Ron was quite possibly the kindest man I ever knew. He was always more interested in where you wanted to eat, what you wanted to do or where you wanted to stay when we attended Dayton. Here is another example of a Tech who was terrified of CW and it kept an otherwise excellent Ham Radio Operator of the HF Bands. Now that we have this so called Affirmative Action "just to make it fair" Ron is not around to take advantage of it. Ron played by the rules and his own limitations and missed out on the HF fun. RIP Ron, you are very much missed.