[MilCom] A Great Friend and Monitor Has Passed Away

[Robert Wilczynski]

Sorry everyone, I didn't realize I had the milcom list in the send to:

Bob


On 6/29/2012 9:07 PM, Robert Wilczynski wrote:
> Larry,
>
> The picture in my previous email was of an airshow at Westover ARB,
> Chicopee, MA
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 6/29/2012 9:05 PM, Robert Wilczynski wrote:
>> Larry,
>>
>> Don will surely be missed "we" (the posse) spent many NE Airshow hours
>> with Don and his side kick Brad!
>>
>> See attached picture...
>>
>> Front row (Left to right): Jo Topolski, Michelle Peterson
>>
>> Back row (Left to Right): Dave Gifford, Brian Topolski, Kevin Burke,
>> _Don Edwards_, Brad Wanik & Bob Wilczynski
>>
>> ...and my beautiful wife Valeri Wilczynski who took this picture is
>> missing.....
>>
>> Maybe this picture could be used in MTor a mailing so others will know
>> who you are speaking about....?
>>
>> I know the posse would have no problem....I've already spoken with a
>> few of them....
>>
>> Bob
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Bob Wilczynski, Palmer, MA.
>> SRL QS1R, Icom RS8500, Mode-S Beast, Uniden 996T, Uniden BP250D,
>> Uniden BC780XLT, AOR AR1000XLT, R/S Pro-164, Homebrew 2.2-2.7mhz video
>> receiver,
>> 200' Long wire, Diamond Discone, DP Productions Mode-S Base Antenna,
>> Grove Scanner Beam, Homebrew 2.425 Dual helix video antenna
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/29/2012 12:39 PM, Mark Kirker wrote:
>>> Well said Larry...
>>>            I have been friends with Don for 20 years and he is the one who got me hooked on scanning. I was strictly police and fire monitoring and sent a letter with police frequencies I was monitoring to his 1991 newsletter called Northeast Scanning News and he found my number in the phone book and called me and gave me hundreds of military frequencies. I quickly went out and bought a Pro-2006 and enough said, I was hooked.
>>> I will truly miss my good friend and fellow scanning partner. There will now be dozens of frequencies I will not hear because he was always scanning for new stuff and was always quick to share what he found.
>>>
>>> You will be missed
>>>
>>> Mark Kirker
>>> Glenville, NY
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 29, 2012, at 7:33 AM, Larry Van Horn wrote:
>>>
>>>> It is the deepest of saddest that I announce the passing of a good friend -
>>>> Don Edwards, N2YPK.
>>>>
>>>> Don's wife Nancy connected me this morning to let me know that he passed
>>>> away yesterday after short battle with cancer. Nancy wrote: "He loved
>>>> monitoring everything on the scanners and HF and loved sending the pictures
>>>> of the same to Monitoring Times."
>>>>
>>>> I have no other details regarding at this time and if nancy passes anything
>>>> else along, I will pass it along to the various list. Will the admins at
>>>> Milcom and NEMilAir please unsubscribe Don from the list so Nancy does not
>>>> have to handle list mail to his email account. Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> So to sign Don off, I'll pass along his sig line "Speak softly and carry a
>>>> Glock." Rest in peace old friend.
>>>>
>>>> Larry
>>>>
>>>> Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
>>>> Brasstown, NC USA
>>>> MT Assistant/Review/Technical Editor
>>>> Milcom Monitoring Posthttp://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/
>>>> Twitter: @MilcomMP
>>>>
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