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Hi all,
It is with sadness that I report the death of my
friend Andrew Corney ZL2BBJ on 23 May 2005, aged 63 years. He thought he
was cured of bladder cancer following treatment a couple of years
ago. Last August he became very ill and diagnosis was that some
cancer had escaped outside his bladder and seeded in multiple parts of his body,
which is a difficult situation to treat.
We each started experimenting with LF
transmission 15 years ago, once amateur access to 165 - 190 kHz was granted
in New Zealand. From 1997 it made sense to team up for LF
experimentation when Quartz Hill was leased by the Wellington Amateur Radio
Club, as the extensive site had opportunities for much larger antennas than are
possible from a suburban property. More recently the club got special
permission to use the 136 kHz band, so we concentrated on that. While we
enjoyed many LF sessions at Quartz Hill, I regard the best shared occasion
as being when we completed a two-way QSO with UA0LE just before sunrise on 20
March 2004.
While Andrew can no longer physically participate,
we expect he will be there in spirit when we next try working LF DX at Quartz
Hill.
Bob ZL2CA
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