Re: Topband: PY1RO

2018-05-10 Thread Chris, G3SVL
> On 3 May 2018, at 01:01, Roger Parsons via Topband > wrote: > > I was saddened to read of Rolf's death. He was an important part of 160m > history for many years. He certainly was that Roger. I recall back in the early 70’s trying unsuccessfully to work him from my suburban QTH. The guys a

Re: Topband: PY1RO

2018-05-06 Thread Dave Heil
Thanks for sharing the news, Herb.  I had the pleasure of working Rolf from home as well as all of my African stops. Dave K8MN On 06-May-18 19:54, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote: Devasting news about Rolf Rasp PY1RO. I went to his home in Niteroi across the harbor from Rio de Janeiro in 1965 with

Re: Topband: PY1RO

2018-05-06 Thread Raoul Coetzee via Topband
Sad to hear about PY1RO,he was my first PY on 160m many years ago.RIP ZS1C On Sunday, May 6, 2018, 8:27:17 PM GMT+2, Roger Parsons via Topband wrote: From the Daily DX today: "PY1RO, Rolf Rasp, passed away yesterday after suffering from a heart attack. He had heart problems for severa

Re: Topband: PY1RO

2018-05-06 Thread Herbert Schoenbohm
Devasting news about Rolf Rasp PY1RO. I went to his home in Niteroi across the harbor from Rio de Janeiro in 1965 with a steamer trunk loaded with some Drake Twins to get on the air on top band. Before he was licensed. Rolf was an ardent SWL who had logged Stew Perry, W1BB many times. We used hi

Topband: PY1RO

2018-05-06 Thread Roger Parsons via Topband
>From the Daily DX today: "PY1RO, Rolf Rasp, passed away yesterday after suffering from a heart attack. He had heart problems for several years. PY1RO was very active on Topband and the Magic Band (160 and 6 Meters). Rolf put on DXpeditions to PY0DVG, ZX0VG, PY1RO/0, PY0FN, PY1RO/5N2, PY0RO, ZX