[50mhz] [FFMA] Fwd: Fwd: K8WW SK

[Jon Pearl - W4ABC]

Hi Lance, et. al...

I got to thinking about the nice page that Dave had set up at QRZ.com 
and what might come of it's status in the future.  While anyone can make 
a Silent Key Report to QRZ with minimal documentation in hand - in most 
every instance, all of the pictures and biographical data on the 
existing page gets scrubbed.

Yesterday I contacted the staff at QRZ.com to request a little bit of 
background information as to whether or not the scrubbing of existing 
information was a hard and fast rule.  Here's their reply:

"Hi there Jon.  It's not a hard and fast rule.. just how we've 
traditionally done things.  Once in a while we get a request from a HAM 
who was a friend of the deceased, to manage the silent key's page.  Many 
like to put up a memorial of sorts on the page.  At that point, the 
info. wont disappear until the callsign is deleted by the FCC or 
reissued.  If you wish to manage your friend's page I can certainly set 
that up.  We'll just need his callsign.  I will leave this ticket "open" 
so that you will have the ability to respond if you wish.  Thanks for 
using QRZ!"

That's good news.  Dave's page will remain intact.

I've made a few Silent Key Reports and it troubled me that on a couple 
of occasions, really great biographical information just seemed to 
disappear.  With that, I became somewhat reluctant to signal a status 
change.  Shortly after reading QRZ's reply to my query, this afternoon, 
I visited Dave's page one more time to find that someone had already 
reported his SK status and that QRZ had left the content untouched!  
Someone was obviously thinking along the same lines.

I've worked Dave several times over the past few years and the loss of 
another active ham is truly a tear in the fabric of amateur radio.




73,


Jon Pearl - W4ABC
www.w4abc.com

On 4/28/2015 10:05 AM, 'Lance Collister, W7GJ' w7gj at q.com [FFMA] wrote:
> It is with great sadness that I learned this morning of the passing of another avid
> VHF operator, Dave Vore, K8WW.   Dave was very active on a number of VHF and UHF
> bands, and built a 9 element YU7EF yagi with elevation to work 6m EME.  I know how
> pleasantly pleased he was to work me during my 6m EME DXpedition last year to KH8,
> and his dedication and perseverance to constantly improve his station were an
> inspiration to all who had the pleasure of knowing and contacting him.   Thanks to
> Dave for furthering the hobby and bringing happiness to others.  His enthusiasm will
> be greatly missed.  RIP
>
> VY 73, Lance
>
>
>


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