Tribute to Roger Western

Tribute to Roger K. Western G3SXW
September 1, 1946 - April 24, 2022

I have known Roger from our many eyeball QSO's at the Dayton Hamvention and working him from his many VFB DXpeditions. He was a very interesting person, an excellent CW operator. top contester and will be missed. There is a very good tribute to Roger on the Voodoo Contest Group page and another tribute by his very good friend Nigel G3TXF.

Taken from Roger's QRZ.com homepage!

Roger Western. Licensed in1964. CQ Contest Hall of Fame Nr 30 May 1998, CQ DX Hall of Fame May 2007.Subscriber to the "DX Code of Conduct".

HomeCall-Sign, current: G3SXW. Past: EP2IA.

DXpeditions: 3A/G3SXW, 3DA/G3SXW, 3X5A, 4O/G3SXW, 5B/G3SXW, 5U5Z, 5V7A, 9A/G3SXW, 9G5AA, 9G5SX, 9H3SX, 9L5A, 9L5VT, 9N1SXW, C21SX, C56/G3SXW, CN2RW, CT1/G3SXW. CT8/G3SXW, E7/G3SXW, EA6/G3SXW, EA8/G3SXW, EA9/G3SXW, EL2A, FH/G3SXW, FM/G3SXW, FP/G3SXW, FS/G3SXW, FW/G3SXW, FY/G3SXW, GD3SXW, GJ3SXW, GU3SXW, H44SX, HA/G3SXW, IS0/G3SXW, JW/G3SXW, KH2/G3SXW, LZ/G3SXW, OJ0/G3SXW, OM/G3SXW, OY/G3SXW, P29SX, S79SXW, SV5/G3SXW, SV9/G3SXW, TF/G3SXW, TI5/G3SXW, TJ3G, TK/G3SXW, TU/G3SXW, TY5A, TY5SXW, TZ5A, V63SXW, VK9CXW, XT2DX, XT2SX, XX9TSX, YA1R, YK9G, YN2SXW, YU/G3SXW,Z3/G3SXW, ZA/G3SXW, ZB2/G3SXW, ZC4SXW, ZD9SXW, ZF2WW, ZL7/G3SXW.

Operator at: 1A0KM, 4U1ITU, 4U1UN, 5B4ES, A61AJ, GB95MGY, GR100MGY, HV0A, PJ6A etc.

Member: Radio Society of Great Britain; Chiltern DX Club; Torbay ARS; Central Arizona DXA; Wey Valley ARG; Echelford ARS, Silcoates School ARC; First Class CW Operators' Club (Life Vice-President, ex-President and Honoured Member).

QSL Manager for 3X5A, 5U5Z, 9L5A, 9L5VT, EL2A, GR100MGY, TZ5A, XT2DX.

CARDS VIA BUREAU ARE NO LONGER BEING RECEIVED.

BOOKS

"Up Two - Adventures of a DXpeditioner" (2003, 240 pages, 22 DXpeditions)

"Contesting in Africa, Multi-Multi on the Equator" (2004, 190 pages, 10 years of the VooDoo Contest Group)

"Micro-DXpeditioning Uncovered" (2008, 100 pages, 17 mini DXpeditions)

"DX Delights, Tales of Travels with my Radio" (2009, 128 pages, 62 DXpeditioning anecdotes)

Home location: 51Â°21'47" North, 0Â°18'58" West.

Married to Virginia. One son, Russell, married to Jade, living in NY state, Carolyn and James grand-children. Interests: CW, HF, Contesting, DXing, DXpeditioning, DXFC (see: http://www.dxfc.org/index.php), talking to clubs.

Here are some photos of Roger from the Dayton Hamvention!

Dayton 1997

G3SXW, KC7V

Dayton 1998

Contesters Banquet
Roger added to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame!
G3SXW

Contesters Banquet
K1AR, G3SXW, K3EST

Contesters Banquet
G3SXW, K3EST, N2AA

Contesters Banquet
KC7V, G3SXW, K5VT

Dayton 2002

K1DG, G3SXW

Dayton 2003

W6RGG, W2GD, G3SXW

Dayton 2004

K2RED, G3SXW

Dayton 2005

G3SXW, K8CX

Dayton 2006

K4UU, G3SXW, N2AA

N5AN, G3SXW, K4UEE, N3AD

G3SXW, HK1AR

K8AZ, KC1XX, G3SXW

Dayton 2007

W3UR, G3SXW

K5VT, G3SXW

G3SXW, VQ9LA, W5OV

Dayton 2011

K0IR, G3SXW, W5ZL

Here are a few samples of Rogers QSL cards!

EP2IA 1978 Iran

ZF2WW 1993 Cayman Island
CQWW CW Operators: G3SXW, K5VT, K7GE, KC7V

ZD9SXW 1993 Tristan da Cunha

FH/G3SXW 2000 Mayotte Island

ZL7/G3TXF 2001 Chatham Island
G3SXW and G3TXF photo on QSL card.

S79SXW 2002 Seychelles

Tribute and Dayton photos courtesy of K8CX
Info and portrait photo from G3SXW QRZ.com page
EP2IA QSL from the estate of K8KAE, courtesy of K8KBB
S79SXW QSL courtesy of HL1AV
ZD9SXW, FH/G3SZW QSL cards K8CX Collection
ZF2WW QSL from W4WJ Collection