Mal,
Yes Bill touched many lives, I will pass your condolences on
to his family.
73 Warren
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:51 AM, mal hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Warren.
> Sorry to hear about Bill Ashlock SK Some years back he sent me several
> emails about his loop antennas and design info.
> Pass this info to the appropriate destination
> de MAL/G3KEV/SCARBOROUGH/UK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren Ziegler" <[email protected]>
> To: "rsgb_lf_group" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6:41 AM
> Subject: LF: Bill Ashlock SK
>
>
> 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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73 Warren K2ORS
WD2XGJ
WD2XSH/23
WE2XEB/2
WE2XGR/1
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