[OKDXA] AF5Q-SK

[N5OK]

John,

Thanks for letting us know.  Ron was also one of our DXCC card checkers.

I'll miss him.

73, Coy

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 10:59 AM John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ron Grossman, AF5Q, passed away Sunday after a fairly brief illness.  Ron
> was always a fixture in the OK QSO party, going mobile each year to
> activate 15 or 20 OK counties. He also entered every ARRL or CQ contest,
> and since he lived 2 miles south of me, we would tear up each others
> receivers when on the same band.  The 10 meter contest sounded much too
> quiet this past weekend without him on.  Ron was also seriously working on
> 5B DXCC and was getting close to 100 countries on 80 meters after recently
> reaching the 100 mark on 40.
>
> Ron was also responsible for many new hams in Oklahoma, as he had organized
> and conducted dozens of Technician license courses in the Lawton area.  He
> also maintained several repeaters, including the only 222mhz repeater in SW
> Oklahoma.
>
> Ron's service will be at Ft Sill National Cemetery at 11:00 Friday morning
> graveside.  A visitation at Ritter- Gray funeral home will be on Thursday
> from 6pm to 8pm.
>
> John AF5CC
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Coy C Day, N5OK
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