{"id":58634,"date":"2024-01-06T09:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58634"},"modified":"2024-01-06T09:30:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T13:30:01","slug":"andrew-ikin-of-wellbrook-communications-has-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/andrew-ikin-of-wellbrook-communications-has-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Ikin of Wellbrook Communications has passed away"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mark Fahey’s Wellbrook Mag Loop antenna.<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post<\/em> readers who sent me this message–a re-post from the IRCA mailing list:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Death of Andrew Ikin- Wellbrook Communications
\nFrom: Tracey Gardner
\nDate: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:10:23 EST<\/p>\n

I am the bearer of very sad news.<\/p>\n

My good friend Andrew Ikin of Wellbrook Communications passed away on 25th October 2023 after a very short illness.<\/p>\n

He was buried on 10th November, a day before his 79th birthday.<\/p>\n

He is buried in the local churchyard in Beulah.<\/p>\n

Andrew was internationally known and respected, his products were second to none and his reputation for customer service renowned.<\/p>\n

I was lucky enough to count him as a friend and I will sorely miss him.
\nThe amateur radio and radio listener fraternity have lost a true colossus.<\/p>\n

73s Tracey G5VU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post readers who sent me this message–a re-post from the IRCA mailing list: Death of Andrew Ikin- Wellbrook Communications From: Tracey Gardner Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:10:23 EST I am the bearer of very sad news. My good friend Andrew Ikin of Wellbrook Communications passed away on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3607,3],"tags":[10412,4301],"class_list":["post-58634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-news","tag-andrew-ikin","tag-wellbrook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ffI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41926,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/a-compact-rspdx-wellbrook-loop-kit-for-the-beach-my-approach\/","url_meta":{"origin":58634,"position":0},"title":"A Compact RSPdx & Wellbrook Loop Kit for the Beach — My Approach","author":"Guy Atkins","date":"February 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I have enjoyed three to four medium wave and shortwave DXpeditions per year since 1988, to sites on the Washington and Oregon coasts. 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