Hi Alan,
I will most certainly pass your condolences on to Bill's family.
73 Warren
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:56 AM, ALAN MELIA <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>
--
73 Warren K2ORS
WD2XGJ
WD2XSH/23
WE2XEB/2
WE2XGR/1
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