Re: Topband: Ray Gerrard. G3NOM & HA0ZDZ, SK

2015-06-17 Thread Gary Smith
Truly sad news. Thank you for passing on this information about Ray's passing and some of the things he did for all of us. RIP. 73, Gary KA1J > It came to my attention today through Dietmar, DL3DXX and Robin, WA6CDR, that > Ray Gerrard, who held both G3NOM and HS0ZDZ call signs, passed away

Re: Topband: Ray Gerrard. G3NOM & HA0ZDZ, SK

2015-06-16 Thread ok1tn
Sad news.  Ray has enabled me to obtain permission for transmiting from a Thai as the first station from ok. RIP Ray -- 73 Slavek ok1tn " Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband"; _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: Ray Gerrard. G3NOM & HA0ZDZ, SK

2015-06-16 Thread Jim Brown
Thanks for sharing this, Milt. I have at least as much respect for the techie guys like Ray who do the heavy lifting with engineering of trips as those who do the the organizing and operating. These things really are team efforts, and I thank you for recognizing Ray. May he RIP. 73, Jim K9YC

Topband: Ray Gerrard. G3NOM & HA0ZDZ, SK

2015-06-16 Thread Milt -- N5IA
It came to my attention today through Dietmar, DL3DXX and Robin, WA6CDR, that Ray Gerrard, who held both G3NOM and HS0ZDZ call signs, passed away near the end of May. Ray suffered a stroke in 2004 and had been largely incapacitated since that time. I came to know Ray as we were both members of