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Subj: ARLX002 Well-Known Contester Bill Fisher, W4AN, SK
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Special Bulletin 2 ARLX002
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT April 6, 2004
To all radio amateurs
SB SPCL ARL ARLX002
ARLX002 Well-Known Contester Bill Fisher, W4AN, SK
Bill J. Fisher, W4AN (ex-KM9P), of Alpharetta, Georgia, died
unexpectedly April 4. He was 41. An ARRL Life Member, Fisher and
fellow Georgian John Laney, K4BAI, took the silver medal at World
Radiosport Team Championship 1996 in the San Francisco Bay area and
they competed in WRTC-02 in Finland as OJ3D.
Fisher was the founder of the Contesting.com Web site. During the
1980s and 1990s, he contributed more than a dozen articles to the
National Contest Journal. He was a member of the South East Contest
Club, the South East DX Club, the First-Class CW Operators' Club and
the A-1 Operator Club. In addition to being a ham radio contester,
he was an avid bicycle racer.
Fisher was founder and Vice President of Concentric Systems Inc and
he also established and served as president of Akorn Access Inc, an
Internet service provider and consulting company. Survivors include
his wife, Dana, and their sons Graeme and Erik. A memorial service
will begin at 11 AM at L. W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home &
Crematory, 150 Sawnee Drive, Cumming, Georgia.
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