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Stanley R. 'Stan' Reas Moneta, VA QCWA # 07837 Chapter 202 |
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Funeral Arrangements by Conner-Bowman Funeral Home, Rocky Mount, VA.
Stanley Richard (Stan) Reas, 85, died Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at his home in Moneta. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, February 2, 1931, the son of the late Alvarado and Verna Buell Reas. A graduate of Case Institute of Technology, Stan was an electrical engineer and retired from Lawrence Perry and Associates. He was a member of the Blue Ridge Soaring Society, an avid golfer and ham radio operator.He was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church where a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 9, 2016, with the Rev. David Lord officiating.Stan is survived by his wife, Carolyn J. Reas; his son, Doug Reas of Reston, Va.; his daughters, Nancy Reas Brown (Steve) of Niger, West Africa, and Allison Reas Dod (Tom) of Durham, N.C., and five grandchildren, Bryce Brown, Joel Brown, Daniel Dod, Benjamin Dod and Sam Dod.Arrangements are by Conner-Bowman Funeral Home, Rocky Mount.
To All FISTS CW Club Members:
It is my sad duty to announce that Stan Reas K4UK passed away Wednesday October 5, 2016. First licensed in 1947 as W8AVT, Stan enjoyed 69 years of amateur radio fun. He loved working for all the various awards offered not only by FISTS CW Club but also ARRL. He earned DXCC, WAS on 6 bands, WAC, and was an A1-Op club member. He also enjoyed operating mobile, QRP, and hunting for new counties. As a member of FISTS club he earned the following awards: Century, Silver, Gold, Diamond, Platinum, Platinum 250, Platinum 500, Rag Chewers, NANFA, 1 X QRP, 2 X QRP, WACA, Area Code, Millionaire, 2 thru 18 Million Endorsements, WAS, Prefix, Prefix 50, and 15th Anniversary awards. In 2006 he received the .G3ZQS Trophy. for the WACR Band Challenge. He also received many other operating awards from other clubs and DX entities around the world.
As many of you know, Stan was instrumental in setting up the Americas Chapter QSL Bureau involving members of the Franklin County Amateur Radio Club. He enjoyed many years as a member of FISTS and helped many times with the FISTS booth at the Dayton Hamvention. Stan was also an avid golfer. If he was not on the air . . . he was on the links!
Stan K4UK will be greatly missed . . . by many amateurs world wide. I send condolences to his family from the FISTS CW Club as well as myself.
Memorial Service will be held for Stan on Oct 9 at 2 PM at the Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Moneta, VA. Flowers may be sent to the Conner-Bowman Funeral Home, 62 Virginia Market Place Drive, Rocky Mount, VA, 24151
Thank you Stan for all that you.ve done for FISTS and the amateur radio community.
73 my friend, ._._
Dennis K6DF
Americas Chapter President
FISTS CW Club
K6DF@FistsNA.org
Connor-Bowman Guestbook
Stan did much to give back to the hobby of ham radio, that he enjoyed so much. I had many pleasurable contacts with him over the years, and met him in person at Dayton. He will be missed by his family and his FISTS ham radio friends.
73, Paul WA9PWP
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Stan, K4UK was the first amateur radio operator I met when we moved to Franklin County Dec. of 1996. My dear friend thoroughly enjoyed communication by cw (code) contacts with fellow hams everywhere. Licensed in 1947 in Ohio he was a real Old Timer in our ranks. He was one of 13 founding members of the Quarter Century Wireless Association Chapter# 202. Additional memberships included the Franklin County Amateur Radio Club, Roanoke Valley Amateur Club, American Radio Relay League, FISTS, as well as others.
Shortly after the D Day Memorial opened, he got a team of hams together to set up a amateur radio station at the memorial and put WW2DDM on the air from a tent and portable antennas. Skillfully he demonstrated ham radio and cw code to hundreds of visitors. Often we displayed surplus WW2 radio equipment. A proud member of the FISTS cw club he organized a group of us to exchange QSL cards to be distributed to fellow hams. Stan always had time to help others in ham radio. He was always excited about his golf games and the humorous stories that often followed. Also, years ago he was interested and participated in hang gliding. Years of devotion to his loving wife Carolyn and their children were always important to Stan. Sarah and I extend our prayers and sympathy to the Reas family. A true gentleman will not be forgotten.
