Announcement: Passing of Larry Van Horn, N5FPW

[batdude]

This is a difficult post to write this afternoon.

My old friend, monitoring cohort and fellow retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer, Larry - has passed away after a brief illness.

I first met Larry at one of the Monitoring Times conventions in Atlanta in the 1990s. We've stayed in touch over the years, sharing stories here and there from the old days of newsprint Monitoring Times magazine.

My sincere condolences to his wife of MANY years, Gayle - (Author / Editor of the Global Radio Guide)

RIP, Chief.

 

[KevinC]

@Airboss

 

[ChrisP]

Wow, such sad news.

Chief convinced me to start writing for Monitoring Times nearly 20 years ago. I am forever in his debt...

RIP

 

[RaleighGuy]

His posts, stories and articles over the years were such a big help. He will be missed and long remembered through his work.

 

[jgorman21]

A true “Giant” in this community! Always sharing his knowledge with everyone! He will be missed!

 

[ecps92]

Wow, such sad news.

Chief convinced me to start writing for Monitoring Times nearly 20 years ago. I am forever in his debt...

RIP

RIP Larry, we always had chatted (never got to meet him in person) via email.

Gayle and family our condolences from his friends in the hobby/amateur world

 

[wtp]

another good guy gone.
sad to hear.

 

[qc]

Rest in peace

 

[RichardKramer]

I always enjoyed reading his many radio related articles. RIP.

 

[Harold]

Condolences.. RIP

 

[mass-man]

this is so not fair! I too had a chance to meet him at a MT convention...one helluva a great guy!
Hoping the propagation never wanes where you are now Chief.

 

[dlwtrunked]

This is a difficult post to write this afternoon.

My old friend, monitoring cohort and fellow retired US Navy Chief Petty Officer, Larry - has passed away after a brief illness.

Sad to hear this. Odd that RR says your post is dated yesterday, but Been Verified says he died in August.

"William Larry Vanhorn​

Born January 1952​

Deceased in Aug 2023 in Clay, NC
Location Brasstown, NC"

(Brasstown, where Larry lived is in Clay Co.)
If you see more information to clarify the date, please post it.

 

[KI6AOK]

Larry was one of the good ones. I enjoyed talking milcom with him. He was always willing to share his knowledge and he just plain loved radio. RIP Chief!

 

[KevinC]

Sad to hear this. Odd that RR says your post is dated yesterday, but Been Verified says he died in August.

"William Larry Vanhorn​

Born January 1952​

Deceased in Aug 2023 in Clay, NC
Location Brasstown, NC"

(Brasstown, where Larry lived is in Clay Co.)
If you see more information to clarify the date, please post it.

I don’t see that it matters when he passed away. The OP never stated when this happened, so maybe he just found out.

Anyway, enough about that. No need to reply to this.

 

[krokus]

I read a few of his articles in MT, and was happy to see him on here, as he was a great resource, radio enthusiast, and seemed like a good guy.

Chief, we have the watch.
(de former ET1)

 

[Napalm]

Wow. I'm in shock. Rest in peace and clear skies sir.

 

[KC4PSR]

Spent so many hours reading and re-reading his articles and books over the past 30 years. Thanky you so much Larry!

 

[b52hbuff]

What a huge loss to the milcom/airshow monitoring community. Even with all of the changes in the UHF spectrum, I still find his stuff useful to this day.

Maybe his legacy will be honored when we fill in all of the UHF "holes"?

225-400 MHz Spectrum Holes

Larry Van Horn posted this excellent post on his blog today. Anyone want to give these a shot and see what they find? http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2011/08/uhf-225-380-mhz-milcom-spectrum-holes.html I have written a lot over the years on this blog and other media about what I call spectrum...

forums.radioreference.com

 

[Justmescanneruser]

I'm saddened to hear of Larry's passing. I met him long ago at a hamfest in VA Beach sometime in the 80s when I think he was doing a utility column in one of the radio magazines and had emailed back and forth the last few years about some local military frequencies and systems. I'd actually searched for his obituary a few months ago when I saw his blog and Twitter hadn't been updated in a while and his column went missing in the spectrum monitor, but didn't find anything at the time. I always enjoyed his milcom column, he was a nice guy and he and his expertise will be missed. My condolences to his wife and family.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Long time Monitoring Times subscriber here. Read and enjoyed his columns every month. Scary when folks 2 years older are dying around you.