I am saddened to learn about the passing of Bill Somerville. My condolences to his family and close friends.
73, On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 4:27 PM 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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