[SADXA] Roy Collison W7YRV SK

[Larry]

Didn't  know Roy but with that antenna system I should have heard him sometime.  He must have lived down around Casa Grande someplace.  
Larry/w0ogh 
-------- Original message --------From: Jerry Wothe <jdwothe at cox.net> Date: 8/30/20  4:58 PM  (GMT-07:00) To: SADXA Reflector <sadxa at mailman.qth.net> Subject: [SADXA] Roy Collison W7YRV SK Some of you knew Roy and his incredible accomplishments in building 200' tower out of ACE hardware fence pipe. Then building amazing wire antenna arrays of all sorts from the dozen or so towers he had standing.Roy did a show many years ago at a SADXA meeting showing his process for building  the towers and then how to stand a 200' tower that was one welded piece.Today I received an anonymous email telling me of Roy's passing. Below is the content of that email and if you follow the website you will see some of the amazing accomplishments Roy had. I still have a thumb drive of photos he and I showed at the meeting of the SADXA years ago. Roy was an amazing ham.RIP Roy W7YRA-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Roy William Callison of Bisbee, AZ passed away on August 20, 2020 at the age of 91.Roy is survived by his wife of 33 years, Mary Ann, and his step-son, Jose Solano; and by his many nephews and nieces and their children. He was preceded in death by his parents, Onslow E. and Francis Callison; brothers, Jim, Tom, Jack and sister, Ann Beasley.Due to COVID, an outdoor Air Force honors ceremony will be held at Ft Huachuca on September 15, 2020 @10am. Attendees will gather at the Main Gate for an escorted procession on base. No reception will follow. Condolences may be mailed to PO Box 4045, Bisbee AZ 85603. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Roy’s final project (“Loose Ends”) with a check in his name, at the same address. Roy will be buried privately at the McNeal Cemetery, McNeal, AZ as time and circumstances permit. Roy was born at the Copper Queen Hospital in Jiggerville, Lowell, AZ on September 15, 1928. Roy worked as a radio repairman in the Air Force for 20 years and subsequently became an avid amateur radio operator from 1954 to the present. He enjoyed building an extreme antenna farm similar to the one used by Voice of America (far beyond the average ham radio enthusiast) as you can see on his blog, “Roy’s antenna farm” http://w7yrv.blogspot.com/ http://w7yrv.blogspot.com/ .Roy was also a mechanic and liked putting diesel engines in his pickups. He enjoyed projects like installing solar power for his home. Roy and Mary Ann liked to travel in their RV coast-to-coast. Pioneers in the care home industry, Roy and Mary Ann operated Roymac Care home for 15 years, in Phoenix and Tempe until 1999.______________________________________________________________SADXA Website http://www.sadxa.orgSADXA mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/sadxaHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:SADXA at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netYou can support qsl.net: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html