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   ARLX002 QST Contributing Editor Jack Troster, W6ISQ (SK)   
      
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   Special Bulletin 2  ARLX002   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  January 15, 2014   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB SPCL ARL ARLX002   
   ARLX002 QST Contributing Editor Jack Troster, W6ISQ (SK)   
      
   QST Contributing Editor and ham radio humorist John G. "Jack"   
   Troster, W6ISQ, of Atherton, California, died January 11. He was 93.   
      
   "While his contributions to QST were not limited to fiction, Jack   
   will always be remembered for some of the most humorous pieces ever   
   to be written about Amateur Radio," said ARRL CEO David Sumner,   
   K1ZZ.   
      
   Licensed in 1935 at age 14 as W2ISQ in Yonkers, New York, Troster   
   became W6ISQ after moving to California following World War II.   
   Troster, Vince Chinn, W6EE (ex-K6KQN), Lee Shaklee, W6BH (SK), and   
   Don Schliesser, K6RV, founded the Northern California DX Foundation   
   in 1972. Troster served as an NCDXF Board member for 26 years and   
   was the Foundation's third President, from 1975 until 1986.   
      
   He served as president of the Northern California DX Club and the   
   Northern California Contest Club. An ARRL Charter Life Member, he   
   held DXCC #1 Honor Roll (Mixed, CW, and SSB) as well as 5BDXCC,   
   5BWAS, and the USA Counties Award (all CW). He was a member of the   
   CQ DX Hall of Fame, the First-Class CW Operators' Club and the A-1   
   Operators Club, and he was the Pacific Division representative on   
   the ARRL DX Advisory Committee. Troster also was a member and   
   director of the Quarter Century Wireless Association and for years   
   wrote the monthly "QCWA" column in WorldRadio.   
      
   "He was the consummate gentleman," said Rusty Epps, W6OAT. "He was   
   warm and welcoming to everyone he met, and many Amateur Radio   
   operators today enjoy the hobby as a direct result of his nurturing,   
   encouragement and enthusiasm. Jack was known for his quick wit and   
   encyclopedic knowledge of Amateur Radio history. His passing leaves   
   a huge void."   
      
   Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Marguerite, KC6NFE.   
   NNNN   
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   Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can   
   think. - Werner Heisenberg   
      
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