“Chip” Margelli, K7JA, SK

One of the best-known amateurs of the past 40 years has become a Silent Key. CQ joins the contesting and DXing communities in mourning the loss of Charles “Chip” Margelli, K7JA, to cancer in late May 2023. We first received the news from his close friend and CQ Contributing Editor Gordon West, WB6NOA: “Chip left us yesterday at 4:00 p.m., after spending weeks putting together Field Day station antennas and gear. That is all he would talk about – a great station on the air! He was ready for Field Day! He and Janet (KL7MF, Chip’s wife of 45 years) fought this fast-spreading cancer for months, with never a word to most anyone about his heroic fight. He passed away peacefully, with dignity, at his home, with Janet and his…

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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2023

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