Norm Mc Sweyn N3YKF SK
Norm, N3YKF, became a Silent Key on 12December2018 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer. He underwent many operations and treatments, spending months in and out of the hospital.
Norm was an experimenter and satellite dxpeditioner. He was constantly working on his "portable" setup which included az/el rotors and CP antennas. He operated from Peru, Guyana, Suriname, San Andres Island, Tobago Island and other rare places. I remember that he took cavities on his second trip to Peru to fight the RF pollution there.
Norm would often post on the amsat-bb in response to requests for help with antenna and rotor problems. He spent most of his time working on his portable setup rather than operating. He will be missed.
John K8YSE
On 12/13/18, John Papay [email protected] wrote:
Norm, N3YKF, became a Silent Key on 12December2018 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer. He underwent many operations and treatments, spending months in and out of the hospital.
Norm was an experimenter and satellite dxpeditioner. He was constantly working on his "portable" setup which included az/el rotors and CP antennas. He operated from Peru, Guyana, Suriname, San Andres Island, Tobago Island and other rare places. I remember that he took cavities on his second trip to Peru to fight the RF pollution there.
Norm would often post on the amsat-bb in response to requests for help with antenna and rotor problems. He spent most of his time working on his portable setup rather than operating. He will be missed.
I worked N3YKF over AO-51 in 2011-11. He was in EL99 at the time, making him one of my furthest contacts, around 3700 km from DO33. He was not only a new station for me but also provided me with a new grid square.
Thank you, Norm.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
In December 2015, I worked Norm - 8R1/N3YKF in Guyana - via satellite on SO-50, FO-29, and AO-7 - all on the same day. Awesome, dedicated SAT DXP OP.
Rest in peace Norm. 73 / ..
Paul - W2HRO
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 2:06 PM B J [email protected] wrote:
On 12/13/18, John Papay [email protected] wrote:
Norm, N3YKF, became a Silent Key on 12December2018 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer. He underwent many operations and treatments, spending months in and out of the hospital.
Norm was an experimenter and satellite dxpeditioner. He was constantly working on his "portable" setup which included az/el rotors and CP antennas. He operated from Peru, Guyana, Suriname, San Andres Island, Tobago Island and other rare places. I remember that he took cavities on his second trip to Peru to fight the RF pollution there.
Norm would often post on the amsat-bb in response to requests for help with antenna and rotor problems. He spent most of his time working on his portable setup rather than operating. He will be missed.
I worked N3YKF over AO-51 in 2011-11. He was in EL99 at the time, making him one of my furthest contacts, around 3700 km from DO33. He was not only a new station for me but also provided me with a new grid square.
Thank you, Norm.
73s
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Very said to hear of Norms passing. We've exchanged emails many times over the years on various rotor and controller issues I was trying to resolve, for myself or others. Norm's reply's were almost always the most useful. Like John said Norm didn't operate much, In 20 years, and 20,000 plus sat contacts I worked him once, when he was in the Bahamas. But if you posted a rotor problem you could expect Norm to send you an email with useful information. In the satellite community Norm will be missed. God speed Norm.......
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: John Papay Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 12:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Norm Mc Sweyn N3YKF SK
Norm, N3YKF, became a Silent Key on 12December2018 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer. He underwent many operations and treatments, spending months in and out of the hospital.
Norm was an experimenter and satellite dxpeditioner. He was constantly working on his "portable" setup which included az/el rotors and CP antennas. He operated from Peru, Guyana, Suriname, San Andres Island, Tobago Island and other rare places. I remember that he took cavities on his second trip to Peru to fight the RF pollution there.
Norm would often post on the amsat-bb in response to requests for help with antenna and rotor problems. He spent most of his time working on his portable setup rather than operating. He will be missed.
John K8YSE
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