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- Special Bulletin 15 ARLX015
- >From ARRL Headquarters
- Newington CT April 11, 1994
- To all radio amateurs
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- ''PACIFIC POWERHOUSE'' KATASHI NOSE, KH6IJ, SK
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- On April 7, 79-year-old Katashi Nose, KH6IJ, of Honolulu, Hawaii-
- -one of Amateur Radio's best-liked operators--died from a severe
- stroke.
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- Nose, a famous contest op and DXer with a string of ham radio firsts
- and accomplishments, was also famous for patiently working and
- tutoring Novices on 15 and 10 meters.
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- KH6IJ, licensed in 1932 as K6CGK, was the first KH6 ham to qualify
- for the League's DX Century Club and Worked All States Awards. In
- 1952, he received his Amateur Extra Class ticket, the fifth US ham
- to do so.
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- For 56 years, Katashi wrote a newspaper column on ham radio for his
- local newspaper. He also wrote many articles for QST and other ham
- magazines.
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- Nose earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii in
- 1937, and a masters degree from Harvard in 1960. He is survived by
- his wife Matsuyo, daughters Elizabeth Nose and Frances McKenney, son
- Joseph, and a son-in-law, Michael McKenney.
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- Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, April 13.
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