Police are investigating
the apparent murder of Henry Murphy, WB9TFX, of Rockford, Illinois. According
to a report in the Rockford Register-Star, police say Murphy and his dog
were both shot to death before their house was set on fire. Firefighters
responding to the blaze found their bodies. Murphy was retired from AT&T,
and according to a post on QRZ.com by NN9P, owned a local 70-centimeter
repeater and was "a 'master' of repeater duplexer cavity
fine-tuning," helping other repeater owners in the area maintain their
equipment. No arrests had been made as we went to press, nor had police
revealed a suspected motive.
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Sunday, August 2, 2015
Illinois Ham Found Murdered
Police are investigating
the apparent murder of Henry Murphy, WB9TFX, of Rockford, Illinois. According
to a report in the Rockford Register-Star, police say Murphy and his dog
were both shot to death before their house was set on fire. Firefighters
responding to the blaze found their bodies. Murphy was retired from AT&T,
and according to a post on QRZ.com by NN9P, owned a local 70-centimeter
repeater and was "a 'master' of repeater duplexer cavity
fine-tuning," helping other repeater owners in the area maintain their
equipment. No arrests had been made as we went to press, nor had police
revealed a suspected motive.