A Tribute to Rod Linkous, W7OM

TOM OWENS

November 30, 2022. Indeed, Rod’s passing shortly after his 88th birthday was a very sad day. A hearty amen to all the nice things that have been said about Rod and his accomplishments in ham radio. Rod was real gentleman. In all my years of knowing Rod, I never heard him say a disparaging word about anyone. Rod received his first license in 1949 when he was 15 years old – W7KIM – the beginning of a passion for ham radio that he enjoyed for the rest of his life. Rod’s first station was a set of ARC-5 aircraft radios and simple wires in trees. Years later, he became W7YBX and finally, W7OM, in 1977. Rod entered the US Air Force aviation cadet program after high school, having already received…

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

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