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James E. Power, Jr, K1NA And PJ5NA SK July 15, 2014

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  1. K2HAT

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    My Condolences.

    James E. Power, Jr, K1NA And PJ5NA SK

    JAMES E. POWER Jr.
    Age 70, recently a resident of New Hampshire and Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands), passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at a long-term care facility after spending about a year there during the final phases of degenerative illness.
    He was born in Boston while his father was at sea during World War II. During his childhood, the family moved from an urban apartment complex in Roxbury, MA to a suburban house in Norwell, MA.
    He enlisted in the Navy after high school. He also pursued electronics trade education in Boston before beginning his career.
    His early career was at small medical-electronics companies south of Boston, where he was engaged in equipment design as well as assignments to provide equipment training at customer sites.
    Most notably, he made a few visits to NASA's space center in Houston to present equipment for measuring the respiratory systems of Apollo astronauts. The peak of his career was at Hewlett-Packard, where his position was in sales for the Test and Measurement product line. He earned national-level sales awards during multiple years of the 1980s and early 1990s. His position moved to Agilent during the 1999 split of Hewlett-Packard and Agilent.

    For more than 50 years, his primary hobby was amateur radio, with K1NA and PJ5NA, his most well-known call signs.
    He was very interested in radio contests up through the 1970s with, for example, a first-place finish in the 1973 CW ARRL International DX Competition, one position ahead of K1LPL/3 (now W3LPL).
    Next, he developed a fascination with the 160 meter radio band, optimizing his station for contacts with difficult, distant locations such as central Asia and southeast Asia.
    Finally, he became dedicated to the elusive 6 meter radio band, continuing until his last radio contacts in the summer of 2011.
    For several years, he competed in bicycle racing with the Mass Bay Road Club, working his way up to 100-mile races by 1980.

    After he established a home on Sint Eustatius, he regularly pursued the snorkeling opportunities there.

    He is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen Power of New Hampshire; a brother, Matthew H. Power of Massachusetts; two daughters, Julie Cummings and Jill Lynam of Massachusetts; and five grandchildren.

    Visiting hours are on Monday, July 21, 2014 from 4 - 7 p.m. at Sullivan Funeral Home, 2 Maquan Street, at the corner of Rte 14 & 58, HANSON, MA 02341.
    There is a funeral from this Sullivan Funeral Home location at 8:15 a.m., Tuesday, July 22, 2014 with a 9 a.m. graveside service at the Washington Street Cemetery in Norwell.
    For directions and to sign the online guest book, please visit: SullivanFuneralHomes.com 781-878-0920 781-293-2020 Family Owned & Operated Since 1897

    Published in The Boston Globe on July 19, 2014

    http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=james-e-power&pid=171772729&fhid=20832

    73 K2HAT Lee Hatfield
     
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