Kurt N. Sterba (Jack Althouse, K6NY) SK

[WB2CAU]

Kurt N. Sterba was in real life John "Jack" Althouse, K6NY, who founded and ran Palomar Engineers.  He passed away Sept 15, 2013.

RIP Kurt N. Sterba... your antenna articles were always outstanding.

http://www.arrl.org/news/palomar-engineers-president-jack-althouse-k6ny-sk

[N8AFT]

 An interesting note for you here. I had my very first HF QSO with 'Kurt' on 20m usb in the early summer of '08. He was operating in his "Unusual Antenna Challenge" event. He was using a car trailer with a folding household ladder as the radiating element. He was operating from a park around St.Louis area if my memory is correct.Seems he was using the trailer as the counterpoise to the ladder vertical.Anyways, I was thrilled and learned something my first time out.He had pix on-line and maybe they still are there to see if we Google "Strange Antenna Challenge"...
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[W3NE]

Another sad day in amateur radio as we lose one more provocative, independent thinker and talented writer. There was a lot to learn from "Kurt," and his unique comments will be missed.