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
perceptive man who always wanted to support his ideas with practical
experimental data. His expertise will be missed in the community, but hopefully
the details of his work will be archived for the future.
Alan Melia
G3NYK
--- On Wed, 28/3/12, Warren Ziegler <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Warren Ziegler <[email protected]>
> Subject: LF: Bill Ashlock SK
> To: "rsgb_lf_group" <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, 28 March, 2012, 7:41
> I just received the disturbing
> information that Bill Ashlock passed
> away on March 10 from a sudden heart attack.
> Bill did not hold an amateur license but he was an
> inveterate
> experimenter on the unlicensed "Lowfer" band (160-190 kHz)
> and also
> 500 kHz as WE2XGR/5 .
> Bill was an electrical engineer (retired) and most widely
> known for
> his well documented and methodical antenna experiments,
> particularly
> transmitting loops.
> Bill had been retired for some time now and had been
> building a cabin
> in the mountains of Northern New Hampshire from scratch
> mostly be his
> own labor.
> Bill was physically very active and hiked quite a bit in the
> rugged
> terrain around his home.
>
> Recently Bill had built a vertical antenna with an elevated
> counterpoise on the mountain in NH (good electrical ground
> being hard
> to obtain on the mountain) and had been using it on 185kHz
> with plans
> to test it 500kHz this Spring.
>
> Bill was a good friend (though I hadn't met his wife or
> daughter) and
> helped me get on 137kHz with my transmitting loop antenna.
>
> Bill will be missed!
>
>
> http://www.andovertownsman.com/obituaries/x467323294/William-Ashlock-72
>
> (Forwarded message below from the US LOWFER Reflector)
>
> Hi Mike -
>
> I hope this e-mail finds you well.
>
> We've never met, but I'm the daughter of Bill Ashlock (WM);
> I've been
> living in Seattle for the last 11 years.
>
> I understand that you communicated with and met my dad while
> enjoying your
> shared lowfer hobby.
>
> I'm very sorry to say that my father died suddenly over the
> weekend of a
> heart attack. My mom specifically requested that I
> track you down and let
> you know. (So I hope I've got the right e-mail
> address;
> http://www.lwca.org/sitepage/part15/callmain.htm lists
> you as being @
> email.com, but as I'd not heard of that domain, I thought
> I'd try gmail as
> well.)
>
> Lowfer antennas were one of my dad's favorite hobbies both
> before and after
> he retired almost a decade ago. Thanks for being one
> of the reasons that
> he enjoyed it so much.
>
> If you have the time, can you please let anyone else in the
> lowfer
> community who knew him know that he has passed away?
> I'd very much
> appreciate it.
>
> -Susan
>
> p.s. As far as I know, "WM" should still be
> transmitting. :)
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> 73 Warren K2ORS
> WD2XGJ
> WD2XSH/23
> WE2XEB/2
> WE2XGR/1
>
>
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