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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:56:44 +0100 (BST)
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Warren please pass on to Susan my condolences. I had many fascinating email=
 exchanges with Bill since joining the LWCA Lowfer Group. He was a very per=
ceptive man who always wanted to support his ideas with practical experimen=
tal data. His expertise will be missed in the community, but hopefully the =
details of his work will be archived for the future.=0A=0AAlan Melia=0AG3NY=
K=0A=0A=0A--- On Wed, 28/3/12, Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj@gmail.com> wrote:=0A=
=0A> From: Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj@gmail.com>=0A> Subject: LF: Bill Ashlock =
SK=0A> To: "rsgb_lf_group" <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>=0A> Date: Wednesd=
ay, 28 March, 2012, 7:41=0A> I just received the disturbing=0A> information=
 that Bill Ashlock passed=0A> away on=A0 March 10 from a sudden heart attac=
k.=0A> Bill did not hold an amateur license but he was an=0A> inveterate=0A=
> experimenter on the unlicensed "Lowfer" band (160-190 kHz)=0A> and also=
=0A> 500 kHz as WE2XGR/5 .=0A> Bill was an electrical engineer (retired) an=
d most widely=0A> known for=0A> his well documented and methodical antenna =
experiments,=0A> particularly=0A> transmitting loops.=0A> Bill had been ret=
ired for some time now and had been=0A> building a cabin=0A> in the mountai=
ns of Northern New Hampshire from scratch=0A> mostly be his=0A> own labor.=
=0A> Bill was physically very active and hiked quite a bit in the=0A> rugge=
d=0A> terrain around his home.=0A> =0A> Recently Bill had built a vertical =
antenna with an elevated=0A> counterpoise on the mountain in NH (good elect=
rical ground=0A> being hard=0A> to obtain on the mountain) and had been usi=
ng it on 185kHz=0A> with plans=0A> to test it 500kHz this Spring.=0A> =0A> =
Bill was a good friend (though I hadn't met his wife or=0A> daughter) and=
=0A> helped me get on 137kHz with my transmitting loop antenna.=0A> =0A> Bi=
ll will be missed!=0A> =0A> =0A> http://www.andovertownsman.com/obituaries/=
x467323294/William-Ashlock-72=0A> =0A> (Forwarded message below from the US=
 LOWFER Reflector)=0A> =0A> Hi Mike -=0A> =0A> I hope this e-mail finds you=
 well.=0A> =0A> We've never met, but I'm the daughter of Bill Ashlock (WM);=
=0A> I've been=0A> living in Seattle for the last 11 years.=0A> =0A> I unde=
rstand that you communicated with and met my dad while=0A> enjoying your=0A=
> shared lowfer hobby.=0A> =0A> I'm very sorry to say that my father died s=
uddenly over the=0A> weekend of a=0A> heart attack.=A0 My mom specifically =
requested that I=0A> track you down and let=0A> you know.=A0 (So I hope I'v=
e got the right e-mail=0A> address;=0A> http://www.lwca.org/sitepage/part15=
/callmain.htm lists=0A> you as being @=0A> email.com, but as I'd not heard =
of that domain, I thought=0A> I'd try gmail as=0A> well.)=0A> =0A> Lowfer a=
ntennas were one of my dad's favorite hobbies both=0A> before and after=0A>=
 he retired almost a decade ago.=A0 Thanks for being one=0A> of the reasons=
 that=0A> he enjoyed it so much.=0A> =0A> If you have the time, can you ple=
ase let anyone else in the=0A> lowfer=0A> community who knew him know that =
he has passed away?=A0=0A> I'd very much=0A> appreciate it.=0A> =0A> -Susan=
=0A> =0A> p.s. As far as I know, "WM" should still be=0A> transmitting.=A0=
=A0=A0:)=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> -- =0A> 73 Warren K2ORS=0A> =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WD2XGJ=0A> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WD2XSH/2=
3=0A> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WE2XEB/2=0A> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 WE2XGR/1=0A> =0A>