Subj : Newsline Part 1
To : ALL
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 08 2016 06:17 pm
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2019, July 8, 2016
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2019, with a release date of Friday,
July 8, 2016, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. BREAKING NEWS: Amateur Electronic Supply is
closing at the end of the month. National Parks on the Air goes to the
White House -- and hams mount a tribute to 19 who died in an Arizona
wildfire. All this and more, in Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number
2019, coming your way right now.
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A TRIBUTE TO DAVE BOOTH, KC6WFS, SK
PAUL/ANCHOR: Before this week's report, we have a personal note, and a
somber one for many of us at Amateur Radio Newsline, and in the larger
community of amateurs. Here's Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.
DON: We've lost another member of the Newsline family. To my knowledge,
his voice was never heard an any Newsline newscast, but he was no less
important. His name is Dave Booth, KC6WFS. Dave passed away June 29th.
Dave was Bill Pasternak's neighbor and close friend. They were
colleagues, both professionally, and in amateur radio. They shared a
love of 6 meters, among many other common interests. Bill was a camera
buff and video engineer, Dave was a camera operator for Disney. Dave
Booth worked with Bill, and the late Dave Bell, W6AQ, on one of the
more recent ARRL amateur radio videos, 2011's The DIY Magic of Amateur
Radio. Dave Booth was the principal videographer. Dave did a lot of
back stage and behind the scenes work for Amateur Radio Newsline as
well, but it was as Bill Pasternak's sounding board and confidante
where Dave shined brightest. I can't tell you how many times I answered
the phone over the last 20 years to be greeted by Bill's cheerful hello,
only to be followed closely by "Dave is here, say hi to Dave". That was
always a treat. Those high level Newsline planning meetings with Bill
and Dave were most often held in a very special location... Dave's hot
tub. Ah, Southern California living at it's best.
As for my memories of Dave Booth, I only had the fortune to meet him
once, and spend a Huntsville Hamfest weekend with him and Bill. It was
sometime around 1997 I think. Dave traveled with Bill to Huntsville for
the Young Ham Of the Year award presentation. It was standard practice
for Bill to fly into Birmimgham, because it was less expensive. He
would stay the night with David Black, KB4KCH, and, as my route from
south Louisiana took me through Birmingham, Bill would ride with me the
100 miles north to Huntsville. Dave was a lot of fun to hang around with
that weekend.
Dave and I shared a love of fast cars and motorcycles. Dave did a V8
conversion on a Datsun 240Z, and shot lots of drag race pics over the
years. He owned a 1968 Camaro SS/RS. Knowing our shared love of Camaros
and Firebirds, it was a no brainer to call Dave when I found my dream
car, a 1973 Firebird Trans Am for sale online. The car was located in
Huntington Beach, California. Dave offered to drive 90 minutes to
inspect the car, and video the test drive for me. As this was 1999,
pre-YouTube, that video tape, in VHS-C format, and the adaptor required
for me to play it on my full size VHS VCR, was FedExed overnight to me
by Dave. I bought the car based solely on that video, and Dave's opinion
of the car. Were it not for Hurricane Katrina, I would still own that car.
That's the kind of guy Dave Booth was. Always ready and willing to help
out however, and whenever he could.
Dave battled chronic pain and depression for most of his life. He was
devastated when Bill passed away, and Dave Bell's passing only made that
worse. Dave and I spoke regularly in the year since Bill's passing about
matters related to Newsline and Bill's estate. I last spoke with him only
a week or two before he died. He leaves behind a wife and daughter. He
is in a better place now. Likely a hot tub in Heaven with Bill and Dave
Bell.
Dave Booth, KC6WFS. He was a good man.
We'll miss you, Dave.
PAUL: That was Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks, AE5DW, remembering
Dave Booth, KC6WFS, now a Silent Key.
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BREAKING NEWS:
PAUL/ANCHOR: This week's newscast begins with Breaking News: Amateur
Electronic Supply, the second-largest ham radio dealer in the U.S., is
closing. The Milwaukee-based seller plans to shut its doors at the end
of the this month after more than 50 years of serving the amateur radio
community. Amateur Electronic Supply has four locations: Its corporate
headquarters in Milwaukee; the Cleveland area; Las Vegas and Orlando,
Florida.
The business began as a venture by a then-18-year-old Terry Sterman,
W9DIA, in Milwaukee in 1957. It was founded as Amateur Electronic Supply,
LLC in 1998, according to business records, including Bloomberg. Terry
Sterman became a Silent Key in 1999.
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