
VK1 Tango Xray, Tex: A True Gentleman & Radio Amateur
It is with great sadness to inform a great man and amateur VK1TX tex has passed away peacefully after a short battle with liver cancer. I've not been licensed half the time Texx had been on air but I remember meeting him at a Wyong dinner some 20 odd years ago alongside many other amateurs including Chris VK2SR and every year after that at the Wyong Amateur Radio Field Day. Tex was a true gentleman. He had the time for everybody. He was a kind man, a great radio amateur and travelled to all corners of the globe meeting many of the hams he spoke to daily. He was also a net controller on the long running Australian, New Zealand and Africa DX Net which is run daily on 20…