Von: BueschelW@web.de im Auftrag von Wolfgang Bueschel ...

Norbert Taferner, der in Solheim, Germiston in Suedafrika wohnt, besucht
Poertschach und seine hier ansaessige Familie oefters.
(Mathias-Weber-D, A-DX May 22)
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A well-known Russian DXer and prolific writer
Pavel Mikhailov, RV3ACC,
passed away in his down-town Moscow condo on May 23, 2010. The preliminary
cause for his death is a heart attack. He was 63.
Pavel was a founder and long-time host of Klub-DX and other popular shows
at the Russian World Service of Radio Moscow/VoR. Active in DX-hobby since
1960s, he arguably was the most famous DXer in the Russian-speaking world.
Many Russian DXers picked up the hobby, thanks to his personal
encouragement.
Pevel left Voice of Russia in 2004 due to his failing health but continued
preparing a monthly column for Radio Magazine, publishing a weekly
MediaCom Digest on electronic media, writing articles for general Russian
press and actively corresponding with his numerous DX-friends.
Pavel was born and grew up in Latvia. An engineer by training, he was a
true intellectual from the Soviet past - a bright, passionate and
articulate man (married with no kids) who easily made both friends and
enemies.
He viewed himself as a product of Kruschev's political and cultural Thaw.
Not incidentally Ottepel' (Thaw) was a title for one of his most popular
radio programs at the Voice of Russia. The emotionally charged broadcasts
consisted of popular songs from 1960s and Pavel's memories of joys, loves,
discoveries and friendships from that time.
In Open_DX forum one of his friends is quoting Pavel's email written just
four days before his death: "It's important to take a good care of a
person while he's still alive instead of singing praises to him after his
death."
I knew Pavel personally since the end of 1980s. I will always remember our
long phone conversations, his radio broadcasts and the Russian newspapers
that he often mailed to me in pre-Internet times when I lived outside of
Russia.
Pavel's photo can be found at MediaCom Digest's site:
Sergei S. (dxld May 25)
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vy73 de Wolfgang DF5SX
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