SM3JQU Per

SM3JQU and his son SM3YKR - JH1KRC photo

Yet another key has fallen silent ...

After a long fight against cancer, Per, SM3JQU joined the Silent Keys on February 1st, 2025. He was only 64.

I have known Per since the mid-1970s when he was in high school. He had just started to work toward his own license and used me as an "assistant Elmer"; his "primary Elmer" was of course his uncle Sven, SM3AH, a true old timer. Per was interested in VHF/UHF right from the beginning, but his EME activities only took off in 2003 when he learned that we were going to put the EISCAT Svalbard 32 meter dish on 432 MHz. He worked fast from there and eventually became QRV on both 432 and 1296 with a small dish but good power. Quite a few of you have probably worked him on one or both bands. He was a very good friend of Carl, SM3AKW, and living within easy reach of him Per kept an eye on how Carl was doing during his final years.

Per was not very active on the bands the last few years, partly due to his health problems. My thoughts are now with Lena, his wife, Anna, his daughter and Erik, his son.

R.I.P. Per
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