[v7arcssbnet] [V7ARC] V7ARC meeting January 2022 - I need to miss this one

[Richard Hendricks]

Our deepest condolences to you and your family, Steve.

73 - Rick
KE0GB

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Richard A. Hendricks, CET, FCC GROL
Master Sergeant, U S Army (Retired) Signal Corps
Retired Railroad Engineer, BNSF Ry.
Amateur Radio in USA: KE0GB.
Email: rickh6155 at gmail.com

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On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 12:33 PM Steve Schaarschmidt <shakeastick at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> I will not be able to attend this month's meeting as my family is preparing
> a funeral.
> My "Dear Ol' Dad" Don, WØOTZ passed away peacefully two days ago.
> A very small fraction of our club might remember him from PPRAA around
> 1977.
>
> Dad passed his Novice exams in 1953 and soon earned his General as W8LMY;
> his brother Al is still licensed as W8LMX.
> Dad started me in ham radio in the 1970s by teaching me enough to earn
> WNØQPQ.
> We had a CW-only station at home that favored 40-meter coverage to
> California!
>
> It's been decades since Dad operated, though he has kept his license up.
> When I offered to get him on the air a few years ago, he told me that he
> wasn't interested.
> "I got you started," he said, "and that's good enough for me."
>
> A notice of Don Schaarschmidt's passing and service will appear in Sunday's
> Gazette.
>
> I'll see you next month, Village Seven!
>
> 73,
>
>  = Steve KØCI
> V7ARC president
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