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  • ARRL Northwestern Division Assistant Director Phil Kane, K2ASP, SK

    From Paul W. Schleck@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 9 09:17:04 2021
    XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, alt.radio.broadcasting, rec.radio.info

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    From http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-northwestern-division-assistant-director-phil-kane-k2asp-sk:

    "ARRL Northwestern Division Assistant Director Phil Kane, K2ASP, of
    Beaverton, Oregon, died on November 24. An ARRL Life Member, he was 84.

    An FCC engineer, Kane rose to the post of FCC San Francisco District
    Director and administered many ham radio and commercial license exams
    during his nearly 30 years there. He was a registered professional
    engineer in several jurisdictions.

    Active as an Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteer, Kane was
    a senior life member of the IEEE and a member of the Society of
    Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE).

    Kane earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the
    Cooper Union School of Engineering, and he went to work for the US Air
    Force. He also held a degree in system engineering from UCLA. While
    working for the FCC, he earned a law degree. After retiring from the
    FCC, Kane worked as a consultant.

    In the mid-1960s, Kane served briefly in Israel's Ministry of
    Communications as a regulatory engineer before going to work for the
    FCC."


    Longer obituary at:

    https://www.thebdr.net/phil-kane-passes-away/


    Phil was also a long-time participant here on the Usenet newsgroups.
    His engineering and law expertise was an invaluable resource in these
    forums. Often when a thorny communications law question came up,
    someone would post, "Paging Phil Kane!"

    https://groups.google.com/g/ba.broadcast/c/90huABXZgMY/m/lizDYqtmHKEJ

    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.radio.pirate/c/-qAZcO-zY4s/m/cMMgO63Tz74J

    https://groups.google.com/g/rec.radio.amateur.policy/c/LVwkCSxiwMM/m/rsg4LOD3gEoJ


    Phil served in a consulting role to the moderation teams of rec.radio.amateur.moderated and rec.radio.info over the past 15 years.
    Though not in a formal lawyer/engineer-to-client relationship with us,
    he would generously dispense much useful informal advice on law,
    technology, and just overall life experience and common sense. Our
    newsgroups were made much richer and useful by his presence. Phil's participation had waned in recent years. The moderation team had last
    heard from him in August.

    Thank you Phil, for everything that you have done.

    Rest in Peace.

    (73, Paul, K3FU)

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    Paul W. Schleck
    pschleck@panix.com

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