ARRL Northwestern Division Assistant Director Phil Kane, K2ASP, SK

[Paul W. Schleck]

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>From http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-northwestern-division-assistant-director-phil-kane-k2asp-sk:

"ARRL Northwestern Division Assistant Director Phil Kane, K2ASP, of
Beaverton, Oregon, died on November 24. An ARRL Life Member, he was 84.

An FCC engineer, Kane rose to the post of FCC San Francisco District
Director and administered many ham radio and commercial license exams
during his nearly 30 years there. He was a registered professional
engineer in several jurisdictions.

Active as an Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteer, Kane was
a senior life member of the IEEE and a member of the Society of
Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and National Association of Radio and
Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE).

Kane earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the
Cooper Union School of Engineering, and he went to work for the US Air
Force. He also held a degree in system engineering from UCLA. While
working for the FCC, he earned a law degree. After retiring from the
FCC, Kane worked as a consultant.

In the mid-1960s, Kane served briefly in Israel's Ministry of
Communications as a regulatory engineer before going to work for the
FCC."


Longer obituary at:

https://www.thebdr.net/phil-kane-passes-away/


Phil was also a long-time participant here on the Usenet newsgroups.
His engineering and law expertise was an invaluable resource in these
forums. Often when a thorny communications law question came up,
someone would post, "Paging Phil Kane!"

https://groups.google.com/g/ba.broadcast/c/90huABXZgMY/m/lizDYqtmHKEJ

https://groups.google.com/g/alt.radio.pirate/c/-qAZcO-zY4s/m/cMMgO63Tz74J

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.radio.amateur.policy/c/LVwkCSxiwMM/m/rsg4LOD3gEoJ


Phil served in a consulting role to the moderation teams of
rec.radio.amateur.moderated and rec.radio.info over the past 15 years.
Though not in a formal lawyer/engineer-to-client relationship with us,
he would generously dispense much useful informal advice on law,
technology, and just overall life experience and common sense. Our
newsgroups were made much richer and useful by his presence. Phil's
participation had waned in recent years. The moderation team had last
heard from him in August.

Thank you Phil, for everything that you have done.

Rest in Peace.

(73, Paul, K3FU)

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Paul W. Schleck
psch...@panix.com

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