I knew SAK at least 50 years, We had many cw qsos over the years,and we visited our respective countries and got licenses while there,I think SAK saw much more of the USA than I did! An excellent CW op!A patriot of his home country and love for the USA.We will miss him on the key and personally. de K3JA (LY2JA)
I will never forget. On his first visit to the USA Sak brought along 2 5 kw Russian transmitting tubes, one for K3JA and one for me. He used to sign UP2BAO then LY2BAO and finally LY2BO. Just before he became SK he was worried about the pressure that Putin was exerting on the Baltic countries.We miss our friend.