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Roy Larsen (ZS6QU)
Post Office Box 5321, Weltevreden Park, 1715 Republic of South Africa
Telephone Numbers:
LandLines: +27 (11) 478-0027, +27 (11) 478-0091
CellPhone: +27 (83) 775-6452
URL: http://home.mweb.co.za/sa/salbu/ROY_ZS6QU.HTML
E-mail: royzs6qu@icon.co.za
NetWord: *ZS6QU
SILENT KEY:
Roy Stretton Larsen (1936-08-28 : 2007-02-06)
" .... FOC members will be saddened to hear of his passing, for
his excellent morse on the bands was a joy to listen to..."
Mick Puttick G3LIK Chairman FOC
Roy (ZS6QU) and Vidi (ZS1EL)
Members of the First Class CW
Operators' Club (FOC)
" ... taken during Roy and Laura's visit to us in Feb 2006 ...
"
Vidi (ZS1EL)
Roy (ZS6QU) in his radio room - circa 1985

Roy (ZS5DN/1 - ZS5QU) - Operating from the LARSEN family home in
Sea View - circa
1953
Roy circa 1999
Roy and Laura at Salbu South Africa
Children: Antony - Dayne - Diane - Bergen LARSEN
SILENT KEY - Roy Stretton Larsen (Born 1936-08-28 : Died
2007-02-06)
Roy is going to be sadly missed by Laura and his children
Antony, Dayne, Diane and Bergen. He will be fondly remembered by
his family, his banking colleagues and his many friends living in
South Africa and abroad.
Roy grew up in Durban. He was the younger son of Victor and Ivy LARSEN
and brother of David. Roy went to Sea View Government School and then
on to Glenwood High School. He started work at the Mobeni branch of
Barclays Bank when he was 18 years old and retired, at age 60, as
Senior Manager of First National Trust in Johannesburg.
Roy (ZS6QU) was an ardent amateur radio operator. Due to his
Morse code proficiency he was first licensed, as a second operator, at
the age of 16 and operated under the call ZS5DN/2. He soon become
recognised as a first class Morse code (CW) operator on both the local
and overseas (DX) bands. Roy could gather callsigns out of a CW pileup
with incredible accuracy and read almost any 'fist'. He remained an
active CW operator up until the time of his death at aged 70 years and
5 months. Roy had friends all over the world and was proud to be a
member of the First Class CW Operators
Club (FOC).
Roy will live on in our memories !!!
Kind regards,
David Larsen - ZS6DN
Dear Family and Friends,
Memorial Service - Roy Stretton Larsen (Born 1936-08-28 : Died
2007-02-06)
Friday, February 9, 2007 : Time 11:00
Martins Chapel Roodepoort - Telephone 011-672-8104
564 Ondekers Road (Between Gordon and Hendrik Potgieter)
Kind regards,
David Larsen
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Roy Stretton Larsen
Laura and Antony phoned just after 2 o'clock this morning to tell us
that my brother Roy had just died of a massive heart attack. The medics
arrived timeously but there was nothing that they could do for him.
As many of you will know Roy had his prostate cancer problem under
control so his sudden death comes as a great shock to us all.
More news to follow.
Kind regards,
David Larsen
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
From Publication: FIRST NATIONAL BANK NEWS - FEBRUARY 1991
JOHANNESBURG - ROY Larsen, who had been promoted to the position of
Senior Manager of First National Trust in Pretoria, received his
licence as a radio amateur in Durban in 1955 and has continued to 'ride
his hobby-horse' with enthusiasm and a fair measure of success ever
since.
Thanks to the co-operation of the Radio Amateurs of the South African
Radio League and 'participating Lions Clubs in the Multiple District
410' - to which Roy makes a major contribution - South Africa, for the
fifth year in succession, achieved top honours against world wide
participation in the annual contest, "Hunting Lions in the Air".
Roy's interest in this fascinating hobby was sparked off (which seems
to be an appropriate expression!) by two uncles, 'Windy' Larsen, who
became a radio ham as far back as 1926, and Gus Larsen. Both had a wide
circle of radio ham friends all over the world. Roy's elder brother is
also an avid radio amateur.
As in any specialist field, there are the purists. In this case the
'true blood' morse code operators comprise this select band (to use
another word which seems to fit the bill!).
"Although I do some voice transmissions I would say that 95 percent of
my contacts are by means of morse code," says Roy.
He receives stacks of mail on a daily basis from fellow radio hams all
over the globe who send cards confirming station identification.
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