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KL7Y dies in motorcycle accident
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by ad5q on December 10, 2002
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I first met Dan in 1966. I knew him as WA9IXF, and I was WA9MFX - actually very similar calls. We were both college freshmen majoring in physics at an engineering school on Chicago�s near south side. He was among the dozen or so friends I hung with throughout college, and we shared several classes until I switched into math & computers. Though he did sell me my first all-band SSB rig (a used HT-37), our common hobby was hardly a factor in the friendship. I do remember he expressed an interest in contesting, but at the time we had hardly any experience at all. I did my first Field Day at a park in his home town of Zion IL.
This guy was funny, and he was quite the prankster type - but that was so long ago. We graduated and went our (very) separate ways, and got new callsigns at our new homes. I don�t remember how I figured out that he was KL7Y, but do remember hearing DL1RK working him on 40 CW. I couldn�t copy him, and he didn�t know me as AD5Q yet. I had the DL move him to 20 SSB where we had propagation. He has been finding me ever since, on whatever band.
I regret that we haven�t actually met since graduating college, and we�ve both grown a lot. I do know that you would have to be a local to really know him as a contester and DX�er. I always felt we would meet up again, especially since Alaska is high on my list of places to eventually visit - but he won�t be there. The reunion will never happen.
Roy � AD5Q
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