[IRCA] Ray Baurenhuber

["Karl J. Zuk" <karlzuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ray lived fairly close to me in College Point in Queens. We go back a long way. We got to know each other while I was still editing EDXR back when the GE Superadio was a new item. Back then, I visited him and installed an outdoor antenna for his ICF-2010. It was his first real antenna. What a difference it made! I had to devise a coupling system between the antenna and his rig. Direct connection was way too powerful! We worked together for years on continuous improvements to his DXing shack. Ray always wanted to make his reception better and better. He recently installed an Alpha-Delta trap array that he was quite proud of. I nearly begged Ray to get his Technician amateur radio license, but Ray was quite satisfied being a great BCB DXer and SWL. In the very beginning, his loggings were simple and basic. His skills improved continually and his fraternity with our group made him a celebrity. Everyone knew Ray and felt his enthusiasm. Ray loved radio and he loved his family an!
 d life in general. He fought illness for many, many years always with a smile on his face. No matter what difficult obstruction stopped his life, he would always eventually come back for more. He never gave up. He took great bitter with little sweet yet always had an extraordinary positive attitude. He served the IRCA in many ways and always took his positions quite seriously. I talked him into running the elections and he actually wound up enjoying it! He always made lemonade from his lemons. Ray was a great, great guy. We should all learn from his approach to life - to squeeze every joy possible out of every minute. God be with you, Ray. I hope his loggings from above will be as amazing as his life on earth. I'll miss our conversations and I'll miss his spirit. A better man you will never meet. Rest in peace, my friend!  Karl Zuk  N2KZ

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