07/11/2016
Well-known contester and World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) competitor,
official, and supporter Walter Skudlarek, DJ6QT, of Hirzenhain, Germany, has
died.
Skudlarek was a member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame as well as a founding
member of the Rhein-Ruhr DX Association and active member for more than 50
years, serving at various times as president. He was a member of the RRDXA Hall
of Fame.
Skudlarek was a competitor at the very first WRTC in 1990 in Seattle, as well
as in 1996 in San Francisco, and 2002 in Helsinki. He served as a referee at
the WRTCs in 2000 (Slovenia) and in 2006 (Brazil) and was looking forward to
WRTC 2018 in Germany.
His history of DXpedition operations dates from 1979, and he operated
frequently from Madeira. A frequent Dayton Hamvention? visitor, Skudlarek also
was an honorary member of the Frankfort Radio Club, the New Jersey DX
Association, and the Araucaria DX Group.
"The RRDXA has lost an engaged competitor and internationally recognized
contester and Dxpeditioner," said an announcement on the RRDXA website. "Our
thoughts are with his family. We will always honor his memory."
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