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05/16/2012 | Former ARRL Vice Director Jim Mozley, W2BCH, SK
Former ARRL Vice Director James Mozley, W2BCH, became a Silent Key May 13 at age 89.
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12/06/2011 | Space Pioneer Jack Townsend, W3PRB (SK)
John W. “Jack” Townsend, Jr, W3PRB, of Cabin John, Maryland, passed away October 29 due to complications from lung cancer. He was 87. Townsend -- an ARRL member -- was a rocket and satellite pioneer who was influential in creating the first meteorological
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05/06/2011 | Noted DXer Ben Stevenson, W2BXA (SK)
Ben Stevenson, W2BXA, of Colonia, New Jersey, passed away on May 5, 2011. He was 97. An ARRL member since 1934, Stevenson was also a charter member of the North Jersey DX Association (NJDXA) since 1957, serving as its first president. Stevenson held
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12/16/2010 | ARRL Receives $1 Million Gift to the ARRL Endowment
In October 2010, the ARRL received word that that it is a beneficiary of the Charles and Iona Mathias Joint Trust. Dr Mathias, W8KGD, became a Silent Key in 2008 at the age of 93; Iona, his wife of 62 years, passed away in June 2010. The ARRL is one of fi
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11/05/2010 | Surfin’: Emergency Radio Service During “The War”This week, Surfin’ considers ham radio during the Second World War.
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08/12/2010 | Charles Wright, W4PED (SK)
ARRL Roanoke Division Assistant Director Charles Wright, W4PED, of North Augusta, South Carolina, passed away June 21. He was 84. An ARRL Life Member, Wright was a founding member of the North Augusta-Belvedere Radio Club (founded in 1955). A US Army Air
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01/04/2010 | Last Surviving Crew Member of Kon-Tiki Expedition Passes Away
Knut Magne Haugland of Norway passed away on December 25. He was 92. Haugland was one of six men, who with Thor Heyerdahl in 1947, successfully crossed the Pacific Ocean in a 45 foot raft made of balsa wood and bamboo -- named Kon-Tiki -- to prove
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11/19/2009 | George Badger, W6TC (SK)
George Badger, W6TC, of Portola Valley, California, passed away on Sunday, November 15. He was 84. Originally licensed in 1939 as W6RXW when he
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