[Mich VHF UHF Society] NE8I SK

[John Swink]

I am truly saddened to hear of Lloyd's passing.  I always looked forward to
following him on various bands during contests as he moved between grids in
his rover.  Prior to moving up north Lloyd lived about one half mile from me
so we would see each other periodically and he always had a new project in
the works for the next contest.  RIP

73,
John, N8WNA


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From: MiVUS [mailto:mivus-bounces at mivus.org] On Behalf Of David Pruett
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2017 9:04 PM
To: mivus at mivus.org
Subject: Re: [Mich VHF UHF Society] NE8I SK

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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