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« on: March 19, 2018, 05:48:15 PM »

Greetings to all.
As of tomorrow, beginning at 2:00 PM Mountain time here in Tucson Arizona, I will be firing up
Deano's station one last time. The Frequency will be 7293 kHz, Amplitude Modulation and using the
3 vertical beam. It will take a little while to orient myself on how he used that antenna but it should
be pretty straight forward. I will begin at 1:00 pm or so, making station checks and adjustments etc.
I hope the band cooperates. I will call Tim and others by phone, and please put the word out and let's
send his QRT off in style. I will duplicate this message elsewhere.
73 de Billy N6YW
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2018, 10:14:50 PM »

I heard this announced today.  I'm going to try to get work finished early so I can pop in and say hi.

--Shane
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2018, 10:18:28 PM »

Billy, there is a 40 meter dipole oriented for N-S contacts.Always worked the best when deano and I worked...
.I will be listening..Steve
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2018, 01:42:51 PM »



Please - hope you take some pix!!

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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2018, 05:00:29 PM »

Stuck at work.  No way out for the time being, I'll check if your still in when I get home.

Will be listening in via sdr however!  Maybe I can get an swl for his station!

--Shane
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« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2018, 12:57:40 PM »

Greetings to all.
Despite the poor band conditions, I was able to collect some very good contacts during the
WA1KNX operation yesterday. Mary held up very well and it made her feel very good to hear
some familiar voices expressing gratitude over having known Deano, and that it was a fine
testament to his character.
It was an honor to do this and feel we should make the attempt to honor our fellow Amateurs
in this manner when they become SK.
Thanks to the moderators here for allowing the bandwidth to share in this event and of course,
toasting Deano on a life well lived, and who collected some very fine and unique friends along the way.

73 de Billy N6YW


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« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2018, 09:21:40 PM »

Glad you were able to get on the air and remember Deano. We spoke about Deano last week on the What's For Dinner Net. He will be missed.
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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2018, 07:25:19 AM »

I did my best to hear Deans station on 7293. Unfortunately the prop wash from the oriental wrecking ball (Radio China) made it impossible. I also alerted Chuck, K1KW who has a very effective  antenna for 40 meter work . Both of us could not hear even the faintest
signal. I was probably one of the first people to meet Deano in 1968. Sure gonna miss him,
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