[VHFcontesting] WZ8D SK

[David Benton]

 Yes, very sad news. John was a close friend for decades. I looked back in my old log books and found when the 1st time I worked John, WB8IGY. It was on January 7, 1973; just over 50 years ago!We could always count on working John during contests and tropo band openings. And seeing him at the Dayton Hamfest. Everybody needs to look him up on QRZ.com and check out all the differentgrid squares and countries he operated from on 6 and 2 meters. He was my go to guy to show the local FMers how much better SSB was trying to get interest up for weak signal operating here in
Tennessee. John will be sorely missed!  73s John/WZ8D.  RIP

DavidWB4JGG em75


    On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 09:30:27 AM EST, Ron Klimas WZ1V <wz1v at sbcglobal.net> wrote:  
 
 Very sad news. I remember working John on meteor scatter 
on SSB way back when we used 50.110 for everything. 
It had to have been quite sudden because at least one person 
reported working him Saturday in the contest. RIP John. 

73 Ron WZ1V

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Price" <terry at directivesystems.com>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>, "'VHF REFLECTOR'" <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>,        <NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net>, <moon-net-bounces at mailman.pe1itr.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 20:52:03 -0500
Subject: [NEWSVHF] WZ8D SK

> It is with great sadness that I report the passing of my good friend John
> Walker, WZ8D. John was a great operator, rover, pilot, and friend.
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> The airwaves in SW Ohio will not be the same.
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> RIP John.
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> Terry - W8ZN
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