[SOC] Fwd: SOC Call Sign

Wed Nov 17 23:31:45 EST 2010

Well Bob,
That number 69 alone would qualify Hank, but here is one real live testimonial
about Hank plucked from the QRP-L  web list today.  Thank you for the info.

Jim / W1FMR
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Nothing I can say or write can do justice to Hank K8DD.  

However I wanted to thank him publicly for all he did for me.  His kindness, after all is said and done, affected hundreds of other hams.  Hank had a broad brush, QRP, Contesting, and DXing.  

Hank was tough as nails and fearless, but never mean to anyone.  He love to joke around and I never saw him when he wasn?t smiling a lot.  There are only a few people that I wish I could be more like, Hank is one of them.   

After doing Arkiecon for a few years I took a break, kind of drifting amuck when I got an email from Hank asking what I was up to and I was being way too quiet.  A few weeks later he asked if I would set up the ARCI booth in Dallas.  This was long before I really was involved with ARCI.  So that year Kathy and I went down to Hamcom,we had the time of our lives.  In a way Hank had an affect on Kathy's life path as well.    

Slowly over time Hank would pull at me to try and do other things like being on the ARCI BOD and helping moderate QRP lists, etc.  One of the highlight?s of my life was getting to go to South America with him, his best bud Stan AC8W, and Jim Vinge KB8TXZ.  Going through all the airports with tons of gear, spending a week in Suriname, getting a tour of the city of Paramaribo and nearby countryside is something I think of often.  Everyone that knows me well, knows I am a homebody for sure.  After the trip was planned I tried to back out a few times, Hank would gently push on.  I was scared to death to go on that trip.  It was truly an adventure, just as he had planned it to be.  There are many side stories from this trip that I will tell at another time.  

It is always very hard to lose someone you are close to, but for some reason that I can?t explain Hank?s passing is much harder on me than with my own relatives!  I look at my family and friends with a new appreciation because of his passing.  I just wish he were here so I could thank him in person for all he has done! 

There is updated info on Hank on the ARCI web page.   http://www.qrparci.org/   

73 de w5jay/jay..

--- On Wed, 11/17/10, Bob Nielsen <n7xy at clearwire.net> wrote:

From: Bob Nielsen <n7xy at clearwire.net>
Subject: Re: [SOC] Fwd: SOC Call Sign
To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 11:07 PM

Hank was SOC #69

Bob, N7XY

On Nov 17, 2010, at 7:10 PM, Jim F. wrote:

> Long time QRPer and DXer Hank K8DD (SK) is worthy of a memorial event but I don't know if he was an SOC member or not.
> 
> jim / W1FMR
>  
> 
> --- On Wed, 11/17/10, Bob Patten <n4bp at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Bob Patten <n4bp at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [SOC] Fwd: SOC Call Sign
> To: "SOC Reflector" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: "Ryan Pike" <ryan.pike at fhinds.co.uk>
> Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 2:57 PM
> 
> 
> SOC Members now hold four SOC club calls:
> 
> W0SOC (Bob Roske, N0UF)
> W1SOC (Bob Patten, N4BP)
> W5SOC (John Schneider, K7UP)
> M0SOC (Ryan Pike, G5CL)
> 
> It is my hope that we can activate all four in the next FOC event. 
> Personally, I had a blast in the FOC QSO Party last month using W1SOC.
> 
> The SOC Marathon Sprints were canceled due to lack of participation. 
> But it is my further hope that we can initiate a new SOC event in the 
> same tradition as the FOC's Bill Windle QSO Party.  Suggestions as to a 
> fellow SOCer who has become a SK that we might honor with such an event?
> Ryan further suggested just now that we hold our event on the closest 
> Saturday to April 1st.  I'm thinking of a 24 hour event from 0000Z 
> Saturday to 0000Z Sunday (7PM Fri to 7PM Saturday EST).
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: SOC Call Sign
> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:52:28 +0000 (GMT)
> From: rpike78088 at tiscali.co.uk <rpike78088 at tiscali.co.uk>
> To: n4bp at arrl.net
> 
> I am very pleased to announce that as of today's date, SOC
> has a new call sign to add to its already very proud fleet. Those
> lovely people at Ofcom here in the UK have just issued me with 'M0SOC'
> so we can now spread the word over this side of the pond (for further
> details, please visit QRZ.com!)
> 
> Can wait
> for the next FOC CW event!
> 
> 73,
> 
> Ryan G5CL
> SOC 890
> 
> 
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