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- Tom Attwood W6IXP, Silent Key
- The following has just been received from Barry K6ST: "It is with great sadness to report the passing today of Tom W6IXP. He went way too fast and he will be missed greatly by his large family, his friends, and the ham radio community. Tom was a member of the NCCC (Northern California Contest Club) and enjoyed ham radio contesting from his hilltop QTH in Grass Valley. He loved attending the Visalia DXconvention, especially hanging out at the hospitality suites, swapping stories and brain storming ideas on ham radio. Prior to Grass Valley, Tom used to live in the greater Half Moon Bay area in Montara when I first met him on the Coastside in 1995. In 1996 Tom and I attended the Visalia DXconvention where we heard a presentation on IOTA and several months later, we went on our first IOTA expedition to Santa Cruz Island IOTA NA-144 off the coast of Ventura (southern California). Next Tom did an IOTA expedition to Alaska NA-157 Kayak Island. In 1998 Tom and I put on the most wanted North American IOTA NA-150 Little Diomede Island in the Bering Straits of Alaska just a couple of miles from Russia. On the same expedition we activated Sledge Island IOTA NA-210 a new never been activated island. In 2000, we went back to Alaska to activate two new never been activated IOTAs: NA-214 Stuart Island and NA-215 Chamisso Island. In the past few years, Tom shifted some of his interests from ham radio to autocross car racing. Tom was an explorer and software chip engineer. He had an amazing attitude, an amazing family, and an amazing life." We join with Barry in honouring Tom W6IXP.
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