[RRDXA] Fwd: [bcc] ZC4LI SK

[Walter Skudlarek]

Von Christian Janssen, BCC, übernommen

Ich glaube Jeder in der Contestscene kannte Steve, er war ein hervorragender
Operator und ein sicherer Multiplier, schade das er gehen musste.
R.I.P. Steve we will have you in mind..........


Walter, DJ6QT

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                               Silent Key
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ZC4LI, Steve Hodgson, also known as 5B4AHA, C4C, G0LII, G6G and
ZD8LII, QRV until a few weeks ago, has become a Silent Key, passing
on Saturday afternoon, August 31.  In April, W3UR received an email
from Steve describing his first bout with cancer, in 2011, with 47cm
of intestines removed, but it was too late; the cancer had already
migrated to his liver.  Steve was well prepared for parting, with a
plot in the Military Cemetery in Cyprus “booked.”  He told Bernie, “I
have been living with this for over three years now, so I do tend to
get a bit blase.  It does not worry me at all, as long [as] it is
quick and painless.  I could walk off this mortal coil tomorrow.  It
is the ones who are left behind who have all of the sorrow.  I will
be well out of it.”  Steve was 69.  5B4AIY, Adrian, says Steve was
“an enthusiastic contest operator and had won many awards.  I’m sure
his call will be sorely missed.”  A friend has gone; yet those of us
reading this remain a little longer.

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