N4PN - Paul Newberry - Macon - Georgia - USA

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Paul H Newberry, N4PN from Macon, Georgia, USA passed away.
Very sad news for me.
Paul was great friend really.
Have lot of QSOs with him and remember very well his activity as VP2KAA.
Information from his qrz page:
FIRST LICENSED IN 1953. HAVE HELD OR OPERATED USING THE FOLLOWING CALLS: AK5X, BV4FH, BV0DX, E27SEA, J34PN, J7DX, J79PN, J87A, KH4/N4PN (Midway Island), KJ4VO, KJ8O, KP4KD, KR4Z, KV4AA, KW3A, K4M/Midway Island, N4PN, N4RJ, N4VDL, ND4K, NF4A, NK4A, NM1G, NX0X, OD5AU, PJ0CW, PJ2CC, PJ9GIW, PJ9PN, P40N, T9/N4PN, T96Q, TG0AA, VP2KAA, VP2KC, VP4WI, VR2TA, VS6DO, VS6TA, V47KAA, V8PNA, V8SEA, V8USA, V85AA, V85OO, VY2PN, VY2ZM, WN4YWX, WQ4F, WQ6SL, WS2T, WT4PF, WW4LL, WW4T, WY4N, WY8DX, W4A, W4G, W4R, W4AN, W4NT, W4YWX, W8JI, ZF1A, ZF1PN, ZF2PN, 9A/N4PN, 9A1A, 9A4PN, 9A9A, 9M6A, 9M6AAC, 9M6OO/Spratly Island, 9M6TA, 9V1RH, 9Y4AA.

THANKS TO EMIL, 9A9A (9A1A), WAS ABLE TO VISIT T96Q IN DECEMBER, 2003 IN BOSNIA-HERZEGIVINA FOR MY 100TH COUNTRY VISITED..(DXCC-VISITED). OPERATE MOST CONTEST - ACTIVE IN MOST STATE QSO PARTIES - DXCC/CQ HONOR ROLL - 384 COUNTRIES - DXCC HONOR ROLL #1.

USA-CA-ALL COUNTIES #15 - THANKS TO JAY, K4ZLE, WHO GAVE ME MY LAST COUNTY (Pamlico Co, NC) IN 1969. WE HAVE STAYED IN TOUCH ALL THESE YEARS SINCE. 5B-WAS #9 - 5B-DXCC #528 - 5B-WAZ #858 DXCC 160m #10 - DXCC-160m - 335 COUNTRIES - LAST NEW ONE ON 160m - KH1/KH7Z - 30 June 2018 - WAZ-160m #3 (All 40 Zones) - SMIRK #6928 - 10-10 #74476 - CWOps#71

LM-ARRL, ACG, FCG, GCG, MDXCC, SECC, SEDXC -----Also, proud to have been elected to the SEDXC Hall of Fame.

ex-President of the GEORGIA CONTEST GROUP...Contact me if you interested in joining....Fun and no Dues!

QSL Manager over the years for: ET2US, FA3OA, HL9KQ (K4BAI), KZ5BC (W4YWV-sk) - Panama Canal Zone, OQ0JH/Congo, SV0WQ/Dodecanese (Rhodes Island), TL8SW, VS1GZ, VU2JA, 3V8CA, 9U5JH/Rwanda-Burundi, 9U5JH/Burundi, XW8AH, ZE8JJ & ZL1KG.

PRIMARY STATION: Macon, Georgia..

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My two favorite Paul Newberry stories:

November 1969. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. I get a phone call. Paul, John Laney K4BAI, and John Doramus W2TA had just landed Piarco Airport in W2TA's plane, stopping over on their way to PJ0 for the upcoming CQ WW CW Contest. I pick them up at the Normandy Hotel, and take them to my home overlooking the Gulf of Paria, the Trinidad Yacht Club, and the city lights of Port-of-Spain. Having a few gallons of Old Oak Rum leftover from a recent party, we settle in on my terrace with a few cold ones, thinking THIS must be they're wanting to do. Nah. They're all restless and fidgety. I ask "what the heck is wrong with you guys, isn't this great"?? Nope, they yell in unison: Where's the shack?? My very basic 9Y4AA station; Collins S-Line, 30L-1 amplifier; TH-6 TRIBANDER; 14AVQ mounted on the roof. Radio's in the bedroom, only room with a/c. One of them sits down, fires up on 40 and nabs a VQ8, first call. Yes, this is great, and they fly off to Curacao, carrying with them a gallon of OLD OAK.

Sometime in the early 1980's: I'm on a LIAT (Leave Islands Any Time) flight to Barbados and my 8P6J shack for the upcoming CQ WW CW. Down the airplane aisle come a couple of tourists, trying to put in the overhead what I immediately recognize as a 50 lbs Alpha Amplifier transformer box, so adeptly trying to handle it like it was a sponge cake. Well it's Paul and Bob K4UEE, off to St Kitts or St Vincent, or some radio friendly contest spot. Paul and I briefly renew our old friendship, I meet Bob for the first time and we all have a good laugh.

Rest In Peace, Old Friend,

Jim Neiger N6TJ