Noted DXer Bruce Butler, W6OSP, SK

[ARRL]

Bruce W. Butler, W6OSP, of Napa, California, died January 16. He was 79. Butler’s father was a ham and inspired him to get his license, which he did in 1950, becoming W5PXN while a high school student in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

While serving in the Navy on Guam, he operated KG6AAY and was able to keep in touch with his father. He got hooked on DX after operating from both sides of a pileup.

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