Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Mar 10 2022 22:24:58

SILENT KEY: ETHERNET NETWORKING'S DAVID BOGGS, WA3DBJ

NEIL/ANCHOR: Everyone, in their own way, leaves a mark on the world. 
Paul Braun, WD9GCO, tells us about one ham who changed the world. This 
ham recently became a Silent Key.

PAUL: David Boggs, WA3DBJ, was part of the team who invented the packet-
switching ethernet networking standard that now connects most of the 
world's computers. Even if you use Wi-Fi, some part of the signal chain 
is connected with ethernet. David became a Silent Key on February 19th, 
according to his wife, Marcia Bush.

David worked in the iconic Computer Science Laboratory, part of the 
legendary Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, or PARC. This is the place 
where, in the early 1970s, a group of brilliant minds invented most of 
the concepts and hardware that would define modern computing as we know 
it today. His partner in the effort, Bob Metcalfe, once described Boggs 
as "the perfect partner. I was more of a concept artist, and he was a 
build-the-hardware-in-the-back-room engineer." To us, it makes perfect 
sense that it was a ham who took an idea, went into the workshop and 
figured out how to cobble the hardware together. His legacy lives on 
almost everywhere you look.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.

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SILENT KEY: DISASTER RELIEF VOLUNTEER EDWARD WARREN COX, KE3D

NEIL/ANCHOR: A Texas man whose six decades on the air were marked by his 
advocacy for disaster relief communications as well as amateur radio in 
education has become a Silent Key. Jack Parker, W8ISH, has that story.

JACK: A veteran of the US Army Signal Corps, where he served during the 
Vietnam War, Edward Warren Cox, KE3D, continued his commitment to 
service throughout the years that followed. A ham for nearly six 
decades, he volunteered in emergency and disaster relief communications, 
especially during hurricanes and assisted in the conversion of an 
ambulance into a mobile command center. 

Ed died on February 21st in Austin, Texas.

First licensed as a ham with the callsign KN3SWJ in 1962, he became an 
avid DXer and DXpeditioner. He eventually earned a license in the UK as 
G5EC and held CEPT permits to operate in Belgium, Germany and The 
Netherlands. An advocate for amateur radio in education, he worked as a 
volunteer at a number of schools assisting with radio contact with some 
of NASA's Space Shuttles, in a program that predated ARISS. He was the 
husband of Joan Cox KD4SRD and a life member of the ARRL, RACES and 
ARES. He was also a member of the Austin Amateur Radio Club, which has 
established the Ed Cox KE3D Memorial Fund which will help provide radio 
equipment for schools.

Ed Cox was 75.

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jack Parker, W8ISH.

(THE STATESMAN)

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REGISTRATION OPENS FOR SEA-PAC

NEIL/ANCHOR: If you're heading to Oregon for SEA-PAC, now is the time to 
register. Here's Stephen Kinford, N8WB, with details.

STEPHEN: SEA-PAC, the largest amateur radio convention in the American 
Northwest, is promising "sand, surf, and radios" - and all of it in 
person this summer. Online registration opened on the 7th of March. The 
convention, which is happening June 3rd through the 5th, will be at the 
Seaside Convention Center in Oregon. This will also serve as the 
location for the ARRL's Northwestern Division convention. According to 
the SEA-PAC website, the event will comply with whatever state and local 
regulations are in effect for COVID-19 at the time. A SEA-PAC QSO Party 
will be held the weekend before - on May 28th - to get everyone ready 
for the three-day event. For registration or information visit the 
website at seapac dot org (seapac.org)

For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Stephen Kinford, N8WB.

(SEA-PAC)

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