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Subject: [CQ-Contest] GW4BLE SK
From: Ian Pritchard via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Ian Pritchard <g3wvg@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 20:41:09 +0000 (UTC)
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Hello all.
I'm sure you'll be sad to hear the news that Steve GW4BLE passed away in the 
early hours of Friday the 2nd of December, his wife Mandy was with him to the 
end.  
He was born in South Wales in 1952.  He grew up in what was probably the 
hey-day of Amateur Radio.  As a teenager he was a member of the local  
Blackwood Amateur Radio club, where he  rapidly progressed from SWL to fully 
licensed Amateur.  He became a keen DX'er but what really motivated him was 
contesting.  He simply loved it.  His favourite was, of course, CQWW SSB.
Anyone around the world who has ever taken part in an SSB contest will 
recognise his callsign.  Steve was one of the good guys, fiercely competitive 
but always ready to offer help and encouragement.  Scrupulously honest in every 
respect he was an excellent operator who was always ready to adopt new 
practices and squeeze the most out of his station.  He crammed more antennas 
into his small garden than one might have thought possible!
Steve had been diagnosed with cancer a while back.  It seemed as though the 
surgery had been successful in eliminating it.  He was a a fighter and always 
positive. Unfortunately, over time, complications developed and in the end his 
cancer returned with a vengeance.

Amazingly , even in very poor health, Steve managed to put in an entry for this 
year's CQWW SSB contest.  He simply said he wanted to be a part of the greatest 
contest in the calendar.   Many of us have lost a dear friend and the world of 
Amateur Radio will be a poorer place without him.

73 Ian G3WVG




 
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