Posted: 5/21/2014 7:37:05 PM EDT
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Remember we sent QSL cards to an old guy (Victor Paounoff) who really enjoyed getting them in the mail? Well...I just read that he died on February 10.
R.I.P. Victor.. 
Arfcom archived thread link "N4XR, SK Victor Paounoff, N4XR, of Crossville, Tennessee, and formerly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, died February 10. He was 96. Paounoff became licensed in the 1930s as W1EOB while a teenager living in Connecticut. He later became a well-known on-the-air presence from Haiti, where he operated as HH2VP. Paounoff was a founding member of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club and a member of its Hall of Fame for his contributions to contesting. Victor Paounoff, N4XR (ex-W1EOB) in an undated photograph. Paounoff joined the US Navy prior to World War II and served in both the European and Pacific theaters as a radioman. Before the war ended, he had received a commission. Following WW II, he was a quality control engineer for General Instrument, a job that took him to Japan, Haiti, and elsewhere around the globe. Paounoff maintained his enthusiasm for Amateur Radio throughout his long life, taking part in contests and finishing with the top world score on at least a couple of occasions. He also enjoyed bowling and remained a Boston Red Sox fan. He had 384 DXCC entities confirmed, including deleted entities. -- Thanks to Pete Chamalian, W1RM Link 
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