[MCARC] [Fwd: ARLX008 Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away]

[Nate Bargmann]

R.I.P., Ed.

73, Nate

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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:38:31 -0000
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Subject: ARLX008 Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away

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ARLX008 Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away
 
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Special Bulletin 8 ARLX008
From ARRL Headquarters 
Newington CT October 15, 2025
To all radio amateurs
 
SB SPCL ARL ARLX008
ARLX008 Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away
 
Edward F. "Ed" Hare, Jr., W1RFI, who spent decades as an employee of the
ARRL Laboratory, has become a Silent Key. He died on October 10, 2025,
at the age of 75 after an illness.
 
Hare was first licensed as a teenager in 1963 as KN1CV (later KA1CV) and
was an active ham throughout his life. He was an avid QRP operator,
earning his Worked All States certificate with 250 milliwatts on CW. In
his professional life, he was an accomplished product test engineer and
a leading expert on radio frequency interference (RFI). After an
industry career in product testing, he came to work for ARRL in 1986.
 
During his tenure, Hare led the technical aspects of many important
advocacy efforts taken on by the ARRL Lab, including the successful
fight against Broadband over Power Line (BPL). Hare's extensive
technical studies and solid factual data effectively supported ARRL's
Court of Appeals submissions against the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), thus contributing substantially to ARRL's victory in
causing the FCC's flawed BPL rules to be remanded to the FCC.
 
Hare developed a waiver process in cooperation with the United States
military to allow amateur radio access to the 70-centimeter band near
several high-power radar sites. He also started the ARRL RFI Program,
which helps amateurs work through the FCC to resolve interference to
their station. He was also instrumental in ARRL's 2023 defense against
the high-speed stock traders' petition that would risk significant
interference to amateur HF bands.
 
Hare was a prolific author about RFI, from articles for QST and The ARRL
Handbook to articles about the practical aspects of Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) appeared in professional trade journals. He was also
one of the editors and authors of The ARRL RFI Book, and the author of
the ARRL's book on RF exposure, RF Exposure and You.
 
Hare held a seat for amateur radio on many industry committees,
including several of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) and on the American National Standards Committee C63,
which develops standards for testing and measuring EMC.
 
Many radio clubs may recall Hare's popular "Stump the Speaker" feature
that he held after giving presentations. Hare would allow the audience
to try to stump him with radio questions and trivia. It was rarely
successful.
 
He retired from ARRL as Laboratory Manager in 2023 but continued to
serve in the Lab as a volunteer until the time of his passing.
 
He frequently mentored members of the ARRL staff on improving their
operating skills and encouraged them to grow as radio amateurs. He was
especially fond of creating new CW operators.
 
Hare was a member of the ARRL Diamond Club and the A1 Operators Club.
The ARRL Board of Directors bestowed the ARRL Technical Merit Award on
Hare in 2008 for his work on BPL, an honor that, before Hare, was last
awarded in 1976 and has not been given since.
 
Information about services is pending and will be posted when available.
NNNN
/EX

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®

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