[NLRS] Wally -- W0PHD -- SK

[WA2VOI, Donn]

I'm very sorry to hear of Wally's passing.  I certainly didn't know his as well as you did 
Bill, but he was a great friend none the less.

I first "met" Wally after I moved to Grand Forks.  In January of '76 I was helping to 
install the .94 repeater on the State Mill and Wally was a good test and reporter for us. 
Later, we chatted often on the repeater and once in a while on simplex.  Finally met him 
at a hamfest in Grand Forks late '76/early '77... don't remember.  He was the consummate 
gentleman, and always a good person to talk to.

He will be missed.

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Davis via NLRS" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
To: "NLRS Reflector" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2022 12:17 AM
Subject: [NLRS] Wally -- W0PHD -- SK


> Barry VE4MA received a message from Jan, Wally's bride that he passed last night.
> I hope Barry can post as well. Wally was a friend of everybody that knew him I think. A 
> better friend you could not find. Loved amateur radio ... LF, HF, VHF, UHF and 10GHz. I 
> SO ENJOYED our 10GHz roving for the 10GHz & Above contests with Wally. We had lots of 
> fun working Dennis NT0V (SK) and Barry as well as others when we could.
> I met Wally for the first time in Aug 1968 when I moved our family 800miles away from 
> the our siblings and parents. Wally and family plus Andy VE4MA and family become FAMILY 
> for us. Sharing family, lives, meals as though we had known them all our lives. 
> Indelible memories of a lifetime.
> Andy and Wally had SO MUCH fun chatting and playing on 432 SSB and I joined right in. 
> About the same time John W0LER and I started nightly 432 skeds between Grand Forks The 
> Cities. 4CX150 at about 100watts and Tilton array.
> RIP Wally
> 73 Bill
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