[ADXA] Red, K5ALU

[Stan Ross]

Pat,

I visited Red on Saturday along with Wes, AC5K, a fellow FOC member who relocated to the SW MO area not far from Springfield recently. We were able to replace Red’s remote tuner and reconnect his inverted L antenna.

Red grew up near me in Crawford county and was part of the same group of young hams including K5ALQ who my grandfather K5VRC elmered and participated in Field Days, Army MARS, and other activities in the early sixties.

I don’t believe Red was ever an ADXA member because he lived out of state most of his life. But he worked many stations all over the world from his QRO mobile stations over the years and inspired me to run CW mobile myself for almost 15 years.


73,

Stan

K5VR


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> On May 19, 2021, at 12:07 AM, patw5vy at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I have recently received updates from Ron, K5XK and Ken, KKALQ, about the
> welfare of Roger "Red" Cranford, K5ALU.  A few years back Red was diagnosed
> with Cancer and went through treatments. After several rounds of therapy he
> was pronounced "Cancer Free".  Unfortunately, he was recently told his
> Cancer had returned and had spread.  Red has decided to forgo additional
> Chemotherapy treatments and has entered Hospice care at his home in
> Springfield, MO.  Red has called and emailed many of his old Ham Radio
> friends to say goodbye.  He communicated to Ron and Ken that he was trying
> to touch base with all his old friends while he was still able.  
> 
> 
> 
> I don't recall Red being a member of ADXA but he well may have been in
> earlier days.  He has many friends who are ADXA members. I had the pleasure
> of working an all CW Field Day with Red and a bunch of "Old Fahrts" a few
> years back.   Red is a great operator and has been very active over the
> years. He is a member of the First Class Operators Club.  If you would like,
> you can contact Red using his info on QRZ.com.  Ron, K5XK and John, AC5K
> visited Red over the weekend and got his antenna back up.  Red has been
> heard on 20M CW in the afternoons.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks to Ron and Ken for passing along this info. 
> 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Pat, W5VY
> 
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