[SBE16-Seattle] Gary Hart

[Schall, Tim]

Greetings:

I emailed John Price a bit ago and he asked that I share this here as well.

I wrote to John and said:

This hit me like a gut punch.  I am so very sorry to hear it.

KING5 will be flying the new antenna for our ATSC 3 station on our Queen Anne tower sometime tomorrow.  I've written the following on the base:
                Gary Hart, W7WWI/SK
                April 26, 1940
                September 2, 2021
                A friend to Seattle
                broadcasters

The same antenna will also be carrying a memorial to my own Father who passed away last February and, like Gary, provided me with encouragement and mentorship early in my career.

It is our honor to fly a small memorial to Gary on our new antenna.

For anyone who is curious, the one to my Father reads:

                Richard K. Schall
                March 5, 1928
                February 13, 2021
                Mr. Bells
                The monster Klarng
                I love you Dad.

It is appropriate to memorialize Gary on the same antenna as my Father because both of these men provided me with encouragement and mentorship early in my career.  I suspect, honestly, that Gary had a much better idea what I was up to than my Father did, but they both believed that I could do this.  Now, almost 44 years on, both men are gone and I am, a little bit more, on my own.  I hope I make them proud.

Tim Schall

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