This is really sad news. I've been a DXer for 35 years and Dr. Wood was always a big name in the hobby, both in Shortwave and Mediumwave DXing. His experience and expertise will be missed.
An I agree with Don, that someone needs to make arrangements to acquire his QSLs and other DX related items so that they don't end up in the trash. Martin Foltz > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:54:58 -0700 > From: "Donald K. Kaskey" > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Richard Wood has died > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > > Really sad, sad news. Richard was an absolute premier dxer, up there with GPN & only a couple others. In his hay day back in the 70s-80s he heard some mind boggling catches. He also was > editor of the foreign dx column in one of the clubs. I never met him but I surely regret his passing. Someone should look into attempting to acquire all his QSLs. That would be a worthwhile > project. > > Don > > > Patrick Martin wrote: > > > I just received the sad news from friend Ginny Boehnke, (wife of Chuck > > Boehnke, who passed 3 years ago), that Richard Wood of Hawaii died > > yesterday of a Heart Attack. He was 67. He appareently has had heart > > troubles the past couple of years. Ginny got this information from > > Richard Wood's tenant. The tenant said that Richard Wood had no > > relatives and had no will. So is all I know. She wanted me to pass on > > the information. > > > > 73, > > > > Patrick > > > > Patrick Martin > > KAVT Reception Manager _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com