[Milsurplus] Ray Mote passing

[Michael Hanz]

It is with a heavy heart that I report another old timer in the military 
surplus community passed away early yesterday in Tallahassee FL.  He is 
survived by his wife Angie.  He and Angie retired to Florida, primarily 
to be near family, after long careers in Civil Service in Port 
Hueneme/Point Mugu outside of Oxnard CA.

Ray was a ham (K5FKT, originally W6RIC), and a prolific documentarian of 
the surplus radio equipment that began to come on the market in a wave 
starting in the 1980s.  He wrote guides to understanding nomenclature 
systems and contract numbers, as well as about pieces of equipment 
themselves.  He was a dear friend, and among other documents sent me a 
voluminous paper copy of NAVSHIPS 900, 109 (List of Type Numbers 
Assigned to Naval Equipment) that he was able to copy from August Link's 
enormous collection.  With August' permission, Nick K4NYW kindly scanned 
it and placed it on his website for everyone to use.  It's there today 
primarily because of Ray Mote.

Vy 73 and RIP, Ray...

- Mike  KC4TOS