Frank B. O'Connor (aka SCANdal) passed in his sleep on April 29, 2011, due to complications from the respiratory illnesses he suffered related to the months he spent working at Ground Zero after 9/11.
Never without some sort of receiver within arms reach, Frank’s love for the hobby was well known among all who knew him. Close friends would often goof on him by calling out a town and department, to which he'd reply with their primary frequency and PL or DPL. They sometimes wouldn't know if he was right or not - but he almost always nailed it dead on. A backyard gardener, amateur chef (very amateur...I remember an eggplant dish that went so wrong that Frank almost had the honor of hearing his own address dispatched over his local fire channel), and avid cross country skier (before his health failed him), Frank's passing was marked with a very small church service and private cremation.
Memorial donations can be sent to the New York Organ Donor Network at Organ Donation | New York Organ Donor Network | NYODN.
While some may have noticed the drop off in his participation in the hobby lately, he kept a brave face on to those who know him in person, almost to the very end.
“May those ultimately responsible for his untimely death, both domestically and abroad, suffer a fate ten times worse then he did.”
Never without some sort of receiver within arms reach, Frank’s love for the hobby was well known among all who knew him. Close friends would often goof on him by calling out a town and department, to which he'd reply with their primary frequency and PL or DPL. They sometimes wouldn't know if he was right or not - but he almost always nailed it dead on. A backyard gardener, amateur chef (very amateur...I remember an eggplant dish that went so wrong that Frank almost had the honor of hearing his own address dispatched over his local fire channel), and avid cross country skier (before his health failed him), Frank's passing was marked with a very small church service and private cremation.
Memorial donations can be sent to the New York Organ Donor Network at Organ Donation | New York Organ Donor Network | NYODN.
While some may have noticed the drop off in his participation in the hobby lately, he kept a brave face on to those who know him in person, almost to the very end.
“May those ultimately responsible for his untimely death, both domestically and abroad, suffer a fate ten times worse then he did.”
SCANdal was a true scan monitor that will be missed by many here on this board...and most certainly by me.
