[PVRCNC] N4NTO, SK

[Howie Hoyt]

This is terrible news.
Tripp and I regularly qso'd in various contests.
RIP Tripp !

On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM Kyle Chavis via PVRCNC <
pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

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> Sorry to hear this news. I worked Tripp this morning at 1208z.
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> This is a very sad reminder for everyone operating away from your
> environment to use extreme caution. This almost happened to me a couple
> years ago in the NCQP. I had found a great spot to operate portable for a
> few minutes and immediately started installing the 17 foot whip. I looked
> up and saw the power lines and dropped the antenna.
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> So sad, prayers to friends and family. RIP Tripp
> Kyle, WA4PGM
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> On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM Mike Barts via PVRCNC <
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> > From: Mike Barts <mike at bentwire.net>
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> > Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:25:34 -0400
> > Subject: N4NTO, SK
> > One of our own, Tripp Owens, N4NTO, became a silent key this morning,
> July
> > 4. Although some of the details of what happened are    still unclear, we
> > do know that Tripp was on a POTA activation and apparently the mast he
> was
> > using came into contact with an overhead power line.
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> > Tripp was an enthusiastic member of PVRC and an important part of the
> Corn
> > Crib contest team, AG4TT, among his many other interests in life
> including
> > his family and church.
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> > Over the last four or five years, I had spent a great deal of time with
> > Tripp, working on the station and sitting side by side with him in many
> > contests. He was a passionate POTA activator and he died doing something
> he
> > loved, for what cold comfort that may be. There should have been many
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> > Qs in his log.
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> > Please keep his family in your thoughts during this tragic time.
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> > And remember to keep safety at the front of your mind whenever working on
> > your station, wherever it may be.
> >
> > We will miss him greatly.
> >
> > Mike N4GU
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> > Date: Fri,  4 Jul 2025 16:25:57 -0400 (EDT)
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