[50mhz] [NEWSVHF] [Packrats] [Moon-Net] Steve K1FO SK

[Kwon2m]

Oh no, that's awful news. Although I've been out of touch
for a few years, Steve was a great friend. We had many, many
contacts on the air. From my location on eastern Long Island,
he was a "local", so we often used to rag chew on 432. I also
got to know him in person at the New England VHF conferences
throughout the 80's and into the 90's. We shared many beers
(my head still hurts) and many great laughs. Someone dubbed our 
table at the banquets "The Rowdy Table", and we no doubt 
deserved that! Then we would go back to the Sheraton hotel
in Nashua and close all the bars there too. So many fun times.
I visited Steve at his home in North Madison a few times, too.
Ate wonderful white clam pizza at some little hole-in-the-wall
place with him and Lori. He was a brilliant guy, but such a down
to earth guy too. Rest in peace, Steve. You were truly Far Out.

John, N2BFJ


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[mailto:newsvhf-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ron Klimas WZ1V
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 2:49 PM
To: Russ K2TXB; Packrats
Cc: 'Magic Band EME Group'; 'NEWS'; '50mhz'; moon-net at googlegroups.com;
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Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] [Packrats] [Moon-Net] Steve K1FO SK

Dear Russ: Thank you for sharing those wonderful memories. 
I too will never forget "K One Far Out". RIP Steve. 
-73, Ron WZ1V

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ K2TXB" <k2txb at dxcc.com>
To: "Packrats" <packrats at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: 'Magic Band EME Group' <MagicEME at googlegroups.com>,
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Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:11:25 -0400
Subject: Re: [Packrats] [Moon-Net] Steve K1FO SK

> Hi All. Yes Steve was a great ham and a good friend.  I first met 
> Steve
when
> we were young men.  I lived out west in Jamestown, NY (now FN02) and 
> he
was
> in CT.  We and a lot of other young guys got together around 1971 to
operate
> the WA1MUG contest station on Mt. Greylock, MA, for the June contest.  
That
> was the first year that group, mostly RPI graduates) scored a record 
> high score for the June contest.  (Eventually the WA1MUG call was 
> abandoned and they begam using the current W2SZ call.)
> 
>  I clearly remember riding in the car with Steve and about 4 other 
> guys, coming back up the mountain in the early morning and driving 
> through alternating patches of fog and sun.  We were all high from the 
> successes
of
> the previous day and when one of the guys commented that we were 
> driving into a cloud, another said maybe we could work the cloud.  
> Steve, who at that time held the call WA1FFO, yelled out "QRZ the 
> Cloud".  That broke everyone up and we were repeating it and laughing all
the way to the top.
> Steve had a set of unique phonetics for his call sign that I will not
repeat
> here, but I'm sure some of the OT's will recall with a chuckle.  It 
> was a precursor to his current call, "K1 Far Out".
> 
> Over the years since then I have visited Steve at his home to see his 
> enterprise, used his advice on antennas and amplifier construction, 
> and of course worked him probably hundreds of times on 6 meters and 
> above.  One memorable time was when Al, K2UYH and I were checking SWR 
> on the 70 cm
feed
> for his 28 foot Kennedy dish.  We had my 10 watt rig out in the back 
> yard
on
> a card table and connected to the feed.  The dish was pointed straight up.
> It was the middle of the afternoon and we suddenly started hearing 
> some
CW.
> At first we thought it was coming from the basement shack, but we 
> quickly discovered it was coming from the 726R.  It was Steve calling 
> CQ.  We gave him a call and worked him.  Of course with the dish 
> pointed straight up,
we
> were working him with just the dipole feed!
> 
> I can remember hearing Steve no matter where I turned my long 432 Yagi 
> during a contest.  A lot of it was reflections from various water 
> towers
and
> other objects within 20 miles of my QTH in FM29.  What a signal!
> 
> As so many have said, Steve will be missed.  He will also be 
> remembered as long as we live.
> 
> Very 73 Steve, and Rest In Peace.
> Russ K2TXB
> 
> 
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