[SFDXA] Jack Troster, W6ISQ, SK

[WILLIAM MARX]

QST Contributing Editor Jack Troster, W6ISQ,  SK
 
01/14/2014
QST Contributing Editor and ham radio  humorist John G. “Jack” Troster, W6ISQ, of Atherton, California, died January  11. He was 93.
“While  his contributions to QST were not limited to fiction, Jack  will always be remembered for some of the most humorous pieces ever to be  written about Amateur Radio,” said ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ.
Licensed  in 1935 at age 14 as W2ISQ in Yonkers, New York, Troster became W6ISQ after  moving to California following World War II. Troster, Vince Chinn, W6EE  (ex-K6KQN), Lee Shaklee, W6BH (SK), and Don Schliesser, K6RV, founded the  Northern California DX Foundation in 1972. Troster served as an NCDXF Board  member for 26 years and was the Foundation’s third President, from 1975 until  1986.
He  served as president of the Northern California DX Club and the Northern  California Contest Club. An ARRL Charter Life Member, he held DXCC #1 Honor  Roll (Mixed, CW, and SSB) as well as 5BDXCC, 5BWAS, and the USA Counties Award  (all CW). He was a member of the CQ DX Hall of Fame, the First-Class CW  Operators’ Club and the A-1 Operators Club, and he was the Pacific Division  representative on the ARRL DX Advisory Committee. Troster also was a member  and director of the Quarter Century Wireless Association and for years wrote  the monthly “QCWA” column in WorldRadio.
“He  was the consummate gentleman,” said Rusty Epps, W6OAT. “He was warm and  welcoming to everyone he met, and many Amateur Radio operators today enjoy the  hobby as a direct result of his nurturing, encouragement and enthusiasm. Jack  was known for his quick wit and encyclopedic knowledge of Amateur Radio  history. His passing leaves a huge void.”
Survivors  include his wife of 65 years, Marguerite, 
KC6NFE.