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Wray E. Dudley, W8GQW, SKWray was born in 1914 and passed from this life in 2006 at the age of 92 in Tubac, Arizona. Wray was first licensed in 1931 receiving the callsign During much of his working career, Wray lived in Troy, OH, and, upon retirement, moved to Tubac to enjoy Golf, Sunshine, and Amateur Radio. Wray joined AMSAT in 1979 and became Life Member #1470 in 1980. During most of his years in AMSAT, Wray was best known as one of the "Voices" of the AMSAT HF Nets. At one time or the other, he served as Net Control Station on most of the HF Nets, but I remember him best for the 20 and 15 meter Sunday afternoon nets. He originally did these nets from Troy, OH, and continued after the move to Tubac, AZ. During the pre-net activities he would work with the other NCS station.
At bulletin time, he would usually move to 15 meters while the other station
stayed on 20 meters. Whenever possible, Wray would "simulcast" the net on both 15M and AO-13. In later years, he was a regular "check-in" on the 17 meter net and on the nets held on AO-10 and AO-13. When it became time to retire from the active control of the nets, he recruited and trained his own replacement, Larry Brown, W7LB. In addition to his NCS activity, Wray was active on the "birds" especially AO-10 and AO-13. He was always eager to help a newcomer with a wealth of good advice. While still living in Troy, OH, Wray was AMSAT's contact with the Dayton
HamVention for many years. He and other local volunteers made sure all
of the arrangements were made ahead of time for a smooth operation. If
anything extra was needed, they were the "Go-Fors" to make sure
it was I'm sure his "Voice" will now join with those "Voices"
that preceded him on this journey - Vern (Rip) Riportella, WA2LQQ; Jim
McKim, W0CY; John Browning, W6SP; Byron Lindsey, W4BIW; and Ron Broadbent,
G3AAJ - as they
Keith Pugh, W5IU
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