Silent Key

Dr. Timothy Peter Hulick, 65, of Schwenksville, PA, died December 28, 2007
after a lengthy illness. He was born April 2, 1942 in Philipsburg, PA.
Dr. Hulick graduated from Aquinas High School, La Crosse WI, in 1960 and
from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1964. He served on active duty as an
Engineering Duty Officer until 1975 and in the Naval reserves an additional
18 years, retiring from the navy at the rank of Captain in 1993. Under Navy
orders he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a
Naval Engineering Degree and a Master's Degree in Nuclear Engineering in
1969. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Old Dominion
University in 1977. He had a one year tour at Voice-of-America as Chief of
Broadcast Systems Engineering in 1985. His subsequent civilian career was
in designing AM, FM, TV and shortwave broadcast transmitters. Dr. Hulick
held ten U.S. patents with six others applied for in the field of TV
broadcast transmitters.
Dr. Hulick was a lifetime amateur ham radio enthusiast, and was an avid
trout and salmon fisherman.
He was the son of Helen (Barno) Hulick of La Crosse WI and the late Peter
Vaughn Hulick, M. D.
Dr. Hulick is survived by his wife of 43 years, JoAnne Cominsky Hulick of
Schwenksville, PA, his mother Helen Barno Hulick of LaCrosse, WI, three
sons, Timothy Peter (Cara) Hulick, Jr. of Indianola, IA, James Edward
(Jennifer) Hulick of Shorewood, IL, David Andrew Hulick of Marietta, GA, one
daughter, Dr. Patricia Ann Hulick of Lansdale, PA, four granddaughters,
Kailey, Morgan, Kathryn and Samantha and one brother, Dr. Peter Richard
(Mary) Hulick of Boston, MA. His father, Dr. Peter Vaughn Hulick and
sister, Patricia Helen Hulick, preceded him in death.
Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Tim was on the ARRL DXCC Honor Roll (356 countries) and needed only BS7. He was simply too sick to mount a serious effort to get them while it was recently on the air.
He had 230+ counties from the mobile. He held the calls V47QQ, KG4QQ, HL9QQ, PJ9Q and also operated from HZ1HZ and BY4AA. He also operated /MM from a number of ships during his Naval career. He published many articles in QST and CQ and was the recipient of three QST Cover Plaques. Tim was an IEEE-Fellow and a Life Member of the ARRL and QCWA.
His brother Peter, may be reached at phu@dca.net