<div dir="ltr">All,<div>In compliance with the Rana family wishes, NCDXA has made a contribution to COMMITTED Nepal in lieu of sending flowers. </div><div>This organization is committed to providing access to free, quality education to all Nepalese youth.</div>
<div>73,</div><div> -Rick</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Rick Murphy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:k1mu@arrl.net" target="_blank">k1mu@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I am personally shocked and saddened to learn that Rana is no longer with us.</div><div>My wishes go out to his family in this difficult time.</div>
<div><br></div>Quoting from Bernie's Daily DX:<div>
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">______________________________</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">______________________________</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">__________</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Silent Key</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">______________________________</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">______________________________</span><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">__________</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">On December 30th WB4NFO, Pradyumna S. Rana, of Alexandria, Virginia</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">passed away after succumbing to congestive heart failure. He was 76.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Rana as he was fondly remembered was born in 1938 in Nepal and went to</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">St. Xaviers School where he was a student of 9N1MM, Father Marshall D.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Moran. After school he began working for the American Embassy with</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">assignments in Nepal and India eventually immigrating to the US in</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">1965. Once in the States he "pursued technical studies in</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">electronics" and eventually obtained his Amateur Radio license, which</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">he no doubt was introduced by Father Moran. Rana worked for AT&T as a</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">telecommunication specialist and retired in 1990. NFO was a member of</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the National Capital DX Association and had 335 confirmed in the ARRL</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">DXCC mixed standings. He operated from his birth/home country as</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">9N1NFO, 9N33 and 9N38 as well from Thailand as HS0ZBK. On a personal</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">note I have known Rana since I was a teenager and will always remember</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">him as a friendly and loving person. He really cared for his friends</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and family.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://everlywheatley.tributes.com/our_obituaries/Pradyumna-Rana-97442183?f_e=1" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://everlywheatley.tributes.com/our_obituaries/Pradyumna-Rana-<br>
97442183?f_e=1</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><br>
</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA
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