From kf5zrt at protonmail.com Tue Aug 5 09:35:25 2025 From: kf5zrt at protonmail.com (Gary) Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:35:25 +0000 Subject: [W5SFA] W5SFA TUESDAY NIGHT NET Message-ID: <6h4Tcnzy8S6-_I_xQLqITf07rBBZTCNnIzXNpEuN3ZYyVziAHKyg6A9tKdttl6ZglnQJbLciB8tvoxz_OZNtgxlUq-nwYEinQdazt_GT-fc=@protonmail.com> Greetings to all. Please join us tonight at 7:00 PM for our weekly net on the Bellville Repeater System. Net control tonight is Gary KF5ZRT. See you on the radio. Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From miss.bev.56 at gmail.com Wed Aug 6 15:18:16 2025 From: miss.bev.56 at gmail.com (miss.bev.56) Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:18:16 -0500 Subject: [W5SFA] larry reese In-Reply-To: <29663221.1429834.1754503270575@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <6893b889.050a0220.2eef69.c1fd@mx.google.com> Thank you for letting us know, Brian.73Bev Cucuzza KB8PRC Sent from my Metro by T-Mobile 5G Device -------- Original message --------From: Brian Gaskamp via w5sfa Date: 8/6/25 1:01 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mail List for the W5SFA Radio Club Cc: Brian Gaskamp Subject: [W5SFA] larry reese i don’t know how many of you remember larry wb5rtt but i found out today his wife put him into brenham nursing and rehab recently due to effects of dementia and other health issueshe was a member of w5sfa many years ago and was one of several who drove into houston daily for their job.they would all be on the bellville rept early in the morning around 5am anyway just thought i would pass the info along73n5wct  -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kf5zrt at protonmail.com Mon Aug 11 22:32:07 2025 From: kf5zrt at protonmail.com (Gary) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 03:32:07 +0000 Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK Message-ID: Once again we have lost a friend and advocate for our club and hobby. Ray passed during the night at his home in Brenham. Ray’s son contacted me and asked that I inform the group. Our thoughts and prayer go out to the family. At this time, I do not have any more information. I will post when I know more. Gary KF5ZRT Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dan at dandlfarms.com Mon Aug 11 22:52:08 2025 From: dan at dandlfarms.com (Dan White) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:52:08 -0500 Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E2FF4A9F20444C9A361EAFA75AE51FB@D630> Sad to here. He was such a nice guy and very helpful. Dan & Linda White From: Gary via w5sfa Sent: 2025-08-11 10:32 PM To: W5SFA Cc: Gary Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK Once again we have lost a friend and advocate for our club and hobby. Ray passed during the night at his home in Brenham. Ray’s son contacted me and asked that I inform the group. Our thoughts and prayer go out to the family. At this time, I do not have any more information. I will post when I know more. Gary KF5ZRT Sent from Proton Mail for iOS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ w5sfa mailing list w5sfa at w5sfa.org http://mail.w5sfa.org/mailman/listinfo/w5sfa_w5sfa.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From g.a.franke at gmail.com Mon Aug 11 22:58:41 2025 From: g.a.franke at gmail.com (Gilbert Franke) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:58:41 -0500 Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is sad news indeed. Our prayers for his family. Gil and Beth WB5RFQ and KD5KAD ---- Gilbert A Franke (361 442 6008 - cell) 130 N Harris Street Bellville TX 77418 On Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 22:32 Gary via w5sfa wrote: > Once again we have lost a friend and advocate for our club and hobby. > > Ray passed during the night at his home in Brenham. Ray’s son contacted me > and asked that I inform the group. Our thoughts and prayer go out to the > family. > > At this time, I do not have any more information. I will post when I know > more. > > Gary KF5ZRT > > Sent from Proton Mail for iOS > _______________________________________________ > w5sfa mailing list > w5sfa at w5sfa.org > http://mail.w5sfa.org/mailman/listinfo/w5sfa_w5sfa.