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Richard B. 'Dick' Harris Mountlake Terrace, WA QCWA # 33243 |
Richard B. Harris Sr. Richard (Dick) B. Harris Sr, 93, passed away on June 11, 2018. He was born November 21, 1924 in Camden, NJ, to Dr. Edwin and Gladys Harris. He served in both the Army and the US Naval Reserve. While in the service he worked part time in radio broadcasting, which became his life's work. His career in radio, spanning 50 years, took him to many stations across the country including WPEN, WCBS, KGDN/KGFM, KCIS and KIRO to name a few. Dick loved Ham radio, pipe organ music, and of course his family. Dick married Dorothy Bankhead in 1949 in Atlantic City, NJ. They were happily married for 69 years. Dick is survived by his wife, Dorothy; sister, Charlotte; children: Rick Harris and wife, Becky; Tom Harris and his wife, Diane, daughter, Joy Chaudiere and her husband, Dale. He is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Dick was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Edwin and Gladys Harris; his sisters Joy, Lois, Rachel, and his eldest daughter, Diane Harris Bebee. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial dona-tions be made to the building fund for Alderwood Community Church, 3403 Alderwood Mall Blvd. Lynnwood, WA 98036.
Published in The Herald (Everett) on June 24, 2018
From qrz.com:
Back in the 50's while working at the RCA plant in Camden, NJ, and being surrounded at work by a lot of Hams, I succeeded in getting my first license, KN2MBT and plunged in as a Novice. Not being satisfied with Novice limitations I worked hard and earned my general in 1955. In 1962 we moved out to Washington State and became K7VCD. For the next 43years I was satisfied with my General class privileges, until March 23rd, 2005. After much persuasion, encouragement from a friend, N6TZ, and hours of studying practice exams, I earned my Extra Class privilege and decided to keep my call, K7VCD, because it has been me since 1962. My current station includes a Kenwood TS570, Ameritron AL-811 linear amp, working into an inverted V fed with ladder-line, a Hy-gain DX-88 all-band vertical. My Hy-gain 20-10 Triband beam was completely restored again on Memorial Day weekend 2005, with a lot of help from family and friends. It's now working better than ever, and is my window to the world of Ham radio once again. I've been in radio broadcasting since 1949, starting as a board announcer/disc jockey gravitating over to the engineering side. Finally retired as fulltime Corporate Project Engineer with Salem Communications in the Spring of 2003 after 19 years.
Enjoy SSB and PSK31. Spend a lot of that time on 20 meters. CU there.
Clubs: ARRL, QCWA, RCA(Radio Club of America), ARMS(Amateur Radio Missionary Service), Cascade Radio Club.
QSL Direct preferred. eQSL OK but not valid for DXCC. Prefer Paper QSLs for DXCC credit.
73, Dick
