Randy and I communicated regularly via email and he invited me to visit him at his home this summer. I regret that I did not have time to stop by his house when passing through his area, I always assumed I could see him the next year. Randy and I were also partners in some contests and we were on a NAQP team together this year. Randy was very kind and helpful to me, he was very talented operator. As Skip said, this is terrible news for all hams but especially for those in the Low Country.
Andy K3UK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "KH6TY" <kh...@...> wrote: > > The hams lost were Ed, K3IXD, Pete, W2GJ, Randy, K4QO, and Dallas, KZ4Z. We > will miss them all very much. They were just at our Lowcountry Contest Club > monthly dinner a week ago. > > 73 Skip KH6TY > ----- Original Message ----- > From: obrienaj > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:19 PM > Subject: [digitalradio] Digital CQWW ops lost in plane crash ? > > > Unconfirmed reports suggest that K4QO and "others" dies in a plane crash > today. Not sure who the "others" were/are. > > 22/10/2009: Once again Pete/W2GJ, Ed/K3IXD, Dallas/W3PP, and Randy/K4QO > will operate in the Multi-Operator, Two Transmitters (M/2) Class in the CQWW > SSB contest (24-25 October) as C6APR from the Crooked Island Lodge (WW Loc. > FL22TT), Crooked Island (NA-133), The Bahamas. The team will be active from > 22-26 October. Before and after the contest look for C6AQO on HF CW and SSB, > and C6AXD on HF RTTY. Both C6AQO and C6AXD will be on 160m through 10m > including the WARC bands. All the QSOs are good for the Bird Rock lighthouse > (ARLHS BAH-005) under the 'visual sight' rule. All QSLs via K3IXD, direct or > bureau. [K3IXD] > > 4 die in small plane crash near Charleston SC > > By BRUCE SMITH (AP) - 6 hours ago > > JEDBURG, S.C. - Authorities say four people were killed when a small plane > crashed and burst into flames shortly after departure near the South Carolina > coast. > > Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said agents at > the scene confirmed that four people died in the fiery crash. The twin-engine > Piper PA-23 crashed shortly after departure around 6:45 a.m. Wednesday near > the Summerville airport in a rural area northwest of Jedburg. > > Dorchester County Administrator Jason Ward says the plane was fully > engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The flight plan indicated the > aircraft was headed to Florida. > > Jedburg is around 30 miles northwest of Charleston. >
