[DX] Very Sad News - N4SU SK

[Berkin AYDOGMUS, TA3J]

Dear Bill TÝPPETT, W4ZV

We are very sorry about our big lost of Dave KENNEDY,
N4SU.

Please accept our condolences.  

73,

Nilay&Berkin AYDOGMUS, TA3YJ&TA3J

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--- Bill Tippett <btippett at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

>          Dave Kennedy N4SU passed away Monday
> evening after failing health the past several
> months.
> Dave was one of the truly great DX'ers and was at
> the top of DXCC Honor Roll for many years.  Dave
> became interested in 160 in the 1980's and reached
> DXCC 295 and WAZ there before health problems
> prevented him from operating.
> 
>  From Dave's page on QRZ.com:
> 
> "63 years on the air starting with W9TWC in Indy
> from
> 1935 to 1941, then, after WW2, W8BRA in Ohio from
> 1946 to 1966, then W9KSY and W9DL in northern
> Illinois
> 1966 until 1978, then, finally, N4SU in North
> Carolina from
> 1978 to 1998. In recent years, my primary interest
> has
> been DXing on 160 meters, the LAST DX frontier.
> DXing
> on the other HF bands is like shooting fish in a
> barrel.
> 
> 73 to all DXers, Dave Kennedy N4SU"
> 
>          Dave is survived by his wife Sonja and one
> daughter.  Sonja has requested that anyone wishing
> to make a memorial in his name contribute to:
> 
> Hospice of Stokes County
> PO Box 10
> Danbury, NC   271016
> 
> Services for Dave will be held Monday at 1:30 PM at
> the Salisbury National Cemetery (directions below).
> 
> http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/salisbury.htm
> 
>          If any of you would like to write a short
> note
> in memory of Dave, please reply directly to me.  I
> will
> collate everything and give Sonja a copy on Monday.
> 
>          Rest in peace Dave...you will be missed by
> all of us.
> 
>                                  73,  Bill  W4ZV
 


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