Joe We were also shocked and very sorry to hear of Bill's sudden passing. I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person. Like Bob, he attended the same University and read the same degree.
We are so grateful for his contributions over many years to WSJT-X. His support for users was first class, and he even joined the EME reflectors to give support to EME users during the roll-out of Q65, despite not being active himself on EME. He was contributing there regularly, and some of his last efforts were to support the use of WSJT-X for Doppler control on CW on the microwave bands. He was also a very patient and diligent teacher, tutoring and helping those who wished to make small contributions to the project. I am very grateful for the time he spent in such ways. Bill will surely be greatly missed, and sincere condolences to his family and many friends. RIP Bill. Charlie G3WDG / DL3WDG On Sat, 4 Dec 2021 at 22:27, Joe Taylor via wsjt-devel < [email protected]> wrote: > I am very sorry to convey the sad news that Bill Somerville, G4WJS, died > suddenly and unexpectedly a few days ago. He was only about 65 years old. > > Bill was a dear friend and very close colleague, though (as is often the > case with worldwide ham radio friendships) we had met in person only a > few times. In 2013 he was the first to join me in forming a core > development group for WSJT-X, which at that time was at program version > 0.99. Bill has been closely involved with WSJT-X and related software > projects ever since. > > Our free, open-source software could not have achieved its extensive > worldwide popularity and influence in ham radio without Bill's essential > contributions. In addition to writing code for important portions of > the Qt-based user interface for WSJT-X, Bill helped to bring the overall > program structure more nearly up to professional standards. Moreover, > he devoted countless hours to program support, patiently answering > user's questions on WSJT-related forums. > > I have only started to think about the many ways in which I will miss > Bill -- not no mention how we all will miss his immense and positive > impact on WSJT-X and related projects. For more than eight years Bill > and I communicated closely and regularly on ham radio topics, sometimes > many times per day. Perhaps I will be able to write more about it in > the near future. > > Rest in peace, dear friend G4WJS. > > -- Joe, K1JT > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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