Tribute to Clyde Frank Gilmore

Tribute to Clyde Frank Gilmore - K0JPJ
SK July 2016 at age 75

I 1st met Frank in 1959 when He graduated from High School and moved to the town where I lived. Frank didn’t have a job then, but had the best of ham gear. He was always busy buying and selling ham gear. I got Frank a job at the warehouse where I worked. He didn’t stay long... Harry Reed at the local electronics part store set Frank up in a ham store in a small building on the property.

After that Frank got on at Burstein-Appleby ham and electronics section in the local Katz Drug. I bought my 1st SSB rig from him there, a Swan SW140, which I used to talk to Frank on 40M SSB when he moved on to his next job at ARRL in 1962.

Below is the QSL from W1AW where Frank and I had QSO’s we also worked each other from his rooming house there in CT using K0JPJ/1.

After returning here, Frank went to College and taught a communications course at SMS the local college.

Later he became a Deputy for Greene County Sheriffs office before retiring due to health problems.

Frank Gilmore Springfield, MO.

Frank operated from W1AW in Newington, CT.

Frank at ARRL with fellow employees.

Tribute courtesy of Joe Hill K0IVK

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