The late Henry Andersson, VK8HA,
leaves generous bequest to WIA
WIA President, Michael Owen, VK3KI, spoke at the last Wireless Institute
South Australian and Northern Territory Division meeting and dinner on
26 November about the late Henry Andersson, VK8HA.
He invited those present to honour Henry's memory.
He was an Honorary Life member of the SA & NT Division, and became
an Honorary Life Member of the new national WIA as soon as he could.
Peter Naish's wonderful description of Henry is to describe his passion
for CW operating, mainly on the HF bands of 14/21/28 MHz and that his
was always an outstanding signal. His QTH of Humpty Doo, a curious name,
became a
familiar name to the DX fraternity who never quite knew where it was or
what it meant.
Henry became a member of the First Class Operators Club (FOC) in 1970.
Membership of FOC is reserved for those who can display exemplary CW operating
skills and is by invitation only. At any one time there are only 500 members
worldwide.
Henry set up and ran the VK8 QSL Bureau for 38 years.
He was involved in the monitoring of intruders and submitted regular
reports to the WIA Intruder Watch Coordinator, eventually becoming the
WIA Intruder
Watch Coordinator, and the first national WIA Intruder Watch Coordinator.
"I know that we all are saddened by Henry's passing, but I must
also tell you that we have been advised by the Public Trustee for the
Northern Territory that Henry has left a very substantial bequest to the
WIA" Michael told the dinner.
He invited those present to honour Henry's generosity.
The Board of the WIA was now considering the best way of honouring Henry's
memory and generosity, and would welcome suggestions from members.
Source: Wireless
Institute of Australia
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