[Moon] Fw: [Moon-net] W7GBI

[peter blair]

 Friends,  I am forwarding this to the Moon reflector as I believe that some 
of you  who would have known Charlie do not see the moon net reflector.
 Peter G3LTF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alfred Green" <nu8i at cox.net>
To: "moon" <moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net>
Cc: "K2UYH" <a.katz at ieee.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:41 AM
Subject: [Moon-net] W7GBI


> It is with great sadness that I note the passing of Charlie, W7GBI,
> earlier this evening. He died peacefully, after a short illness.
>
> It was just a few months ago that many of us joined with Charlie and his
> family to celebrate his 90th birthday. Many tales were told, it is such
> a shame that most have not been recorded. It was not just his radio
> exploits, but also an illustrious military career, that had us
> captivated. However, he was characteristically humble, not admitting
> that he had done anything special; the rest of us mortals thought
> differently.
>
> Charlie had a long time fascination with the moon, active primarily on
> 432 and 1296 with his big homebrew dish, and also had some good contacts
> on 2304 and 5760. He even had a QSO on 220 many years ago. He was
> working on getting enough power on 10GHz to add that to the list.
>
> Although not active off the moon in the last couple of years, he was a
> strong presence on the AZ microwave front. He was the point man for most
> 1296 and 10Gig tropo activity. All portable activity centered on having
> a path to Charlie, because we knew he'd be there, with his excellent HB
> system.
>
> He was one of the pair of Arizona stations with 24Gig narrow-band rigs.
> But being the renaissance fellow that he was, he was also working on a
> pair of 813s in a big top-band AM rig.
>
> He had a huge impact on the radio community here, and I suspect that
> there were ripples across the globe.
>
> RIP, Charlie, my friend.
>
> 73  Alf  NU8I  DM43an
>
> _______________________________________________
> Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at 
> http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html
>
>