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Bob Allphin, K4UEE passed away on 10 February, and the radio amateur community mourns the loss of one of the giants of DXing. Bob was an organizer of and/or participant in several expeditions that have made DX history over the past forty years or so, notably XF4DX (Revillagigedo 1987), AH1A (Howland Island 1993), XR0Y (Easter Island 1995), VK0IR (Heard Island 1997), A52A (Bhutan 2000), FO0AAA (Clipperton Island 2000), K5K (Kingman Reef 2000), VP8GEO (South Georgia 2002), VP8THU (South Sandwich 2002), VU7RG (Lakshadweeps 2007), 3Y0X (Peter I Island 2006), K5D (Desecheo Island 2009), PJ6A (Saba 2010), HK0NA (Malpelo Island 2012), FT5ZM (Amsterdam Island 2014) and K1N (Navassa Island 2015). Inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame in 2001, Bob was also an active contester who participated in some 40 contest DXpeditions, and competed in two World Radio Team Championships events in 1996 and 2000. His "Adventures in Ham Radio" are on https://t-rexsoftware.com/k4uee/.