Corey Mesenbrink, KC0YNS, passed away Thursday night, 5/28
2020 at his home. It was an accident in the home.
Most of you on this list would have known Corey, or talked
with him on the radio. In the past year he was on DMR, BYRG, all the time, but
before he temporarily lost access to his massive Shack, you heard him on many
of the local repeaters, and faithfully delivering traffic on 3.963 MHz. He had
a large complement of ham radios and antennas at his home near Hallsville. I
called it RF Hill.
His email signature block read:
DTS.
Digital Traffic System
RRI Radio
Relay International
Missouri
Traffic Net 3.963
Assistant
Emergency Coordinator BCARES
And he was all that and more. He enjoyed buying and selling
radios and gear, and attending hamfests when he was still able. He was always
ready to offer a piece from his “junk” boxes to any who might need that piece. He
enjoyed talking to people on the radio, and DMR gave him that chance from his
wheelchair in the house.
He was instrumental in both local radio clubs in Columbia
serving in several capacities for many years. He was an early adopter of
Winlink using it for his digital traffic role. He had several linear amplifiers
and didn’t believe much in QRP. He liked to have his 75M dipole good and
resonant at 3.963 MHz, and insisted that K0PHP and I shorten the wires by 6
inches just last Saturday (5/23/20) to make him happy when he dumped his 1 KW
amplifier on it. Guess that won’t happen now.
Rest in peace, my friend,
Bill N0AXZ
