[EIDXA] Fw: Bob Hill

[Joe Finkstein]

Glenn....

Thanks for the info on Bob Hill, W4NIM.  When Bob was in CR many years ago, 
he and I put together a very simple a VHF bulletin board system at his house 
using Apple II computers.  I am very sad to hear of his passing.  If anyone 
receives any additional information, please pass it along.

73
Joe
W0MJN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen and Pam" <k0jgh at lisco.net>
To: "EIDXA" <EIDXA at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 3:30 PM
Subject: [EIDXA] Fw: Bob Hill


> EIDXA....Sorry to have to pass on this message.  Maybe some of you know 
> more
> details on the SK of Bob Hill.  Below is copy of email I got from Tom 
> Jones
> (don't really know how he got my email but I had looked on web for Bob's
> email a few years ago.)
>
> 73,
> Glen
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen and Pam" <k0jgh at lisco.net>
> To: "tomjones811" <tomjones811 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 3:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Bob Hill
>
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Well, I am very sorry to hear of this but from the last that I emailed
> with
>> Bob it was somewhat expected.  I believe he told me that before he got 
>> the
>> boat back up to Texas he had been in for a medical checkup.  They found a
>> virus in his heart that had come from an infected mosquito down in 
>> central
>> America.  This would cause the heart to enlarge and no reversal was in 
>> the
>> cards.  I'm not positive I am telling the story absolutely 
>> correct.....but
>> it was along those lines.  I don't know if you were on his email from his
>> trips back up to Texas but that was a story of it's own.   Everyday there
>> was a "captains log" by Bob.  What a guy....!!  I will check around to 
>> see
>> if any of the guys up in Cedar Rapids, IA have hear anything.  That is
> where
>> I met Bob.
>> QRZ or eham.net  his my story.  Also, if you would like some of my long
> ago
>> background go to eham.net and look under silent keys for K0JGI.  That was
> my
>> Dad and I wrote up a little story on how he and I got on the air.
>>
>> Bob Hill was a mentor to a lot of new hams.  I don't know how many but
> many
>> boaters around FL got their licenses from Bob's classes but there were
> many.
>>
>> If I hear anything I'll pass it on.
>>
>> 73,
>> Glen
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "tomjones811" <tomjones811 at yahoo.com>
>> To: <k0jgh at lisco.net>
>> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 2:47 PM
>> Subject: Bob Hill
>>
>>
>> Glen:
>>
>> I too was a friend of Bob Hill. In fact, he and I worked at a
>> computer manufacturing plant in Fort Lauderdale FL for many years.
>> He introduced me to Amateur Radio.
>>
>> He left Fort Lauderdale and moved to Iowa, where you met him. After
>> Iowa, he moved to Washington state, where I lost contact with him.
>>
>> I am sorry to report that Bob died on 02/18/2005. I don't know how
>> or where, found out by searching the internet. If I am wrong about
>> this, please let me know.
>>
>> I have tried several times to contact Carol (WA4LHB), his wife, but
>> to no avail.
>>
>> If you are able to contact her, please give her my e-mail address
>> and ask her to contact me at tomjones811 at yahoo.com.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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