Gene was the HAM's HAM. Gene was QCWA # 16194, Member of Chapter 63, and a member of the A-1 Operator's Club. He was never too busy to encourage a novice or answer a question or draw out a circuit on a scrap of paper. I'll always remember him in his old Suburban, three element antenna on the back bumper and a key strapped to his leg. We'll all miss you Gene!! 73's.