[W8MWA] Bill Jaker, WB8RAE, SK

[Cory Sickles]

I remember Bill from the seventies.  Great guy and warn personality.  I
used to talk to him regularly on the 146.76 repeater.

Being that he was somewhat tall and the lights in WWVU's studios were set
low, he used to joke about getting a sunburn while on-camera for the
evening newscast.

I haven't seen or talked to Bill in many years, but I'm feeling a heavy
sense of loss.  Bill has a nice QRZ.com page, if anyone wants to look.

Best regards,
Cory Sickles



On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 3:09 PM Dan Ringer <k8wv at arrl.net> wrote:

> I received word this afternoon that Bill Jaker, WB8RAE, has passed away at
> his residence in New York. Bill was a long time member of the MWA, and
> until 1986, a producer and lead on-air personality for West Virginia Public
> Television. He left WV to perform the same services for Public Broadcasting
> in Binghamton, NY.  In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to West
> Virginia Public Broadcasting, or the Morgantown Public Library.
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> Dan, K8WV
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