Another one gone… Mike W7VO Sent from my iPhone, utilizing a very tiny keyboard fed from very fat fingers Begin forwarded message:
From: Ray <rayk9rs@gmail.com> Date: October 27, 2022 at 5:29:51 AM PDT To: CQ-Contest@contesting.com Subject: [CQ-Contest] AA5B SK
I am very sad to let everyone know that my friend Bruce Draper, AA5B, lost his battle with brain cancer and became a silent key last night.
Bruce was a great friend of mine for over 50 years. We met in High School in Delaware and then were both Electrical Engineering Majors at the University of Delaware. He and his wife Dorothy moved to Albuquerque after completing an MSEE from Princeton and Bruce had a long career at Sandia Labs. The move to New Mexico resulted in the AA5 Banana call sign which became quite active and started to appear in many contest logs.
Over the years Bruce distinguished himself as both a single operator and multi-op contestor. I was privileged to be part of many multi-op teams with him and appreciate all of those memories. He was a great teammate and I will miss him.
Many of you will remember him from the many QSO's but some will also recall his time as an editor of NCJ as well as the Contest Calendar in QST.
While it is sad to say good bye Bruce's life and his many accomplishments deserve to be celebrated.
RIP OM
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