[CTSARA] Leonid Soliterman (SK)

[Jonathan Solomon]

This is very sad news.  Leonid was a great man, and a wonderful ham.  He will be missed by the entire ham communicty.

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On Aug 7, 2012, at 8:00 PM, Jon Perelstein <jon.perelstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just received a phone call from Leonid's son Dmitriy.  Leonid passed away
> over the weekend at his home here in Stamford.  He was 76 and had been a
> ham in the Soviet Union (UA1LD) under the Communists before he emigrated to
> the United States.  His call sign here was originally KB3CBF but under
> special arrangement he had it changed to AA1LD.  Many of you have heard
> Leonid's hair-raising (literally) stories about his life in the Soviet
> Union, about being a ham in that environment, and especially about his
> experiences at Chernobyl.
> 
> There is no local service planned at this time, although it is expected
> that there will be a memorial service sometime in the future.
> 
> We will miss his good humor, interesting stories, and his presence.
> 
> This obituary appeared on-line dated Sunday.
> 
> http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary-print.aspx?n=Leonid-Soliterman&lc=4878&pid=159001108&mid=5195543
> 
> 73s
> Jon, WB2RYV
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