[KL7AA] Silent Key Dick Aspinwall

[Bill Balzarini]

2-1-2005

Silent Key

Richard "Dick" E. Aspinwald, W7PV
12501 Greenwood Ave N.
Seattle, WA 98133

Born December 1, 1914, Dick is survived by his wife
Elizabeth, daughters Susan and Judith.  Dick was
the founder of Amateur Radio Supply in Georgetown
and operated the facility from 1956 until 1989.  Dick
was a victim of Alzheimer's and spent his last few
years
in the Ida Culver House on Broadview. (206)-361-1989

Dick was raised and attended school in Spokane, then
graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from
Washington State University.  He was a member of
several
national honor societies for Mathematics and
Engineering.
After college Dick spent seven years serving with the 
Westinghouse Radio Division in Baltimore.

After WWII Dick returned to Seattle where  he founded
the Radio Supply House.  Included in his mailing to
Amateurs of the Northwest were club meeting notices
and hamfest happenings including the Sea Pac
convention in Seaside, Oregon.
One of his first notices was a 1969 Listing of Six and
Two meter FM, AM, SSB & CW  Frequencies used in
Washington State.

During 1976 and 1977, Dick mailed notices of the July
1977 SeaQ-DX ARRL Northwest Division Convention held
in Seattle Washington to over 18,000 Northwest area
Hams in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
 The notices also included a Washington State +Canada
and Oregon "W7ARM" map of all active two meter
repeaters.
In 1977 he mailed information notices that helped
start the Northwest Computer Club at the Seattle Space
Needle.
In Feburary 1982  Dick included 10,000+ notices in his
mailer that helped start the first K7LED Mike and Key
ARC "Flea Market" that was held at Longacres Near
Tukwilla Washington, now in Puyallup.

Dick was instrumental in having the ARRL Change the 
publication date of the ARRL Handbook from January
back into late November so that Hams could get a
welcome present for Christmas.
He was a welcome guest speaker at many area
radio club meetings.  Amateur radio classes were held
in his facility. He was well known for renting the
instructo-graph morse code machines with all of its
tapes for code practice and license upgrade.  
He supported club raffles with donations.

One of his favorite ham activities was to play a
weekly game of chess with one of his long time friends
on Six meters AM, running a Vacuum Tube Gonset
transceiver. 
International DX visitors found a bit of Ham Heaven in
the electronics magic of Amateur Radio Supply.

Old timers will remember the DX table in his store
where tall tales were told and told again.  Dick will
be missed.

73 and rest in peace.
Harry and Mary Lewis
W7JWJ and W7QGP 

With a lifetime of memories,,,   Bill Balzarini
KL7BB/K7MWC    KL7BB at HotMail.com   

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