[amsat-bb] W3HQX Perry F. Crabill SK

[Larry]

To all Metro DC area amateur radio operators:

I am saddened to report to the amateur radio community that Perry F.
Crabill, W3HQX, member of AMSAT, born in 1920, formerly of Washington DC
and suburban Maryland and until his passing of Winchester Virginia, is
now a Silent Key at age 97, as reported in Friday's Winchester Star. 
Perry was first licensed as W3HQX in "19ought38" as he was wont to say,
worked for C&P telephone for many years, served in the US Navy in World
War Two as a radio technician (passing the difficult Eddy test,) and was
active for almost 70 years in a variety of amateur radio activities. 
Known affectionately by the 147.300 repeater's "Question Of the Day"
group as "The Professor", Perry had a wide range of on-the-air
acquaintances.

We are diminished by his passing.

There will be a memorial service and celebration of his life held on
Saturday March 24th at 3:00 PM at the Jones Funeral Home at 228 S.
Pleasant Valley Road, Winchester, VA 22601, 540-662-2523, 
http://www.jonesfuneralhomes.com/     This memorial service is open to
the public and especially to all members of the amateur community.  On
display will be the early logbooks from W3HQX, including his first
dating from August of 1938, QSL cards, and other memorabilia from his
long life.

Please forward this announcement to any who may be interested.  Those
who knew Perry are welcome to share anecdotes from Perry's life; those
may be presented at the service or forwarded to Larry Wright, W8ANT for
inclusion.

Larry Wright W8ANT

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