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From f6cnb at hutin.org Tue Aug 12 05:03:50 2025 From: f6cnb at hutin.org (Remi Hutin) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:03:50 +0000 Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Very sad news. RIP Remi N5CNB Envoyé à partir de Outlook pour Android ________________________________ From: w5sfa on behalf of Gilbert Franke via w5sfa Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 5:58:41 AM To: Mail List for the W5SFA Radio Club Cc: Gilbert Franke Subject: Re: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK This is sad news indeed. Our prayers for his family. Gil and Beth WB5RFQ and KD5KAD ---- Gilbert A Franke (361 442 6008 - cell) 130 N Harris Street Bellville TX 77418 On Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 22:32 Gary via w5sfa > wrote: Once again we have lost a friend and advocate for our club and hobby. Ray passed during the night at his home in Brenham. Ray’s son contacted me and asked that I inform the group. Our thoughts and prayer go out to the family. At this time, I do not have any more information. I will post when I know more. Gary KF5ZRT Sent from Proton Mail for iOS _______________________________________________ w5sfa mailing list w5sfa at w5sfa.org http://mail.w5sfa.org/mailman/listinfo/w5sfa_w5sfa.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nathalie at hutin.org Tue Aug 12 05:39:42 2025 From: nathalie at hutin.org (Nathalie HUTIN) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:39:42 +0000 Subject: [W5SFA] RAY References: Message-ID: SO SAD. ray was always a motivation for ham radio. all our prayers to his family. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nathalie at hutin.org Tue Aug 12 05:50:23 2025 From: nathalie at hutin.org (nathalie at hutin.org) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:50:23 +0200 Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01bb01dc0b76$e86630d0$b9329270$@hutin.org> Sad news. Ray was really an inspiration for me to Ham radio. Also he was Gary twin ! All our prayers go out to his family. Regards. De : w5sfa De la part de Gary via w5sfa Envoyé : mardi 12 août 2025 05:32 À : W5SFA Cc : Gary Objet : [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK Once again we have lost a friend and advocate for our club and hobby. Ray passed during the night at his home in Brenham. Ray’s son contacted me and asked that I inform the group. Our thoughts and prayer go out to the family. At this time, I do not have any more information. I will post when I know more. Gary KF5ZRT Sent from Proton Mail for iOS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justin at w5jwp.radio Mon Aug 11 23:08:13 2025 From: justin at w5jwp.radio (Justin Pauler (W5JWP)) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 04:08:13 +0000 Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ray was a walking ham radio encyclopedia. This is definitely a loss for the ham community and he will be missed by many. We will keep Ray’s family and friends in our thoughts and prayers. Regards, Justin - W5JWP ________________________________ From: w5sfa on behalf of Gary via w5sfa Sent: Monday, August 11, 2025 22:32 To: W5SFA Cc: Gary Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK Once again we have lost a friend and advocate for our club and hobby. Ray passed during the night at his home in Brenham. Ray’s son contacted me and asked that I inform the group. Our thoughts and prayer go out to the family. At this time, I do not have any more information. I will post when I know more. Gary KF5ZRT Sent from Proton Mail for iOS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kf5zrt at protonmail.com Tue Aug 12 16:49:07 2025 From: kf5zrt at protonmail.com (Gary) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 21:49:07 +0000 Subject: [W5SFA] Tuesday night net Message-ID: Please join us tonight at 7:00 PM for our weekly net. Tonight’s net is dedicated to our memories of Ray Meech WA5IWB. Feel free to share when you check in. See you on the radio Gary Kf5zrt Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kf5zrt at protonmail.com Thu Aug 14 07:44:02 2025 From: kf5zrt at protonmail.com (Gary) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:44:02 +0000 Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB SK Message-ID: I have information regarding funeral service for Ray Meech. Ray's instructions for the family are that he is to be cremated and instead of a funeral service the family will have a party. Ray's son Adam is planning