I am sure that many of you listened to Bill, W8VYZ, and his rock 
crushing AM signal, just like I did. In my case, I heard him as far 
back as 1966.

The first time I heard him, he was on 10 meters, talking with a 
station in Argentina, using a mixture of English and Spanish.

Later, I couldn't believe the strength of the signal he generated on 
20 and 40 meters into my window screen receiving antenna.

The last time I heard him, which must have been about a year ago, he 
sounded so feeble that it really hurt to listen to him.




I worked him twice, one time on 20, and one time on 15 meters, but 
heard him everywhere, including 6 meters.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 12:09 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] Fwd: sad news from Ohio


Dear AM Lover &amp; friend of Ashtabula Bill! This email just in from 
XYL of Astabula Bill (W8VYZ) regarding his declining health. He'll 
surely receive the best care available at the VA hospital. Please give 
this email wide distribution to those not included above and join me 
in praying for a full recovery our dear best friend Bill (W8VYZ). Bill 
has touched us all in many ways and deserves much credit for keeping 
AM alive these many many years. 73 &amp; God bless him, david

From: sylviad
To: W6PSS
Sent: 9/24/2011 10:03:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time Subj: sad news

Dear Dave, it's my sad job to tell you that Ashtabula Bill is not 
doing well. He entered Hospice care at Erie VA hospital yesterday. I 
took him in Tues and there was nothing they could do for him . I 
wanted to bring him home to care for him but they transferred him to 
the Hospice Unit there til that can be worked out. Will see the Dr Mon 
and see where we go from here but not sure if we will have the time to 
move him home. They are taking good care of him there. Thought you 
could get the word out to the Ham community and ask for prayers and 
good thoughts for him. He is comfortable the problem is his lungs just 
not getting enough O2 Luv Sylvia

73 = Best Regards,
Geoff/W5OMR


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