Silent Key EI9V

The radio experimenter community in EI was deeply saddened by the death last weekend of Con Hunter EI9V.

Con had been ill for some few weeks and died peacefully in Beaumont Hospital on Sunday Morning last, the 29th of October.

Con was born in Glanworth in Co. Cork and was licensed as a radio experimenter in the early 1950's. He was to become a major figure in amateur radio in Ireland. He was an Honorary Vice President of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society and served as its President for two periods, 1975 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1991.

Con worked for PYE telecommunications in Cambridge in his earlier years. In 1960 he joined Aer Lingus from which he retired as Head of the Technical Ground School in 1990. He had a wide-ranging technical knowledge and assisted in the preparation of questions for the multiple-choice papers, which are now a feature of the experimenter examination.

Con was an enthusiast of Collins Radio and among his radio equipment a working S Line and a KWM380 had pride of place in his shack. He was an acknowledged expert in antennas and propagation and had records going back many years. Each day he unfailingly checked and recorded data from WWV and from the German propagation beacon DKØWCY on 10.144 MHz. People sought his technical advice and learned much from his wide experience and informative and well presented lectures.

Amateur radio was well represented at both the removal on Monday evening and the funeral Mass on Tuesday.

Among those present at the Mass were Paul Martin EI2CA
Vice President of IRTS, EI's 2BB, 2CL, 4CI, 6DN, 7CC,
7CD, 8CC and EI400.

Con was laid to rest in Dardistown Cemetery right next to Dublin Airport where Con spent 30 working years and in the next row to his long-time friend, Tom O'Connor EI9U.

To Con's wife Margaret, to his daughter Ann Marie and to his sons Tom and Finbarr we extend our deepest sympathy.

May he rest in peace.

Source: IRTS

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