[OKDXA] Fwd: Charles "Chip" Margelli, K7JA, SK

[Thomas Webb]

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Subject: 	Charles "Chip" Margelli, K7JA, SK
Date: 	Tue, 30 May 2023 10:24:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: 	CQ Amateur Radio <cq5dottiek at bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: 	cq5dottiek at bellsouth.net

	



Ham Radio has lost one of the best-known amateurs of the past 40 years . 
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Charles "Chip" Margelli, K7JA, SK

 

	

One of the best-known amateurs of the past 40 years has become a Silent 
Key. CQ joins the contesting and DXing communities in mourning the loss 
of Charles "Chip" Margelli, K7JA, to cancer on May 25.

	


    We first received the news from his close friend and CQ Contributing
    Editor Gordon West, WB6NOA, pictured here with his wife Suzy,
    N6GLFand Chip:


"Chip left us yesterday at 4pm, after spending weeks putting together 
Field Day station antennas and gear. That is all he would talk about - a 
great station on the air! He was ready for Field Day!

	

He and Janet (KL7MF, Chip's wife of 45 years) fought this fast-spreading 
cancer for months, with never a word to most anyone about his heroic 
fight. He passed away peacefully, with dignity, at his home, with Janet 
and his cat at his side. He gracefully closed his eyes, with piles of 
Field Day equipment and cables he prepared, ready for deployment, right 
next to his chair."

  Chip never complained, never let on to his fight, and always had a 
smile for the upcoming Field Day event. So professional. He was always 
total positive in all that he could do for ham radio operators.

What a gentleman - a true fighter to the end. We are all heartbroken."

Chip was a ham's ham, a contester (and frequent winner), DXer, 
DXpeditioner (he was part of the ZA1A team that reintroduced ham radio 
to Albania in 1991 and a member of the 2003 CO0US joint US/Cuban Field 
Day operation), moonbouncer, weak-signal VHFer, satellite operator and 
more. Chip spent three decades as the "face" of Yaesu in the United 
States, attending hamfests, visiting dealers and introducing new gear. 
After leaving Yaesu, Chip worked for Heil Sound and as CQ Advertising 
Manager before leaving the hamfest circuit and working behind the scenes 
at Ham Radio Outlet. He couldn't totally stay home, though, as he 
continued to be in high demand as a banquet speaker at conventions and 
hamfests.

	

Chip is perhaps best known among the general ham public for his 2005 
appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," in which he and partner 
Ken Miller, K6CTW, proved they could send a message faster in Morse code 
than by texting. Chip was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of 
Fame in 2008 and awarded Russia's E.T. Krenkel medal in 2021.

"In a hobby full of really nice and really knowledgeable people," 
recalled CQ Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU, "Chip was without question one of 
the nicest and most knowledgeable. He was experienced in nearly every 
aspect of amateur radio and was always happy to share that knowledge as 
well as his many ham radio adventures. While Chip was on the CQ staff 
for only a short period of time, he and Janet have been part of the 
extended CQ family for many years. More than that, he was always just a 
good friend. We will miss him greatly."

"OMG!" responded CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, when he heard the news. 
"Chip was the picture of good health! He used to go out running at 
shows. He and Arnie (Sposato, longtime CQ ad manager, also SK) would be 
out early on a Sunday to do a few miles together. And he had just 
retired from HRO after a lifetime at Yaesu. Another old friend gone ... 
Certainly, we all know of those who were very sick and who we expected 
to leave us, but too often (others have) left us with no warning and no 
time to prepare our minds for the inevitable."

Words cannot even begin to express our sorrow. All of us at CQ extend 
our deepest sympathy and condolences to Janet and their entire family.

 

		

 

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