Messaggio 8 gennaio 2021, 18:32

SILENT KEYS

Farrell "Hoppy" Hopwood, VE7RD became a Silent Key on 8 December, aged 91. Licensed since 1955, he was instrumental in the founding of the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), formed in 1992 when the Canadian Radio Relay League (CRRL) and the Canadian Amateur Radio Federation (CARF) merged to create one national society after several years of discussion.
Hopwood was appointed RAC President and remained in that post for six years.
In 2015 he was inducted into the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.

Leslie A. Bannon, WF5E passed away in his sleep on 31 December. First licensed in 1952 as WN9ZTD, he was an accomplished DXer with a current/total count of 340/382 in the Mixed DXCC Honor Roll standings, 336/372 (Phone) and 331/340 (CW). He made a name for himself in the DX community worldwide thanks to the WF5E DX QSL Service, which he run for about twenty years until October 2013.

Also reported SK is Julio Ramiro Braz Mateiro, CT1ZW, who passed away on 2 January after a long illness. An early IOTA enthusiast and former Checkpoint for Portugal, he had 340/363 (current/total) Entities in the DXCC Mixed Honor Roll standings.
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