George #1

His detour signs worked to give him good weather. And his threats of firing those flea laden missiles had us all in stitches. He came to us from the Garden spot of the world, on the shores of the Delaware River in the heart of the Delaware Valley. For over three years he checked into the Vermont Net. Many nights he would have nothing special to report, except "just progress".

A member of our Vermont Net family became a Silent Key on the 2nd of January. George # 1, W3HK.

With or without the permission of the net, the position of George #1 shall be his.

If you would care to send a card to his XYL, Alberta, the address is below:

George S Van Dyke Jr, W3HK
1737 Scattergood St
Philadelphia, PA 19124
USA

VRY 73 de Karl
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George S. Van Dyke Jr, W3HK, SK (Jan 19, 2005) --
George Van Dyke, W3HK, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
died earlier this month. He was 89. A Life Member of
ARRL, Van Dyke served as ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania
Section Communications Manager from 1967 until 1974
and again from 1975 until 1980. He still held an
appointment as an ARRL Official Relay Station and had
been an ARRL member for 68 years. A retired US Army
lieutenant colonel, Van Dyke was a member of the
Quarter Century Wireless Association, US Army MARS,
the Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club and the National
Association of Retired Federal Employees. ARRL Vice
President Kay Craigie, N3KN, recalls Van Dyke had a
good sense of humor and was "always the gentleman in
the way he represented the ARRL and ham radio."
Survivors include his wife, Alberta, and three
daughters. Memorial contributions are invited to the
American Diabetes Association, PO Box 1131, Fairfax,
VA 22038-1131.--Bob Josuweit, WA3PZO

*Not mentioned above, George was a long time member of
FISTS CW Club.