Arasu Manohar, VU2UR from Kengeri Upanagara, Bangalore, India, passed away after battle with COVID-19.
Information from his qrz page:
BORN IN NOV 1939. AM ON THE AIR SINCE 1967. RETIRED FROM ACTIVE RAILWAY SERVICE IN NOV 1997 AND SETTLED IN BANGALORE FROM DECEMBER 1997.
WAS THE HONY. MONITORING SYSTEMS COORDINATOR OF AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY OF INDIA,THE NATIONAL SOCIETY RECOGNISED BY IARU REGION 3. WORKED AS IARU REGION 3- MONITORING SYSTEM CO-ORDINATOR FROM 1999 TO 2009.
RETIRED AS INDIAN RAILWAY STEEL BRIDGE ENGINEER FROM THE RESEARCH DESIGNS AND STANDARDS ORGANISATION OF THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS, AT LUCKNOW, INDIA. "MC" MEMBER OF FIRAC, THE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAYMEN RADIO AMATEURS ORGANISATION. DXCC-140+, IOTA-117, RABA, RAEM, UIA, RRC #449. EPC # 03774; DMC#4299; CDG#0567; NDG#0791; 30MDG#5075; SKCC#8141. MY DXDA LOCATION #3243 IN KARNATAKA (KA) STATE, BSCC#397; BDM#1233; TRC#002-INDIA; AGB#302; RCWC#393; BARTG#8829; KDR#1121
WAS AWARDED THE RSGB's COMMONWEALTH MEDAL FOR 2004.
WAS ONE OF THE OPS AT AT0BI ELEPHANTA IS.- AS 169 EXPEDITION, IN MARCH AND JULY 2004, AND LED THE EXPEDITION TO PAMBAN IS.- AS 173, IN AUGUST 2004. QSLs FOR THESE TWO EXPEDITIONS CAN ALSO BE SENT TO ME. WAS ONE OF THE OPS AT AT8LH (WLOL IND-011 AND IND-016) AND AT8WFF FROM VUFF-005, AT8LHC (IND-013), VU7M (AS-106; WLOL 2958, VUFF-103), AT5RP (AS-173, ARLHS IND-048, IND-O58, VUFF-030)
INTERESTED IN WWFF ACTIVITIES ALSO. MANAGER FOR THE "W-VUFF-A" AND OTHER AWARDS.
HAVE USED THE CALLS: VU2URZ, VU0URZ, VU25UR, VU40UR, AT0U, AT2UR, AT0ITU, AT3ANT, AT0HQ, AT4HQB, AT6MM, AT7CD, AT8ESP, AT8LH, AT8LHC, VU2UR/FF,AT8VTM,VU9LHA, VU0WFF.
Information from his qrz page:
BORN IN NOV 1939. AM ON THE AIR SINCE 1967. RETIRED FROM ACTIVE RAILWAY SERVICE IN NOV 1997 AND SETTLED IN BANGALORE FROM DECEMBER 1997.
WAS THE HONY. MONITORING SYSTEMS COORDINATOR OF AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY OF INDIA,THE NATIONAL SOCIETY RECOGNISED BY IARU REGION 3. WORKED AS IARU REGION 3- MONITORING SYSTEM CO-ORDINATOR FROM 1999 TO 2009.
RETIRED AS INDIAN RAILWAY STEEL BRIDGE ENGINEER FROM THE RESEARCH DESIGNS AND STANDARDS ORGANISATION OF THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS, AT LUCKNOW, INDIA. "MC" MEMBER OF FIRAC, THE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAYMEN RADIO AMATEURS ORGANISATION. DXCC-140+, IOTA-117, RABA, RAEM, UIA, RRC #449. EPC # 03774; DMC#4299; CDG#0567; NDG#0791; 30MDG#5075; SKCC#8141. MY DXDA LOCATION #3243 IN KARNATAKA (KA) STATE, BSCC#397; BDM#1233; TRC#002-INDIA; AGB#302; RCWC#393; BARTG#8829; KDR#1121
WAS AWARDED THE RSGB's COMMONWEALTH MEDAL FOR 2004.
WAS ONE OF THE OPS AT AT0BI ELEPHANTA IS.- AS 169 EXPEDITION, IN MARCH AND JULY 2004, AND LED THE EXPEDITION TO PAMBAN IS.- AS 173, IN AUGUST 2004. QSLs FOR THESE TWO EXPEDITIONS CAN ALSO BE SENT TO ME. WAS ONE OF THE OPS AT AT8LH (WLOL IND-011 AND IND-016) AND AT8WFF FROM VUFF-005, AT8LHC (IND-013), VU7M (AS-106; WLOL 2958, VUFF-103), AT5RP (AS-173, ARLHS IND-048, IND-O58, VUFF-030)
INTERESTED IN WWFF ACTIVITIES ALSO. MANAGER FOR THE "W-VUFF-A" AND OTHER AWARDS.
HAVE USED THE CALLS: VU2URZ, VU0URZ, VU25UR, VU40UR, AT0U, AT2UR, AT0ITU, AT3ANT, AT0HQ, AT4HQB, AT6MM, AT7CD, AT8ESP, AT8LH, AT8LHC, VU2UR/FF,AT8VTM,VU9LHA, VU0WFF.