SILENT KEYS

[IK0ZCW]

Both Paul H. Newberry, Jr., N4PN and Toivo Lamitainen (Anatoly Petrovich Repin), R1CC became Silent Key on 5 November. Paul, who had turned 82 on 1 November, passed away suddenly from a heart attack. First licensed in 1953 as WN4YWX, he was a well-known DXer and contester, and participated in several DXpeditions - the 1979 VP2KC CQ WW DX SSB Contest DXpedition to St. Kitts, which broke the world record for the Multi-Multi category; the 1999 Hillview Gardens Borneo DXpedition (9M6AAC, V85OO and 9M6OO from the Spratly Islands); the 2009 K4M DXpedition to Midway Island and the 2013 C82DX DXpedition to Mozambique, just to name a few.
Toivo died in a tragic accident while in Israel. He was last heard on the bands as 4X/R1CC just a few days ago. An Ingrian Finn, he was born in 1940 in Leningrad, and was first licensed in 1957 as UW1BF. Over the years he was active from Magadan (UV0IA) and Moscow (UA3AEL, RA3AR, R3AR), as well as from Finland (OH1UU and OG1G).