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I talked to Fred 2 days before he passed </div><div id="338317EditableDivID--xx--yy--42" style="font-family: Verdana;font-size:17px;">He told me he had a really bad stroke</div><div id="338317EditableDivID--xx--yy--42" style="font-family: Verdana;font-size:17px;"><br></div><div id="338317EditableDivID--xx--yy--42" style="font-family: Verdana;font-size:17px;">Rip Fred</div><div id="338317EditableDivID--xx--yy--42" style="font-family: Verdana;font-size:17px;"><br></div><div id="338317EditableDivID--xx--yy--42" style="font-family: Verdana;font-size:17px;">Niece<br><br>Check out my blog. Ka1uln.blogspot.com<br>Arrl VE examiner<br>Arrl virtual VE examiner<br><br>Higher cw net sunday 7:30 pm est 3.550<br>Slow code net sunday 8:00 pm est 3.550<br>Www.netlogger.org<br><br><br>On 2/5/21 at 16:56, harmpman--- via bars wrote:
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From: "harmpman--- via bars" <bars@w1hh.org><br>Date: February 5, 2021<br>To: k1tw@comcast.net,<br>bars@w1hh.org<br>Cc: <br>Subject: Re: [bars] Former BARS Member - Fred DeVries AC1BN SK
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;">Thank you Tom for posting this.</span><br></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;"> I remember Fred well. When I passed my Technician License, Fred and I chatted on 10 meters. One would have thought he reached the Falkland Islands !! I was quite thrilled several days later when his QSL arrived in the mail. I reciprocated in kind. His QSL was one of the first I received. </span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;">RIP Fred.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;">73,</span></span></div>
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In a message dated 2/5/2021 4:11:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, k1tw@comcast.net writes:
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<div dir="ltr">I was sad to learn this week of the passing on November 2, 2020 of Fred DeVries Jr., AC1BN, a former BARS member from Billerica. A</div>
<div dir="ltr">couple of years ago Fred moved to Reno, NV. I spotted his call in the March 2021 QST on the Silent Keys page. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Fred joined BARS about 5 years ago as a new ham and was very enthusiastic about the hobby. He brought a lot of cheer to our</div>
<div dir="ltr">meetings. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Here is a brief excerpt from our BARS meeting minutes captured back in March 2017: "Fred, AC1BN, said he reached his 1-year</div>
<div dir="ltr">licensed DXCC entity goal of 50. He is actually up to 52 now! Fred was also excited about having an Ameritron AL811E linear on the</div>
<div dir="ltr">way." See <a href="https://www.w1hh.org/bars-meeting-report-for-march-1-2017/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.w1hh.org/bars-meeting-report-for-march-1-2017/</a>
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<div dir="ltr">You can read an obituary here: <a href="http://mcdonaldfs.tributes.com/obituary/show/Frederick-J.-DeVries-108500014" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://mcdonaldfs.tributes.com/obituary/show/Frederick-J.-DeVries-108500014 </a> </div>
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<div dir="ltr">R.I.P Dear Friend,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">73 Tom K1TW</div>
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