[TowerTalk] W0AIH SK

[Patrick Greenlee]

A terrible tragedy but perhaps preventable.  It serves notice on the 
rest of us less experienced tower dogs to do what is required to be safe 
and not let familiarity breed contempt for safety measures and due 
diligence.


On 11/1/2018 1:02 PM, Edward via TowerTalk wrote:
> At least he died for something he was passionate about. RIP.
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
>> On Nov 1, 2018, at 8:53 PM, terry burge <ki7m at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> This is sad to hear. I have worked W0AIH many times over the years. 160,80,12,10 and 20 meters. Looks like most during contest as far back as 2010 and six of the contacts were during CQWW160 contest. Wish we had talked a little more.
>>
>> Terry
>> KI7M
>>
>>> On November 1, 2018 at 9:36 AM W1JCW John <W1JCW at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Found this information on Dx news.
>>>
>>> W0AIH, Paul Bittner from Fall Creek, USA passed away.
>>>
>>> Information from N9ISN: I received very very sad news this evening. Paul W0AIH passed away late this afternoon (Wednesday).
>>>
>>> It was a tower accident involving his 40m tower he was working on in getting ready for SS.  Mary says he fell 60 feet.
>>>
>>> No information on services as of yet.
>>>
>>> https://dxnews.com/forum/forum/silent-keys/13561-w0aih-paul-bittner-fall-creek-usa
>>>
>>>
>>> 73-
>>> W1JCW
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of john at kk9a.com
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2018 7:01 AM
>>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] W0AIH SK
>>>
>>> Very sad news. W0AIH built an incredible station in the black hole. There are youtube videos of his larger Yagis. From P40A I worked his station on multiple bands in every DX contest. I sold Paul an antenna once and he was a very nice guy and will be sorely missed.
>>>
>>> RIP
>>>
>>> John KK9A
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> FROM W2GD
>>>> I am sorry to report Paul Bitner, W0AIH died today from injuries
>>> sustained falling from 60' while doing a tower project (details are not yet clear).
>>>> W0AIH was a member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame and had a passion
>>>> for
>>> ham radio and contesting all his life.  He was a retired ordained Lutheran Minister in his 80s.
>>>> R.I.P.  Paul.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John W2GD
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