Re: [IRCA] Don Kaskey - SK

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

I first met Don when he hosted the West Sacramento NRC convention at the El Rancho. I'm not at home so I can't look it up but that would have probably been 1971. A great DX'er and a great guy as well. 


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Tue, 2/19/13, Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [IRCA] Don Kaskey - SK
> To: "am@xxxxxxxxxxx" <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "abdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <abdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 3:42 PM
> 
> 
> I'm absolutely stunned by this.  He was a fellow Iowan, and
> I always enjoyed e-mailing him about the common DXploits
> that he and I shared from our years in the Hawkeye State.
>  I think he logged close to 4000 AM stations over the
> years, and that feat certainly puts him up there among the
> greats in the hobby.  He will be sorely missed.  :( 
>  
> 73,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska  
> 
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: kevin redding <amfmdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "ABDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
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> 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:15 PM
> Subject: [ABDX] Don Kaskey - SK
>  
> 
>   
> It is with great regret and sadness that I got a phone call
> from Don Kaskey's wife telling me he has passed away
> recently on his birthday due to a heart attack. 
> 
> I know many of us loved Don as a brother in our hobby and
> that he was a very good man and great friend to me. I will
> miss him terribly. 
> 
> Don will be having a memorial service at Broadmoor
> Presbyterian Church in Daly City, California March 2nd at 4
> PM.
> 
> 73 Don, you were one of the fathers of the DX hobby. We will
> all miss you. 
> 
> Kevin Redding
> Crump, TN
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