Former CQ Worked All
Zones Award Manager Floyd Gerald, N5FG, became a Silent Key in May. He had been
in poor health after suffering a heart attack last year. Floyd was also
co-founder of the Magnolia DX Association, the largest DX club in his native Mississippi.
Low-power FM broadcast
advocate Nickolaus "Nick" Leggett, N3NL, passed away in late April.
An inventor with multiple patents to his credit, Leggett was best-known as on3e
of the leading proponents of establishing the Low Power FM broadcast service for
local microstation broadcasting, according to RadioWorld. He also teamed up with Don Schellhardt, KI4PMG, to
battle for reform of amateur radio antenna rules; and was a frequent commenter
on a wide variety of amateur radio-related petitions considered by the FCC.
Glenn Baxter, ex-K1MAN, a
perennial thorn in the FCC's side, passed away in early May. Baxter fought with
the FCC for years over complaints of malicious interference, broadcasting on
the amateur bands and using amateur radio for business purposes, frequently
taking his arguments into federal court in his home state of Maine. According to the ARRL Letter, the FCC in 2014 dismissed Baxter's long-standing
license renewal application on the grounds of his failure to pay a $10,000 fine
which was affirmed by the U.S. District Court.
