Wayne was interested in everything and  on the cutting edge of most things. 
I remember in the early and mid 80s, kathy and I enjoyed reading his digital 
audio magazine.  Not everyone liked him but he sure made an impact.  Lou 
WA3MIX
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From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: Wayne S. Green II, W2NSD SK


> Thanks, Howard, for passing this along.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 5:30 PM
> Subject: Wayne S. Green II, W2NSD SK
>
>
>> Some of you, especially the old timers may find this bulletin from the =
>> ARRL of interest.
>>
>> Howard #3
>>
>> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX011
>> ARLX011 Wayne Green, W2NSD (SK)
>>
>> ZCZC AX11
>> QST de W1AW =20
>> Special Bulletin 11  ARLX011
>> From ARRL Headquarters =20
>> Newington CT  September 16, 2013
>> To all radio amateurs=20
>>
>> SB SPCL ARL ARLX011
>> ARLX011 Wayne Green, W2NSD (SK)
>>
>> Wayne S. Green II, W2NSD ("Never Say Die"), of Hancock, New
>> Hampshire, died September 13. He was 91. A well-known and often
>> outspoken figure during what some consider Amateur Radio's golden
>> years in the 1950s and 1960s, Green helmed CQ Magazine for 5 years
>> before becoming the self-proclaimed "El Supremo and Founder" in 1960
>> of 73 magazine, which he published until 2003.
>>
>> "The purpose of [73] at that time was to get more hams building
>> equipment," Green recounted in a radio interview several years ago.
>> A hallmark of 73 was Green's iconic, rambling, and wide-ranging
>> "Never Say Die" editorials, in which he rarely missed an opportunity
>> to tweak the ARRL and his magazine competitors for their perceived
>> shortcomings. In 2012 Green contributed back issues of 73 to
>> Internet Archive.
>>
>> "Wayne will be remembered in many different ways by many different
>> people, but he will be long remembered," said ARRL CEO David Sumner,
>> K1ZZ. "He maintained his membership in the ARRL despite being a
>> persistent critic. In the early days of packet radio he gave me some
>> good advice as to how the ARRL should promote the new technology:
>> 'Talk about it as if everybody's doing it, and eventually they will
>> be."'
>>
>> Indeed, Green often was ahead of the curve in promoting such
>> technologies as single-sideband phone, solid-state, FM, and the
>> marriage of computers and ham radio, and he went on to found and
>> publish Byte and other computer-oriented publications. "I live
>> mostly in the future," Green was quoted as saying.
>>
>> Former ARRL Contributing Editor Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, once wrote in
>> his "Surfin"' web column, "We take computers and the Internet for
>> granted today. I first became interested in computers when Wayne
>> Green, W2NSD, started writing about them in 73 magazine in the
>> 1970s. Back then, you had to build your own from scratch or from
>> kits."
>>
>> Green maintained a larger-than-life presence, even in the years
>> after he faded from the Amateur Radio spotlight, and he never did
>> really retire. "Hey old buddy, I will miss you," radio talk show
>> host Art Bell, W6OBB, posted to Wayne Green's blog. "NEVER SAY DIE
>> is a phrase that will be with me till it's my time." Green was an
>> occasional guest on Bell's "Coast to Coast AM" overnight talk
>> program. There hardly was an issue that Green would not confront,
>> and he expounded a variety of unconventional science, health, and
>> medical theories - from cold fusion and the moon landing to AIDS and
>> cancer cures. He continued to write and speak frequently on these
>> topics and others, as well as on public policy, even at hamfests
>> where he was a guest.
>>
>> The "Final" in his blog sums up Green's overarching philosophy.
>> "Wayne Green passed away September 13, 2013 in a peaceful, painless
>> transition from this life on Earth. An eternal optimist, and one who
>> loved to share his never-ending zest for life, he was a friend to
>> many and will be missed greatly. Wayne was not afraid of dying and
>> was very much ready to embark on his next great adventure to the
>> afterlife."
>> NNNN
>> /EX
>>