a party at his home in Burton in early November. When details are available, we will post on the reflector. The family has requested in lieu of sending flowers, please make a donation to the Stephen F. Austin Amateur Radio Club in Ray's name. Please send to Stephen F. Austin Amateur Radio Club C/O Kathy Croker 840 Deer Haven Road Carmine, TX 78932 Respectfully, Gary KF5ZRT Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From buckeroobrad at gmail.com Thu Aug 14 12:38:00 2025 From: buckeroobrad at gmail.com (Buckeroo Brad) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:38:00 -0500 Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Guess I should just listen in even though I can't key the mic. Sad to hear about the club members passing. On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM Justin Pauler (W5JWP) via w5sfa < w5sfa at w5sfa.org> wrote: > Ray was a walking ham radio encyclopedia. This is definitely a loss for > the ham community and he will be missed by many. > > We will keep Ray’s family and friends in our thoughts and prayers. > > Regards, > Justin - W5JWP > > ------------------------------ > *From:* w5sfa on behalf of Gary via w5sfa < > w5sfa at w5sfa.org> > *Sent:* Monday, August 11, 2025 22:32 > *To:* W5SFA > *Cc:* Gary > *Subject:* [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB. SK > > Once again we have lost a friend and advocate for our club and hobby. > > Ray passed during the night at his home in Brenham. Ray’s son contacted me > and asked that I inform the group. Our thoughts and prayer go out to the > family. > > At this time, I do not have any more information. I will post when I know > more. > > Gary KF5ZRT > > Sent from Proton Mail for iOS > _______________________________________________ > w5sfa mailing list > w5sfa at w5sfa.org > http://mail.w5sfa.org/mailman/listinfo/w5sfa_w5sfa.org > -- ------------------------------ Please, if you forward this, remove my email address before you do. I delete all email addresses before forwarding, to keep spammers at bay and I appreciate you doing the same for me. Also, when forwarding, list all recipients as "BCC" so their email address is not being passed along to others. Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jrscarbrough at sbcglobal.net Tue Aug 19 05:58:19 2025 From: jrscarbrough at sbcglobal.net (James R Scarbrough) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:58:19 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [W5SFA] W5SFA weekly net is this evening at 7PM In-Reply-To: <289058928.963985.1752585929153@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1719289725.4152019.1730214146547.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1719289725.4152019.1730214146547@mail.yahoo.com> <2019522106.2430645.1734458765354@mail.yahoo.com> <492738292.1339650.1737460559691@mail.yahoo.com> <631818148.793438.1739884557454@mail.yahoo.com> <1218258465.136579.1743501952738@mail.yahoo.com> <230633253.185038.1745322322429@mail.yahoo.com> <40656099.256105.1745776510889@mail.yahoo.com> <1305624189.880013.1746488505749@mail.yahoo.com> <1321256259.731204.1751370705589@mail.yahoo.com> <289058928.963985.1752585929153@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1497927993.76488.1755601099929@mail.yahoo.com> It's that time again!  You are invited to join us for the weekly Stephen F Austin Radio Club net on the Bellville repeater system this evening at 7:00 PM. 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Dinner and eyeball QSO's at 6, meeting starts at 7. 73, Roger Sent from Proton Mail Android From kf5zrt at protonmail.com Tue Aug 26 19:00:02 2025 From: kf5zrt at protonmail.com (Gary) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:02 +0000 Subject: [W5SFA] Ray Meech WA5IWB Celebration of Life Message-ID: <3F4-mVIhnNA02krjdQvJzLx2weYZKW1q_Bfnbr7p3tQq7eZcdiY1I5891EGAoAtgXfPF4mwG00xquiE_EeyR9WJjpoRDxJmZk2kc0smRqmI=@protonmail.com> Mark your calendars for the gathering at Adam Meech home in Burton TX. Plans are for Saturday November 15th from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM with lunch provided at 12:00 noon. Please RSVP no later than October 15th to brmeech at yahoo.com Directions to Burton will be provided when we get closer to the date. Looking forward to celebrating our friends life and legacy. Respectfully, Gary KF5ZRT Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: