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  • WA2WMR

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    2024-12-15 at 16:47
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    I lived my entire life in New Jersey, but when my XYL got a job with the feds in DC, we moved to Virginia. One of the first things I did get on the local repeater. I met Frank, AA4ZS (SK) who held court during AM and PM commuter hours. WOW!!!!! INSTANT FRIENDS!!!!!. Gradually, as his health failed, he dropped the AM sessions but still operated the PM sessions. They were always a big party. He also ran a slow speed CW round table on 80 meters where I checked in every Saturday and Sunday morning. He also participated in a sideband round table half an hour after the CW session. I didn’t participat in the SSB session because I could only hear Frank and he was the only one who could hear me.

    One Saturday, he and I were the only participants in the CW session. We signed off, saying we would meet again the next morning. On Sunday, Frank wasn’t there. This was rare but not unheard of; he had been in the hospital from time to time or, perhaps, wanted to sleep in. So I tried calling the CW round table as I had done in his absence in the past. No one joined in so I went for breakfast. On Monday, I expected him to be on in the PM rush hour but he wasn’t there. I figured he must have been in the hospital. On Tuesday, there were a number so stations on during the PM drive time and I asked about Frank. That’s when I found that he had died between the time he signed off the CW round table and the beginning of the SSB round table. I really miss him. He was very knowledgeable about many subjects and always a gentleman.

    After that, I took over the CW roundtable which, since life seems to get in the way constantly, is pretty much all of my HF hamming.

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