Your message was plenty clear, JC, I was just trying to be funny.
But I do respect Dick Bird, he made great contributions to the field
of dx antennas.

Walt

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:35:41 +0200, "JC" wrote:

Sorry my message was not clear enough: Carcassonne is a city in the southern
part of France and not in the Mediterranean sea !
We use to say in French "au sud de la France" which means " in the southern
part of the country" and not "south of the french territory".
F8ND

"Walter Maxwell" a écrit dans le message de news:
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:20:12 +0200, "JC" wrote:

Dick died on August 16th in his house near Carcassonne (South) of France.
Dick, well known in the HAM community, was the creator in the fifties of
the
MINIBEAM and, since, of several innovative antenna designs such as the
BIRD'S CAGE, the BOW & ARROW (or Jungle Job ) beam....
He was living in France since 1999 using the call F6IDC until 2001.

We will miss him.

F8ND

Wih all due respect to Dick Bird, isn't 'South of France' in the
Mediterranean?

Walt, W2DU