[SFDXA] HAM RADIO OUTLET OWNER IS SK (W6RJ)

[Mickey Baker]

In 2009 or so, I was in the Sunnyvale, CA, HRO store and asked to operate
the station to check out the latest Icom radio. An older, tall, slim man
with a moustache came over, introduced himself as Bob and helped me switch
antennas to get the radio on the beam. I made a few contents on HF and
commented that "this works a lot like my IC756Pro2."

We spoke a few minutes, he was really knowledgeable and introduced himself
as W6RJ and the owner of HRO.

I asked him why he didn't have a store in Florida. He explained that he did
"a lot of business with hams in Florida" who would rather wait a few days
than pay state sales tax, and that the incremental business from a store
wouldn't be profitable.

Great guy, good businessman - and I learned why we don't have an HRO in
Florida.

Hopefully, he's left good succession for HRO managment and they'll continue
to operate. He'll be missed!

73,

Mickey N4MB


On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Bill <bmarx at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From QRZ:
> Ham Radio Outlet’s Bob Ferrero, W6RJ, has passed away after a lengthy
> illness battling cancer and heart disease.
>
> Well-known among the DX community, Bob was an active DXer & DXpeditioner,
> and supporter of ‘DX is’ for over 50 years. At HRO, W6RJ took a single
> store and made it into a national chain, which still thrives today.
>
>
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