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Inviato: 9 giugno 2018, 15:58G. Kip Edwards, W6SZN passed away on 6 June. Born in 1947, first licenced as KN0PID (1958) and re-licenced as W6SZN in 1976, he was a Director and Secretary of the Northern California DX Foundation and the YASME Foundation. A serious DXer and contester, in the past he also various offices of the Northern California DX Club and the Northern California Contest Club. He was a team member of FO0XX (Clipperton Island 1986) and 3D2XX, the first DXpedition to Rotuma (1988).
Larry Skilton, K1IED passed away on 4 June. In 1991-2002 he worked a nightly schedule to run phone patches and traffic for the US science stations in Antarctica. The National Science Foundation rewarded his service to the Antarctic group by naming Skilton Ledge (a rock platform in the Darwin Mountains) after him. Larry was the QSL manager for KC4AAA (the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station), KC4AAC (Palmer Station on Anvers Island, AN-012) and KC4USV (McMurdo Station on Ross Island, AN-011).
Gennady "Gene" T. Shkumat, UA9AB passed away on 4 June after a long illness.
An active DXer and contester for nearly fifty years, he was also the QSL manager for several stations, notably UN4L and UP2L.
Larry Skilton, K1IED passed away on 4 June. In 1991-2002 he worked a nightly schedule to run phone patches and traffic for the US science stations in Antarctica. The National Science Foundation rewarded his service to the Antarctic group by naming Skilton Ledge (a rock platform in the Darwin Mountains) after him. Larry was the QSL manager for KC4AAA (the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station), KC4AAC (Palmer Station on Anvers Island, AN-012) and KC4USV (McMurdo Station on Ross Island, AN-011).
Gennady "Gene" T. Shkumat, UA9AB passed away on 4 June after a long illness.
An active DXer and contester for nearly fifty years, he was also the QSL manager for several stations, notably UN4L and UP2L.