---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "SidShusterman" <[email protected]> Date: Jul 26, 2014 5:53 AM Subject: Re: VE7BS Silent Key To: "VE7EF Ed Frazer" <[email protected]> Cc: "Eldridge, Anne" <[email protected]>, "Tree" <[email protected]>, "Bernie McClenny, W3UR" <[email protected]>
Hi Ed- I am not at present a subscriber to the Top Band Reflector. I asked Tree to post it and I am including him here with the same request. It is difficult to lose two wonderful radio friends in such a short time. I am also including Bernie, W3UR. He publishes a daily and weekly digest of DX news and events. I send my heartfelt condolences to the Eldridge family. 73, Sid K3SX On 7/26/2014 1:12 AM, VE7EF Ed Frazer wrote: Hi Sid I wonder if you could post the following on the TopBand Reflector, that Bob Eldridge VE7BS is now a Silent Key. He passed away on July 15 at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, BC after a short stay. He was 93. His daughter had forwarded to me e-mails from TopBand that Bob Briggs VK3ZL had died, and I read the e-mails to Bob Eldridge in his hospital bed. His eyes teared, and he dictated a message which I sent to Jeannie. VE7BS was a regular columnist for The Canadian Amateur Magazine (TCA), the journal of Radio Amateurs of Canada. His column was called "QUA - A Topical Digest" and was one of the most popular features of TCA. Even in Bob's final weeks, he completed his column for the September issue and added a sidebar that this was to be his final column, thanked his readers for their input, and wished them well. The editor of TCA plans a tribute article on Bob later in the year. Bob VE7BS is survived by his daughter, Anne Eldridge, Granddaughter Taomi, and two sisters in England. Friends wishing to contact the family may do so to [email protected] 73 Ed Frazer VE7EF West Vancouvrer, BC Canada [email protected] _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
