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

[Mike Minihan]

Perfect vanity call for a radio engineer...MM


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> On Oct 15, 2025, at 8:48 PM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX008
> ARLX008 Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away
>  
> ZCZC AX08
> QST de W1AW
> 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
> 
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