[SFDXA] Bruce Butler - W6OSP SK

[Dave Novoa W4DN]

>From the SEDXC reflector:


Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:02 PM
Subject: [SEDXC] Bruce Butler - W6OSP SK



 SILENT  KEY
 Yet another blow to ham radio.  I am truly sorry to report the  following
 announcement from Rusty Epps, W6OAT.
 "I am sad to report that Bruce W. Butler,  W6OSP, became a Silent Key on
 January 16, 2014.
 Bruce originally was licensed as W5PXN in New Mexico in 1950. Upon  moving
 to Southern California in the early 1970’s, Bruce changed his callsign to
 W6OSP and activated that callsign in Napa, CA in the mid-1980’s.
 In 1990, Bruce joined the Board of the Northern California DX  Foundation
 as its Treasurer, and served as the Foundation’s President from 2009  until
 his retirement at the end of 2011. Bruce was a member and past President 
of
 the Redwood Empire DX Club, and a member of both the Northern California DX
 Club and the Northern California Contest Club. He also was a 50 plus year
 member  of the American Radio Relay League.
 Bruce operated from a number of DX entities including 3B9, 4O, A6,  KH8,
 H40, HV, KH4, PJ7 and ZF.
 Working with Bruce in the NCDXF was a real pleasure for me. His  energy was
 boundless and he was always looking for ways to help activate those  “most
 needed” entities. Amateur radio, and the DX community in particular, has
 lost a champion; I have lost a great friend.
 Rusty Epps, W6OAT
 President,  NCDXF"