N4PZ Steve Gross

Steve Gross N4PZ passed away on December 10, 2025 after 70 years as a ham operator. He was a great CW operator on 13 & 23 cm EME and terrestrially on 432, 1296 and 10 GHz. CW was always his first love. Notable was his 1046 km 10 GHz terrestrial QSO with VE4MA in 2010. He operated terrestrial beacons and hosted Nets.

Steve was an experimenter and a prolific builder of KW Class PAs and antennas. He produced more than 200 Power Amplifiers including 22 PAs for 144 MHz and 57 for 432, using Big Russian tubes. He had a big signal wherever he was operating. RIP Steve

N4PZ 4.9 m dish

N4PZ GS23b 432 AMP