Re: [IRCA] John Bryant remembered.

[John Callarman <johncallarman@xxxxxxx>]

You, too, have been an inspirational hobby leader for sharing your research in a way that enables hobbyists to duplicate the equipment you've produced. The key word, in my book: Share.

John Callarman, KA9SPA, Family Genealogist, Retired Newspaper Editor, DX-oyente, Krum TX (AKA Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon)
 
> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 03:44:20 +0000
> From: d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] John Bryant remembered.
> 
> During the last couple of years of John's exceptional life his primary hobby focus was on developing the all-new Ultralight Radio niche of the AM-DXing hobby. As such, he and I developed a pretty close relationship as DXpedition partners, experimental cohorts and pocket radio fanatics. 
> John had superb organizational skills, which we desperately needed at the time (we had wild enthusiasm, but no organization). John set up our Ultralight Radio Yahoo group (ultralightdx), Awards Program and Ultralight Classification System-- all of which have been primary factors in our booming growth over 8 years. While fanatics like Rob Ross, Allen Willie and me supplied the enthusiasm John provided the organization-- although John himself frequently shared with me how Ultralight Radio provided some of his most thrilling hobby fun in many years. 
>   
> Shortly before John's unfortunate accident he shared with me how proud he was to have played a major part in rejuvenating the hobby interest of hundreds of hobbyists-- and in providing a thrilling new challenge for both domestic and transoceanic DXers. Although I had nowhere near John's DXing experience, like John I was a hard-charging transoceanic DXer who would always push my luck with huge external antennas on ocean beaches, boosting the performance of my humble pocket radios up to absurd levels. He and I really enjoyed trying to outdo each other in this friendly competition-- and there is no telling what John could have accomplished if he had continued in the hobby until the current FSL antenna craze. 
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> It's probably obvious that John's untimely accident hit me pretty hard, but his stellar accomplishments live on in many aspects of our hobby, especially in the Ultralight Radio niche group. His leadership, insight and organizational skills will never be forgotten! 
>   
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
> Ultralight Radio Group Co-Founder 
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