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Boris G. Stepanov, RU3AX (ex-UW3AX) passed away on 28 July at the age of 76. Known as the "father of competitive radio" in the former USSR, in 2016 he was inducted into the CQ Hall of Fame as a "leading Russian amateur, deputy editor of Russian Radio magazine; pioneer of computerized contest logging and log-checking; developed prototype for World Radiosport Team Championships (WRTC); first to propose 'glass cockpit' for ham transceiver, combining frequency readout and spectrum scope on front panel display". He also participated in the first three 4J1FS DXpeditions to Malyj Vysotskij (1988, 1989 and 1991).