Tom helped many of us TDXSers... we had a great group back in the day... k5LZO, n5jj, k5dx, k5rvk nn5o, k5ga, k5ma, k5wa, kz5km. w5jwm, w5asp, n5dc, my uncle- wb5igx... a few of us are still left... nr5m, w5mj, w5pr, k5tu I got to work with Tom when he was at CAI back in 1986 (I was a field tech at Exxon Pipeline. CAI made low powered RTUs back when companies were fighting for market share in that business). I was that contest op wanna be kid and finally got to be a 35wpm cw guy like Tom. Hurricane Alicia destroyed his antenna farm (Scarsdale house) and Tom allowed me to pick up some KLM scraps. I built a 4 element 15m monobander from that.
RIP Tom... condolences to the family.
On Jun 10, 2025 4:22 PM, Chris Boone via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
We learned this morning of the passing, last night, of radio contest legend Tom Taormina K5RC/W7RN, probably, but not certainly, from the consequences of so-called Long Covid................Evidently it's been confirmed via TDXSRIP Tom......I was honored to know you..Chris WB5ITTTrustee W5APXWRXZ789 GMRSSociety of Broadcast Engineers Vice Chairman and Frequency Coordinator, SBE134 SE TX and SW LA
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