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<div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Richard was a great guy and would help anyone. He gave me a homemade antenna I still use. Richard--Thanks for everything and Rest in Peace!!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">John Gurnsey</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">KC9CTL</div>
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On Saturday, December 7, 2019, 04:42:54 PM UTC, kb9rds <kb9rds@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv0349385173"><div><div>I agree with Mike, he was a good friend and a friend to all he communicated with. Life delt him lots of challenges and yet he found a way to get around and survive them. Fair winds and following seas old friend.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Steve Wendt</div><div>KB9RDS</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv0349385173composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757;">Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A10e, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0349385173yqt0354034675" id="yiv0349385173yqt89407"><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Robert Thompson <rwthompson@tds.net> </div><div>Date: 12/7/19 11:30 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: IRC News <ircnews@indyradioclub.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [IRCNews] K9RAG, Richard Gerber SK </div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div>I heard Richard on the air a lot. I agree, He will be missed.<br clear="none"></div>
<div>R.I.P. K9RAG</div>
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<div>Bob Thompson</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000;FONT-STYLE:normal;"><b>From: </b>"Michael R. Palmer" <N9FEB@comcast.net><br clear="none"><b>To: </b>ircnews@indyradioclub.org<br clear="none"><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, December 7, 2019 11:16:13 AM<br clear="none"><b>Subject: </b>[IRCNews] K9RAG, Richard Gerber SK<br clear="none">
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<p class="yiv0349385173MsoNoSpacing"><img align="left" style="min-height:2.614in;WIDTH:2.239in;" hspace="12" alt="A person wearing a hat Description automatically generated" src="" width="215" height="251">K9RAG, Richard Gerber, was known widely across Marion County on the air. He was always there to share his opinion, as others did. </p>
<p class="yiv0349385173MsoNoSpacing">Richard was active in most of the ham radio assisted operating events such as the Mini Marathon, 500 Festival Parade, ADA Tour-de-Cure, Indpls Half Marathon, along with others.</p>
<p class="yiv0349385173MsoNoSpacing">He hung out on the 146.700 Repeater and was very active with Skywarn, mostly being the liaison from the local net on the 146.760 to the statewide net on the 146.970.</p>
<p class="yiv0349385173MsoNoSpacing">Being blind did not stop Richard from doing anything he set out to do. He volunteered for pretty much everything. </p>
<p class="yiv0349385173MsoNoSpacing">The past few years, Richard owned and operated a vending machine refilling business which kept him busy enough to be off the radio a lot.</p>
<p class="yiv0349385173MsoNoSpacing">His voice will be missed --- 73 Richard, you were a good friend.<br clear="all"></p>
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