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<font size="2" face="arial" color="black"><div>Hello Bill</div><div><br></div><div>I am a new member of LARC
but I think that I might have met you when I took the Technician and
General test several months ago. My wife and I are snowbirds from
Pennsylvania. We live at Cypress Lakes for part of the year. </div>
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<div>I wanted to let everyone know that Rex Mott KC1WE, from Cypress
Lakes passed away on August 14. He lost his battle with cancer shortly
after being diagnosed about a month or so back. I did not know him for
long but we became good friends shortly after I moved to Lakeland in
2016. Not only was he a friend he was a mentor who encouraged me to
get into amateur radio close to 60 years after I lost interest during my
squandered youth! He was a fantastic Elmer and teacher.Rex and I spent many afternoons working on some of his projects which included restoration of an old Kenwood HF transceiver.</div>
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<div>I spoke with his wife Maggie last night and she is having a
memorial service for him at Cypress Lakes in the near future. Depending
on the date, I don't know if I will be able to make the trip down from
PA, but I am sure that there are some folks at LARC that would want to
participate. I will let you know when this will take place as soon as
the arrangements are made. </div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
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<div>Bob Baltos </div>
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<div>W3ERP (formerly KC3KST) </div></font>
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