Oh, how utterly awful. Just terrible. Thanks for passing along this tragic news.
-matt > On Mar 20, 2021, at 8:50 PM, rdange...@aol.com wrote: > > I was shocked and saddened to learn of George Zeller's sudden passing earlier > today (March 20) in a house fire this morning. I had exchanged emails with > George earlier this week on NASWA editorial matters as he was slowly > recovering from his recent Covid-19 vaccination. The news article in the > online Cleveland Comeback mentioned overcrowded electrical outlets/extension > cords as the cause of the accidental fire. George was 71 years old. > > George and I knew each other for about 40 years. George came to several > DXpeditions at Gifford Pinchot and French Creek State Parks. We attended many > of the same radio hobby gatherings over the years. For several years, I > traveled to Cleveland for work; George and I would go out to dinner on those > occasions. Naturally, any time my company was mentioned in the local > newspaper George would eagerly forward that information to me. George also > traveled to the Winter SWL Festival in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania each > year to gather with like minded radio people. He attended other radio > conventions too over the year’s throughout the country. > > George was well known in the greater Cleveland area as an Economist who kept > close tabs on the Ohio economy. The Economic Indicators project he worked on > provided continually updated information on poverty, earnings, and the > economy in all Ohio counties and communities, with related demographics. In > Ohio, Economic Indicators data include annual income trends for all 612 Ohio > school districts. Detailed data was also available for job growth and payroll > earnings in all Ohio counties going back to 1979, including measures of the > very large job losses suffered by Cleveland and Ohio during the 2000s > recession that has lingered longer in Ohio than it did elsewhere in the > United States. Over the year’s he mixed with local political figures and > served as a volunteer in a number of community organizations serving the > greater Cleveland area. He was a regular on several talk radio programs when > Ohio’s economy was the lead topic. > > George was an active baseball and football fan. He attended baseball games > wherever he could. He spent time traveling to difference cities attending > games in many major league and minor league baseball stadiums. I recall > making such a trip to Camden Yards in Baltimore with several others to catch > an Orioles-Yankees baseball game when my children were youngsters. He was an > enthusiastic Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns fan going back to the > glory days of the 1950’s. He never forgave the Indians for trading away Rocky > Colavito. > > For twenty years George wrote a column about unlicensed pirate and > clandestine shortwave radio broadcasting news in Monitoring Times magazine. > He was also a contributing editor to Passport to World Band Radio, the > definitive guide to international shortwave broadcasting frequencies, > schedules, and receiving equipment. For decades he wrote a column on > Clandestine radio broadcasting in the monthly issues of The ACE from the > Association of Clandestine Radio Enthusiasts. Annually, he hosted the Pirate > Radio Forum at the Winter SWL Festival in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania as > well as being the host of the prize raffle at the Saturday night banquet. In > recent years, George was the editor of the Pirate Radio Report column for the > North American Shortwave Association. He joined NASWA in December 1965 as a > lad of sixteen. > > George was always fun to be with and a real character to boot. No matter what > the topic of the conversation was, he had a story that may or may not have > been pertinent. There was never a dull moment when he was part of the group. > George Zeller will be missed by all of us. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > Swlfest@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > swlfest-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com
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