On July 8th HP1AC, Camilo Antonio Castillo Rodríguez "Cam", has become a Silent Key due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Ciudad de Panamá on February 23, 1939 Cam was known as “the ‘grand old man’ of Panamanian ham radio for many years”. Cam was first licensed in 1957 and was “a fervent CW fan and was active right up until the end”, remembers K3ZO, Fred Laun, who heard Cam during last week’s RAC - Canada Day Contest. HP1AC was your editor’s first Panama QSO in the 15 meter CW Novice Band in early 1978. Fred recalls his first QSO with Cam back in 1975, when Fred was W9SZR/3. “Cam will be missed by his many admirers throughout the hemisphere and beyond”, says Fred.
Information received from Bernie, W3UR Daily DX.
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