I received the sad news below from Bob Zanotti.
Bob Thomann HB9GX was one of the hosts of The Swiss Short Wave Mary Go
Round for many years. His warm personallity and good technical radio
advice will be missed.
73 HB9GX, RIP
Dave Marthouse N2AAM
[email protected]
On 8/5/2019 5:59 AM, Robert (Bob) Zanotti wrote:
Dear Friends and Broadcasting Colleagues,
Bob Thomann's son, Rolf, called me this morning with the sad news
that my our old friend and colleague, Bob Thomann HB9GX, passed away
peacefully on Saturday afternoon 3 August local time. He would have
been 91 in September.
Bob had been in poor health for several years. In the last few years
we had only brief telephone contact by proxy, since he could no
longer speak. Bob lived alone in his home near Bern, but was
supported by a visiting nurse service and by family. I hadn't had
personal contact with Bob for several years. He didn't want company.
We used to get on ham radio from time to time for a rag-chew, but he
even gave that up some time ago.
Bob Thomann was the founder of the Swiss Shortwave Merry-Go-Round on
SBC/Swiss Radio International back in the 50's. He and I were teamed
up in 1970, when I joined SRI. We co-presented the technical mailbag
show, which became know as "The Two Bobs" for 24 years between 1970
and the show's ending in June 1994. Bob never missed a show, even
when we had to do a telephone hookup when he was hospitalized back in
the 80's.
This is the end of "The Two Bobs" Era and an era in shortwave
broadcasting in general. But I'm happy to say that the show lives on
at www.switzerlandinsound.com, where it has its own section. All that
survived from the "Merry-Go-Round" is there, including new material
we produced especially for the website. And this will remain as a
memorial to Bob Thomann and his contribution to shortwave
broadcasting as long as I'm still around.
Bob Thomann was my friend, colleague and fellow ham operator for many
years. I will always fondly remember those golden days we shared
together. Long live those memories.
Bob Thomann HB9GX Silent Key
73,
Bob Zanotti
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