Mike, Very sad news... I am shocked. Dianne and I send our deepest condolences and prayers to his family... He will be sorely missed. Great ham and person... one of the people that make the fabric of a great land we live in... Robert made it better. I just got my antenna fixed and had been listening for Robert. We always had great conversations on the repeater. Just not enough eyeball QSO's. 72 is not old! We lost a great friend... š¢ 73, Pat KJ5Y
On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 2:42āÆPM Gokhan KORALTURK via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > It's sad news. Condolences to all his friends and family. May he rest in > peace. > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 1:10āÆPM s.c.flowers via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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: >> >> ļ»æ >> >> 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 >> ājack of all tradesā. I looked the phrase up and found the rest of it truly >> matched Robert ā āA jack of all trades, master of none, but oftentimes >> better than a master of one". Robertās 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 2000ās 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 Robertās 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]/ >> >> ________________________________________________ >> 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]/ >> > > > -- > Gokhan KORALTURK > ________________________________________________ > 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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