Mike, Our deepest condolences to his family. 73, Stephen (OA4/W2WF)
> On Feb 5, 2026, at 08:25, Mike Hardwick via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would like to inform the club of Robert Polinski, KD5YVQ, passing on > Monday, February 2nd, 2026. Robert was 72 and lived in Kingwood and was a > life-long resident of the Houston area. > > For those who only know Robert by name and call sign, he was truly a “jack of > all trades”. I looked the phrase up and found the rest of it truly matched > Robert – “A jack of all trades, master of none, but oftentimes better than a > master of one". Robert’s career took him from computer networking to > electronics repair to industrial construction to automotive maintenance. His > hobbies covered an even bigger area from motorcycle riding to fire-truck > restoration to amateur radio. Robert was a multi-talented individual that > will truly be missed. > > As most of you know, Robert was the trustee of the 146.94 repeater. Robert > took the reins of 94 in the 2000’s from WA5CYI. He then over saw the new > transmission line and antenna installation in 2013. Robert maintained the 94 > repeater for nearly 20 years and worked tirelessly to make sure it stayed on > the air during that time. Robert was a person that not only took care of the > equipment he took care of the hams that used it. > > As more information is known about surviving family and memorial services, I > will pass it along to the club. > > Please keep Robert’s family in your thoughts. > > Mike Hardwick, N5VCX > > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > Board of Directors > 713-826-6917 > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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