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12-19-2007, 03:14 PM
TOM JONES, 89, K4JM, EX W4BZE AND W3BZE, BECAME A SILENT KEY DECEMBER 7, 2007. TOM WAS FIRST LICENSED AT THE AGE OF 14 IN 1932 AND WAS CONTINUOUSLY LICENSED FOR 75 YEARS.
HE WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY A CW OPERATOR, ACTIVE IN THE PRE-WWII TRUNKLINE NETS, AND AFTER THE WAR IN THE VIRGINIA TRAFFIC CW NETS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE CONTEST AND DX'ER. DURING WWII HE WAS A CW OPERATOR ABOARD A B-17 BOMBER IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS. WHEN HE RETURNED FROM WWII TO HIS HOME IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA HE SWORE HE WOULD NEVER FLY IN AN AIRPLANE AGAIN, AND HE NEVER DID.
TOM WAS PROBABLY THE LONGEST LICENSED HAM IN VIRGINIA AND WAS ONE OF THE DWINDLING HANDFUL OF AMATEURS WHO WAS ON THE AIR BEFORE WWII. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS.
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HE WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY A CW OPERATOR, ACTIVE IN THE PRE-WWII TRUNKLINE NETS, AND AFTER THE WAR IN THE VIRGINIA TRAFFIC CW NETS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE CONTEST AND DX'ER. DURING WWII HE WAS A CW OPERATOR ABOARD A B-17 BOMBER IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS. WHEN HE RETURNED FROM WWII TO HIS HOME IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA HE SWORE HE WOULD NEVER FLY IN AN AIRPLANE AGAIN, AND HE NEVER DID.
TOM WAS PROBABLY THE LONGEST LICENSED HAM IN VIRGINIA AND WAS ONE OF THE DWINDLING HANDFUL OF AMATEURS WHO WAS ON THE AIR BEFORE WWII. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS.
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