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Inviato: 13 dicembre 2024, 20:19Antonio Gonzalez, EA5RM passed away on 8 December, aged 56.
An accomplished DXer with a number of achievements under his belt (e.g. DXCC Phone #1 Honor Roll, DXCC CW and DXCC Digi Honor Roll, 5 Band WAZ with 200 zones), he was an active DXpeditioner, often organizing and leading teams to operate from difficult and challenging locations, and as such he was
inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame (2020). Notable DXpeditions include TZ6RD (Mali 2003), 9X0R (Rwanda 2008), E4X (Palestine 2010), ST0R (South Sudan 2011), 5J0R (San Andres 2013), 5U5R (Niger 2017), TN5R (Congo 2018) and HD8R (Galapagos 2021), as well as three operations from Western Sahara
(S05X 2003, S01R 2006 and S04R 2009), and four activities as 1A0C from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2012, 2014, 2019 and 2023). Over the years, he made a dozen trips to Bolivia to establish and maintain HF communications links between medical facilities and remote villages in the Amazon rainforest, and operated as CP1XRM during his free time. His volunteer work in support of Solidaridad Medica Espana (NGO) and on behalf of Radioaficionados Sin Fronteras (NGO) earned him the ARRL International Humanitarian Award (2015) and the Intrepid Humanitarian Award (2017).
An accomplished DXer with a number of achievements under his belt (e.g. DXCC Phone #1 Honor Roll, DXCC CW and DXCC Digi Honor Roll, 5 Band WAZ with 200 zones), he was an active DXpeditioner, often organizing and leading teams to operate from difficult and challenging locations, and as such he was
inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame (2020). Notable DXpeditions include TZ6RD (Mali 2003), 9X0R (Rwanda 2008), E4X (Palestine 2010), ST0R (South Sudan 2011), 5J0R (San Andres 2013), 5U5R (Niger 2017), TN5R (Congo 2018) and HD8R (Galapagos 2021), as well as three operations from Western Sahara
(S05X 2003, S01R 2006 and S04R 2009), and four activities as 1A0C from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2012, 2014, 2019 and 2023). Over the years, he made a dozen trips to Bolivia to establish and maintain HF communications links between medical facilities and remote villages in the Amazon rainforest, and operated as CP1XRM during his free time. His volunteer work in support of Solidaridad Medica Espana (NGO) and on behalf of Radioaficionados Sin Fronteras (NGO) earned him the ARRL International Humanitarian Award (2015) and the Intrepid Humanitarian Award (2017).