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

[James Malone]

I never met Steve but I did idolize him for what he did in the Ham Radio community. I hope his wife and family will know that we are all paying respect to him by these emails ..

Truly a great man who made things happen ... In our common interest hobby .. Lifestyle...

We will miss him and honor him by encouraging the same effort with the new hams that are coming on the air everyday.

Jim Malone WA3LBI



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On Jul 29, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Dave Mascaro W3KM <w3km at verizon.net> wrote:

> The first time I met Steve on the air was on his New Years Eve net on 2M.
> That was in the 70`s I think. The net was so much fun! He was WA1FFO at that
> time.
> 
> Dave W3KM
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: packrats-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:packrats-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;
> moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com
> Subject: Re: [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>,
> moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com, '50mhz' <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>,
> moon-net at googlegroups.com, 'NEWS' <newsvhf at mailman.qth.net>
> 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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