[PBARC] FW: ARLX008 Roy Neal, K6DUE, SK

[E. Glenn Wolf, Jr.]

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ARLX008 Roy Neal, K6DUE, SK

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Special Bulletin 8  ARLX008
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  August 18, 2003
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ARLX008 Roy Neal, K6DUE, SK

Retired NBC News science correspondent, producer and executive Roy Neal,
K6DUE, of High Point, North Carolina, died August 15, after undergoing =
major
heart surgery three days earlier. He was 82.

Recognized as a leading news expert in spaceflight and science, =
Neal--born
Roy N. Hinkel--covered the early days of NASA's human space flight =
program,
including the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions and the early shuttle
flights. Neal's space news experience, led him to become involved with =
the
Space Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX)--and Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) programs. A joint project of ARRL, =
AMSAT
and NASA, ARISS put Amateur Radio aboard space shuttles and developed =
the
first permanent ham station in space aboard the ISS. Neal chaired the
SAREX/ARISS Working Group and moderated ARISS international team =
gatherings
and, quite often, school group contact teleconferences.

Earlier this year, he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of =
Fame
for his role in persuading NASA officials to allow Amateur Radio =
operation
from space in the 1980s.

A Pennsylvania native, Neal began his broadcasting career at WIBG radio =
in
Philadelphia. He served as a combat infantry officer during World War II =
and
later became a program manager for the Armed Forces Radio Network in =
Europe.
After the war, he was a television pioneer at WPTZ-TV in Philadelphia. =
He
subsequently set up NBC's West Coast news bureau.

Neal was an ARRL member and active amateur operator throughout his adult
life. Survivors include his wife Pat and sons David and Mark. =
Arrangements
are pending. NNNN /EX