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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Ron Rackley designed and tuned up: KBLA, KYPA, KHJ antenna systems. He also did the original Day-Night for KIQI in San Francisco. I am currently working with Ben Dawson who has taken the original design and upgraded it for a night time increase: 500 to 10kw.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Michael Gilbert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Regional Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>MRBi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>360-739-1366<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, contains information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. 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Rackley passed away Friday at his home in Florida, according to an announcement by the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers, of which he was a former president. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I never had a change to work with him on a project (That would have been #1 in my Bucket List) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However we did chat many times at NAB<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He was closely associated with Hatfield and Dawson, here in Seattle, and left his mark at some call letters you would recognize.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have a Rackley Story, please do pass it on.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He was a pioneer, legend and giant in our industry<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Clay Freinwald<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p></div></body></html>