Hello,
Certainly echo many of the sentiments regarding Eddie.
Ray, you need to get back on RTTY. You would be surprised at how many of
us "old timers" still know how to spell "Ortgiesen" from having it burned
into our minds from staring at it on your RTTY contest S/W during a contest.
Thanks, Tony, for passing on all the information about two of the guys that
made RTTY and RTTY contesting interesting and fun way back when.
73,
Mike, K4GMH
On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Neal Campbell <nealk3nc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Boy thats a punch in the chest! Eddie was one of my favorite "rtty
> characters", definitely shifted!
>
> I have searched for Ray on the internet without success, although I haven't
> done it recently. I would love for his software to become open source, it
> would be great fun to port it to windows (boy that makes me feel old to
> say, like going from 16 bit to 32 bit).
>
> Eddie, you made a difference to this ham and I have missed you since you
> disappeared. I used to send 'Whats happening with Eddie?" emails every few
> years. Sad to learn this however.
>
> Ray is such a wonderful guy and his legacy lives on, he was the inventor of
> ADIF (along with some others but he was the organizing force) I hope he
> comes back into the rtty world, I suspect he would love a brand new SDR!
>
> 73
>
>
> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal LLC
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Anthony W. DePrato <wa4jqs@mikrotec.com>
> wrote:
>
> > As some of you know i have been trying to run down some old qsls from the
> > late 90's on rtty. G0AZT/W6 was very active on the bands and a good
> friend
> > to many of us over the years. while trying to get TY on rtty confirmed
> on a
> > few bands I recalled that Eddie and Ray WF1B were there at Peters for a
> > contest in the late 90's i have found Peters DL call and address but he
> > lists that he will NOT qsl . but thinking i would give it a shot anyway i
> > had sent Peter Ray and Eddie qsl requests. i got a letter back from Ray
> > last week he is well but does not have any radios anymore he said they
> ran
> > out of qsls years ago but did confirm the contacts on the back of mine
> for
> > his and Eddie's dxped to TY.
> > Ray said i have renewed his interest in Radio by contacting him and that
> > i was the only ham he had heard from in over 10 years. so lets all hope
> Ray
> > gets back on the air. his rtty contesting software made contesting on
> rtty
> > fun. I have not heard from Peter TY1TS but i keep hoping.
> > I got a letter today for Jim McCombe.who Eddie stayed with in Calif. and
> > it is with a sad heart that i must pass along the bad news that Eddie
> G0AZT
> > became a SK on Dec 23rd 2015. from complications from Pneumonia.Jim
> said
> > eddie lost interest in radio in late 1999 and sold all his gear. he
> spent
> > his later years building computers.
> > Jim informed me he had no ideal what Eddie ever did with his logs but
> > would look and see if he could find them. He wanted me to pass along to
> the
> > rtty and UK gang that Eddie was a SK.
> > RIP OLD FRIEND
> > 73 Tony WA4JQS
> >
> > Anthony W.DePrato WA4JQS since 1962
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