Yesterday I received word that Harry Helms W5HLH became a Silent Key on Sunday November 15, 2009 after a long battle with cancer. He was 57 years young.

Harry was an avid Ham and SWL and published a number of books on the the radio hobby over the years. I bought my share of his books.

I did not know Harry personally but he and I did exchange a number of private emails in 2008 and 2009 concerning his illness. I borrowed the following below from his Blog at http://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/greetings-from-fort-mill-south-carolina.html .

.....I'm a book and magazine writer, editor, and publisher. I've written several books and numerous magazine articles. I was co-founder of LLH Technology Publishing (formerly HighText Publications), which was acquired by Elsevier in 2001.....

73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA
nz4o@arrl.net
John 3:16 <><

NZ4O Amateur & SWL Radio Autobiography: http://www.nz4o.org