10-12-2016, 09:52 AM
Sad to hear we've lost another.
I worked him from VK3 on a number of occasions, when I lived there in the 1960s, and also when I was portable on the south side of Brisbane, one year.
He always had a LOUD, clean signal and when the band opened, he was generally first in and last out.
Back in the 1970s, when I worked at IPS (now Space Weather Services) and pursued anecdotes and logs from radio amateurs who'd worked transequatorial propagation, I did a whistle-stop tour of Queensland coastal cities, meeting and talking to those who'd contacted IPS. Naturally, John was one of them. I visited his QTH in Brisbane (at the time) and spent a few hours discussing his rigs, his logs and his experiences. Amazing !
In recent years I bought some bits and pieces from him he'd advertised and we exchanged a few emails.
Vale John. It was sure good to know you.
I worked him from VK3 on a number of occasions, when I lived there in the 1960s, and also when I was portable on the south side of Brisbane, one year.
He always had a LOUD, clean signal and when the band opened, he was generally first in and last out.
Back in the 1970s, when I worked at IPS (now Space Weather Services) and pursued anecdotes and logs from radio amateurs who'd worked transequatorial propagation, I did a whistle-stop tour of Queensland coastal cities, meeting and talking to those who'd contacted IPS. Naturally, John was one of them. I visited his QTH in Brisbane (at the time) and spent a few hours discussing his rigs, his logs and his experiences. Amazing !
In recent years I bought some bits and pieces from him he'd advertised and we exchanged a few emails.
Vale John. It was sure good to know you.