{"id":10476,"date":"2018-07-22T16:08:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T00:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/?p=10476"},"modified":"2018-07-22T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T00:08:35","slug":"lamar-ray-wa7lt-sk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdxa.org\/?p=10476","title":{"rendered":"LAMAR RAY WA7LT – SK"},"content":{"rendered":"

ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL SDXA FOUNDERS
\nAugust 10, 1933 – June 2, 2018<\/p>\n

The memorial<\/strong> was held at:<\/p>\n

Unitarian Universalist Church
\n4340 W Ft George Wright
\nSpokane, WA 99225<\/p>\n

Saturday, July 21 @ 2pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

The obituary from the July 15, 2018 Spokesman Review: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Charles Lamar Ray was born in 1933 to Miles Rufus Ray and Ruby Mowdy Ray in Detroit Michigan.He passed away on June 2, 2018 in Spokane, WA.<\/p>\n

Lamar was an avid Ham Radio Operator, obtaining his first Federal Communication License in 1948. He was known in the Ham Radio community as C. Lamar Ray WA7LT (ex: K9CUY and W9LT). Lamar was a founding member of the Fort Wayne, IN DX Association and the Spokane, WA DX Association. He was also a member of the Potomac Valley Radio Club.<\/p>\n

An active DXer and especially a Contester, he was an operator at the K2GL super-station during the 60s as well as many other contesting venues; some of which he hosted. Lamar was an ARRL Life Member and an ARRL member for over 70 years. <\/p>\n

He graduated from University of Michigan in 1956 earning a BS in electrical engineering. Most of his working career was with Magnavox. His work assignments took him to the Washington DC area as well as to Italy. <\/p>\n

A memorial service will be held on July 21, 2018 at 2:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane.<\/p>\n

Be prepared to tell your favorite “Lamar stories<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

The gathering will be informal with refreshments after…including his favorite fruit bowl salad!<\/p>\n

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\nDoing what he did best – contesting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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