[Mich VHF UHF Society] NE8I SK

[David Pruett]

All,

This indeed a sad day in the Michigan VHF+ community, with the news of 
Lloyd's passing.

I've known Lloyd for a bunch of years.  He was one of the smartest and 
most enthusiastic VHF+ (and particularly, microwave) experimenters I've 
ever known, and as Brandon shared, was always willing to help people 
push upwards in frequency.  If you've ever seen the NE8I/R rover pickup, 
you know Lloyd never did things half way.  His serialized QSL cards 
featuring pretty girls in bikinis in his ham shack or rover were fun to 
collect, and he was always willing to support just about any sort of 
VHF+ activities.

One year, for the September VHF contest, Lloyd was twisting my arm to 
get on 2.3 GHz.  The week before the contest, he showed up at my QTH 
with a 2.3 GHz looper from his stockpile of stuff and a 2.3 GHz portable 
station in a box (FT-290R, xvtr and small amp) borrowed from Don, WW8M.  
In the contest, he and Don were the only two guys I worked on the band, 
but those QSOs were the highlight of the contest for me.  And of course, 
I still have a serialized NE8I QSL for our QSO :-)

I'm gonna miss Lloyd.  RIP OM...

73, Dave/K8CC

On 4/8/2017 5:31 PM, Brandon Anderson wrote:
> I have sad news that Lloyd NE8I passed away this morning of an apparent heart attack. He was instrumental in helping me get on 10ghz. His wealth of knowledge and activity on the bands up to 47 ghz will be missed. I will place a 10ghz beacon on the air over Northern Lake Michigan in his honor. 73' de N8PUM Brandon EN66dl
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