SILENT KEYS
Roberto Jose "Jojo" C. Vicencio, DU1VHY passed away on 21 January. The incumbent Vice Chief Operating Officer of the Philippine Amateur Radio Association (PARA), as well as Chairman of the National Traffic
System, he had just turned 67.
Victor Rivera, E51CG (ex KA7HRK, KA7HRK/KH8, 5W1DJ, ZK1CG, ZK1USA, E51USA) passed away on 21 January. Born in 1950, he moved from the US to the Pacific in the early Eighties. "In years past he was a beacon on the bands", The Daily DX recalls, "however in recent years he was inactive".
John Richard "Rick" Burke, VO1SA (VO2CW and VE1NG) passed away on 20 January aged 77, after a short battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. An avid DXer with a personal interest in collecting QSL cards, last year he retired from his position as the VO Incoming QSL Bureau Manager after 24 years of "extraordinary service to amateur radio in Newfoundland and Labrador" (RAC).
System, he had just turned 67.
Victor Rivera, E51CG (ex KA7HRK, KA7HRK/KH8, 5W1DJ, ZK1CG, ZK1USA, E51USA) passed away on 21 January. Born in 1950, he moved from the US to the Pacific in the early Eighties. "In years past he was a beacon on the bands", The Daily DX recalls, "however in recent years he was inactive".
John Richard "Rick" Burke, VO1SA (VO2CW and VE1NG) passed away on 20 January aged 77, after a short battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. An avid DXer with a personal interest in collecting QSL cards, last year he retired from his position as the VO Incoming QSL Bureau Manager after 24 years of "extraordinary service to amateur radio in Newfoundland and Labrador" (RAC).