[SMCARA] FW: ARLX002 Well-Known Contester Bill Fisher, W4AN, SK

Tue, 6 Apr 2004 23:54:27 -0400

For those of you that may not realize, Bill Fisher was the founder of
eHam.net and Contesting.com

A.J. Farmer
AJ3U

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Subject: ARLX002 Well-Known Contester Bill Fisher, W4AN, SK

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ARLX002 Well-Known Contester Bill Fisher, W4AN, SK

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Special Bulletin 2  ARLX002
>From ARRL Headquarters  
Newington CT  April 6, 2004
To all radio amateurs 

SB SPCL ARL ARLX002
ARLX002 Well-Known Contester Bill Fisher, W4AN, SK

Bill J. Fisher, W4AN (ex-KM9P), of Alpharetta, Georgia, died
unexpectedly April 4. He was 41. An ARRL Life Member, Fisher and fellow
Georgian John Laney, K4BAI, took the silver medal at World Radiosport
Team Championship 1996 in the San Francisco Bay area and they competed
in WRTC-02 in Finland as OJ3D.

Fisher was the founder of the Contesting.com Web site. During the 1980s
and 1990s, he contributed more than a dozen articles to the National
Contest Journal. He was a member of the South East Contest Club, the
South East DX Club, the First-Class CW Operators' Club and the A-1
Operator Club. In addition to being a ham radio contester, he was an
avid bicycle racer.

Fisher was founder and Vice President of Concentric Systems Inc and he
also established and served as president of Akorn Access Inc, an
Internet service provider and consulting company. Survivors include his
wife, Dana, and their sons Graeme and Erik. A memorial service will
begin at 11 AM at L. W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home & Crematory, 150
Sawnee Drive, Cumming, Georgia. NNNN /EX