This is the saddest of news and I am overwhelmed but not surprised. Two weeks
ago, another RTTY contester could have easily been
lost - me.
On October 22, I was mowing my lawn when I had a tightness in my chest. I had
felt this before while cutting grass but it always
went away when I took a break. This time, however, it did not go away. My wife
and I decided to call 911. I was rushed to the
hospital even though the EKG performed by the paramedics were negative. Even
the first enzyme blood test was negative for any heart
problem. A second enzyme test performed 6 hours later showed enough of a change
that a cardiologist recommended an angiogram. The
angiogram showed a 50-60% blockage in my left main artery and a 90% blockage in
my right artery. On October 25, I underwent triple
bypass surgery at age 56. I am home recovering and all is well. I didn't really
want to announce this publicly but in light of
Andrei's passing, I thought everyone could use a wakeup call.
I will not speculate on Andrei's cause of death, but don't think it won't
happen to you. It could have happened to me.
Andrei was a great guy whom I'd met several times and he was excellent
contester. God bless him.
Don, AA5AU
-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Fred Dennin
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 6:02 PM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] NP3D
I was just advised that in the Daily DX Bulletin today, it was announced that
Andrei, NP3D passed away unexpectedly. Here is the
excerpt:
NP3D/EW1AR (ex UC2AFZ, RC2AR, AA3BG, NC2N), Andrei Stchislenok, passed
away unexpectedly on Monday November 4th. He was 55. Andy was a very
kind hearted person and operated from many locations around the world.
I am truly saddened to hear this news. Andrei was a friend that operated here
at my station and he and I went to Costa Rica to
operate in 2009 for a week. Dayton was also spiced up by Andrei's presence as
he was the life of the party. Just look at his photo
on QRZ.COM to see how light hearted he was.
Andrei loved amateur radio, loved all modes and loved the people. He was a
very enthusiastic operator and operated from several
countries such as Estonia, Nicaragua Costa Rica, to just name a few. He made
an impression on people, generally a smile,
regardless where he was. Andrei was thoughtful and caring, picking up the
phone from time to time to just check in and make sure I
was doing ok. Every time we were together, he never failed to talk to me about
his daughter who he loved more than anything.
I will always fondly remember Andrei and will miss him very much.
May God rest your soul Andrei.
73'.Fred, WW4LL
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