt condolences to the Eldridge family.
73,
Sid K3SX

On 7/26/2014 1:12 AM, VE7EF Ed Frazer wrote:


Hi Sid

I wonder if you could post the following on the TopBand Reflector, that Bob
Eldridge VE7BS is now a Silent Key. He passed away on July 15 at Lions Gate
Hospital in North Vancouver, BC after a short stay. He was 93.

His daughter had forwarded to me e-mails from TopBand that Bob Briggs VK3ZL
had died, and I read the e-mails to Bob Eldridge in his hospital bed. His
eyes teared, and he dictated a message which I sent to Jeannie.

VE7BS was a regular columnist for The Canadian Amateur Magazine (TCA), the
journal of Radio Amateurs of Canada. His column was called "QUA - A Topical
Digest" and was one of the most popular features of TCA. Even in Bob's
final weeks, he completed his column for the September issue and added a
sidebar that this was to be his final column, thanked his readers for their
input, and wished them well. The editor of TCA plans a tribute article on
Bob later in the year.

Bob VE7BS is survived by his daughter, Anne Eldridge, Granddaughter Taomi,
and two sisters in England. Friends wishing to contact the family may do so
to anne.c.eldridge at gmail.com

 73
Ed Frazer VE7EF
West Vancouvrer, BC
Canada
ve7ef at rac.ca