Leland W. Smith, Jr
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Debbie and I extend our heart felt sympathy to Stan's wife Carolyn, and their children. He was dedicated to his family and always put them first. I first met Stan, K4UK, in 2002 at a meeting of the Franklin County Amateur Radio Club, in Rocky Mount, VA. It was obvious he was a very stalwart Ham, and especially dedicated to FISTS, an international Morse code organization, which originated in England, whose goal is to perpetuate the use of Morse code. It didn't take him very long to sign me up as FISTS member and recruit me to be a member of the FISTS' QSL Bureau as the 3-area card sorter. He was a force to be reckoned with during the annual ARRL Field Day contest. As Leland (Buddy) Smith pointed out, Stan was always looking for an opportunity to demonstrate Amateur Radio to the public. The Amateur Radio community will miss Stan dearly. Debbie and I wish the very best to Stan's family. Harry W. Weiss, Jr. (KA3NZR, Berkeley Springs, WV)
Harry W. Weiss, Jr.
From qrz.com:
July 11, 2012 was the 65th anniversary of my being licensed. I have always enjoyed challenges, especially those on CW. I guess that's why I enjoy the FISTS CW Club so much. It was fun to go after the various Awards which FISTS offers including the 'tough' ones like Diamond Century.
In 2006 the FISTS WARC Band Challenge was announced, I decided to see what I could accomplish operating on 30, 17 and 12 Meters. I really became engrossed in working the WARC bands. I ended up being the winner of the 2006 WARC Band Challenge and received "The G3ZQS Trophy" That's it in the picture in front of the K2.
I was first licensed in 1947 as W8AVT, and held that call sign until April 1956 when I moved to Roanoke, Virginia with the General Electric Company and was issued K4IKF. When two-letter calls became available to hams who had been licensed 25 years, I received my present call K4UK in August 1972.
I enjoy many aspects of amateur radio, including mobile, county hunting, contesting, and rag chewing. Even though my true love is CW, I do hold Geratol # 2044 for working all states on phone in the Extra Class portion of the 75 Meter Band. I have also earned DXCC, 6 Band WAS, WAC. I was honored to receive membership in the A-1 Operator Club.
I belong to ARRL, Franklin County ARC and Old Dominion Chapter #202 of QCWA.
My station consists of a TenTec Omni VI, an Elecraft K2, an Elecraft KX1 a Ten-Tec "6N2". Also I've got a couple Rock Mites, one for 40 Meters and one for 20 Meters. The antennas include a Cushcraft R7 vertical, an All-Band trap dipole, and a 160 Meter Inverted Vee. All three antennas were dropped by the "Derecho" on June 29, 2012. They are all back up now.
For HF mobile I use a TenTec Scout with a Hustler antenna. Also I've got a TenTec 1220 - 2 meter FM rig in my Chrysler van.
For 50 years I had used a "Telegraph Apparatus Co." bug - hardly a well known brand. Then Ray, AB4YZ shamed me into learning how to use the built in keyers in my rigs. So, I got a Bencher paddle and now hardly know how to use the bug.
Some years ago Hector, NP4FW sent me a straight key which he had made using a door hinge. I use it in all the straight key events.
My first visit to the Dayton HamVention was in 2001. I enjoyed visiting with many FISTS members. That's where I decided to purchase an Elecraft K2 kit. I completed constructing it on October 8. My biggest thrill was when VK3DBD answered my "CQ" on 20 Meters. Since it's 9890 miles from Moneta, VA to Yackandandah, Australia the contact qualified for the "1000 miles per Watt" certificate. This new equipment is a far cry from the WWII surplus command sets and Hallicrafters S40 that I began with back in 1947. My first homebrew was a 6V6-6L6 rig running 25 watts input, then I built an All-Band rig with a "good old" 807 final. My first kit was the Heathkit DX100. In order to save money, I rebuilt my Hammarlund HQ129X to add the features of the HQ170 to it ( product detector, etc.). My first solid state rig was the Ten-Tec Argonaut.
I do enjoy contesting and QSO Parties -- not necessarily to win, but just to have fun. In 1996, I entered the Canada Day Contest on July 1, just seven days after having quadruple bypass surgery, and won first place, USA, single operator, 14 MHz. It's been one of favorite contests ever since.
I have really enjoyed the International Morse Preservation Society, better known as the FISTS CW Club. To date I have worked 2732 members of the Club and have earned the Century, Silver, Gold, Diamond, Platinum, Platinum-250, Platinum-500, Mobile Century, QRP Century, Two-way QRP Century, FISTS Rag Chewers, FISTS-WAS, 15th Anniversary-300 Award and the NANFA and the Millionaire with 17 Million sticker.
Back in the fall of 1997, with the help from members of the Franklin County ARC, I took on the duties of running the QSL bureau for the FISTS Club. We have handled 402,952 QSL cards to date. It's a task that had kept us all quite busy!
