[MRCG] Mike Brennan KA6PGN (SK)

[Gordon Smith]

At 08:03 PM 1/31/2020, JAMES FALLS wrote:
>I just got a call from wife Laura KA6VKF, that 
>Mike’s key went silent yesterday after a short 
>illness. He was one of the first Hams I met up 
>here in Eureka in the early 00’s, and he 
>encouraged me to get my ticket with his 
>voluminous knowledge of all things radio and, 
>especially antenna. He lived and breathed 
>antennas. They were second nature to him and he 
>used that knowledge to help others and to build 
>his dream antenna farm in Thermal after he and 
>Laura moved south after 30 years of Humboldt’s 
>notorious fog and rain over 10 years ago. The 
>man was also an inveterate joker. His repertoire 
>of Blond Jokes was endless and Laura, his 
>favorite Blond of all cut him no slack and kept 
>him in his toes. He was clever, inventive, and 
>did all his thinking outside of the box. Not one 
>to ever play cards with, heehee!  He was also a 
>serious machinist and enjoyed fabricating radio 
>antenna parts from scratch if the original 
>didn’t serve his purpose, or if a component 
>became unobtanium. The BC-375-E I (try to) check 
>into the weekly Net with is one of his porch 
>queen babies I adopted when they were moving 
>south. His substantial (to say the least) 
>collection of Korean and Vietnam-era gear will 
>need to be dealt with and Laura requested that 
>we work thru family member Glenn Morrison, 
>(760-770-6434) for all things radio-related. 
>I’m sure Glenn will appreciate input regarding 
>value and disposition of Mike’s gear. Much of 
>it is set up as complete systems that he put 
>years into collecting all the components for. 
>73, Mike, and have a ball riding the aether. 
>Catch up with you in a while. Jim Falls K6FWT 
><*)))))>< 
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Jim, if you can in any way physically help Glenn 
in moving Mike's stuff out of her house and to 
other people/organizations, that would help Laura 
more than you know. I lost my wife in December 
2019. We knew each other for 25 years, 20 years 
as a couple. Right now Laura can't really deal 
with anything and any help, no matter how minor 
you may think it will be, will be very 
appreciated by her. I know of this unfortunately. 
Thank You for the bandwidth, 73, Gordon KJ6IKT