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[Dan K3SKE]

I have known Joe since 1971 while I was stationed at NSGA Winter Harbor, ME. While not a DX-ER or Contester, if you know the New England Ham-Fest territory, and the HOSSTRADERS then you have run across Joe. Joe was 66 years old. He will be missed in this hobby... He was a very good friend, I will miss him.

Joe was one of the only three gentlemen on this planet who could legitimately call himself a "Hosstrader".    Since retiring from the hamfest business in 2006 Joe concentrated his amateur radio efforts on software-defined radios (SDR) and EME, aka moonbounce communications.  He was very accomplished in that field.  He was also seriously into Software-Defined Radio experimentation.  For the last several years since his retirement Joe was a "dedicated" volunteer at the Owl's Head Transportation Museum in Maine.  He literally spent "thousands of hours" restoring vintage aircraft.

Dan K3SKE