[Lowfer] Fwd: Bill Ashlock SK

[Warren K2ORS]

Mike,

             This is sad news. I'd known Bill for the past decade or so and 
have been to his house in Andover and the cabin he was building in the 
mountains of Ellsworth,NH. I never met his wife or daughter though so I'm 
not surprised that I didn't hear about his passing.
Bill helped me get my transmitting loop for 137kHz up and helped again when 
I added a second parallel wire a couple of years ago.
I know that Bill had plans to test his new vertical on 500kHz this Spring.

             Bill did tell me the story of you being the first to receive 
his LF beacon.

             I know that Bill had heart surgery a number of years ago, but 
since then he was very physically active (hiking in the mountains) and 
really watched his diet so I'm very surprised to hear about the heart 
attack.

             I did find this online obituary:
http://www.andovertownsman.com/obituaries/x467323294/William-Ashlock-72

            This is a big blow to the lowfer community and to me personally 
R.I.P. Bill!

73 Warren K2ORS







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Staines" <mike_staines at email.com>
To: "Lowfer" <Lowfer at mailman.qth.net>; <Lowfer_Notice at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:45 PM
Subject: [Lowfer] Fwd: Bill Ashlock SK


>I just returned from a 54 day hospitalization without internet access.
> Unfortunately  I received the following note.
>
> Bill was a good friend. I was the first to copy his 555-timer transmitter
> when he broke into the hobby.
>
> I will miss him.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Susan Ashlock <susan.ashlock at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:42 PM
> Subject: Bill Ashlock
> To: Mike_Staines at gmail.com, Mike_Staines at email.com
>
>
> Hi Mike -
>
> I hope this e-mail finds you well.
>
> We've never met, but I'm the daughter of Bill Ashlock (WM); I've been
> living in Seattle for the last 11 years.
>
> I understand that you communicated with and met my dad while enjoying your
> shared lowfer hobby.
>
> I'm very sorry to say that my father died suddenly over the weekend of a
> heart attack.  My mom specifically requested that I track you down and let
> you know.  (So I hope I've got the right e-mail address;
> http://www.lwca.org/sitepage/part15/callmain.htm lists you as being @
> email.com, but as I'd not heard of that domain, I thought I'd try gmail as
> well.)
>
> Lowfer antennas were one of my dad's favorite hobbies both before and 
> after
> he retired almost a decade ago.  Thanks for being one of the reasons that
> he enjoyed it so much.
>
> If you have the time, can you please let anyone else in the lowfer
> community who knew him know that he has passed away?  I'd very much
> appreciate it.
>
> -Susan
>
> p.s. As far as I know, "WM" should still be transmitting.   :)
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