Gene Zimmerman W3ZZ SK

Radio Amateurs will be sorry to hear of the death on Sunday last, 3rd June 2012 of 

Gene Zimmerman W3ZZ

Gene wrote the popular QST column 'The World Above 50 MHz' from 2002 to 2011. Over the years he worked more than 140 DXCC entities on 6 metres, 38 States on 144 and 220 MHz and held the VHF/UHF Century Club (VUCC) on the 50 to 1296 MHz bands. Gene was first licensed in 1956 and held an Amateur Extra Licence since 1963.

Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dilis.