SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX001   
   ARLX001 ARRL Roanoke Division Assistant Director, DXpeditioner Jim   
   Wise, W4PRO (SK)   
      
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   Special Bulletin 1  ARLX001   
   >From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  January 7, 2015   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
   SB SPCL ARL ARLX001   
   ARLX001 ARRL Roanoke Division Assistant Director, DXpeditioner Jim   
   Wise, W4PRO (SK)   
      
   ARRL Roanoke Division Assistant Director and DXpeditioner Marion A.   
   "Jim" Wise, W4PRO, of Virginia Beach, Virginia died December 31. He   
   was 86. An ARRL Life Member, Wise was well-known within the   
   Tidewater Amateur Radio community.   
      
   Licensed in 1948 as W8YHV in his native Ohio, he served in the US   
   Air Force during the Korean War, then worked for NASA until he   
   retired in 1988. He was a part of special event ham operations from   
   the museum battleship USS Wisconsin (N4WIS).   
      
   W4PRO belonged to the First-Class Operators Club, the A1 Operators   
   Club, and the Quarter Century Wireless Association. He was involved   
   in several DX operations from the 1970s until 2004. A CW aficionado,   
   he was on the DXCC Honor Roll and had completed 5-Band DXCC and 160   
   Meter DXCC.   
      
   Survivors include his wife Linda, W7PRO. A memorial service will be   
   held on Saturday, January 10, at 11 AM at the West Neck Village   
   Hall, 2580 Signature Drive, Virginia Beach.   
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   If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until   
   you hire an amateur.   
      
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