[amsat-bb] Norm Mc Sweyn N3YKF SK

[Paul Andrews]

In December 2015, I worked Norm - 8R1/N3YKF in Guyana - via satellite
on SO-50, FO-29, and AO-7 - all on the same day.  Awesome, dedicated
SAT DXP OP.

Rest in peace Norm.  73 / ..

Paul - W2HRO


On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 2:06 PM B J <va6bmj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/13/18, John Papay <john at papays.com> wrote:
> > Norm, N3YKF, became a Silent Key on 12December2018 after a
> > long battle with a rare form of cancer.  He underwent many
> > operations and treatments, spending months in and out
> > of the hospital.
> >
> > Norm was an experimenter and satellite dxpeditioner.  He
> > was constantly working on his "portable" setup which
> > included az/el rotors and CP antennas.  He operated from
> > Peru, Guyana, Suriname, San Andres Island, Tobago Island
> > and other rare places.  I remember that he took cavities
> > on his second trip to Peru to fight the RF pollution there.
> >
> > Norm would often post on the amsat-bb in response to
> > requests for help with antenna and rotor problems.  He
> > spent most of his time working on his portable setup
> > rather than operating. He will be missed.
>
> I worked N3YKF over AO-51 in 2011-11.  He was in EL99 at the time,
> making him one of my furthest contacts, around 3700 km from DO33.  He
> was not only a new station for me but also provided me with a new grid
> square.
>
> Thank you, Norm.
>
> 73s
>
> Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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