Frank Lagaet ON6UU SK

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SOTA op and QRP’er and MG x2 Frank Lagaet has sadly passed away, he was friends with Zoli HA3HK, and his wife Hilda HG3FLA for over 15 years, they met whilst Frank was on a family holiday in Hungary and they spent many holidays at Lake Balaton every year. He was a contributor to youtube and various Ham websites devoted to QRP activities and he was very much into constructing QRP radios.

Frank left a wife, Christine, and a daughter Phaedra…

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Another sad time for sota, worked Frank many times when he was on sota summits. Sorry to hear of the loss of another sota friend.
Condolences to the family. Don G0RQL.

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56 years! Too young to leave… RIP Franck and my condolences to the family.
Chris - F4WBN

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Thank you for passing on this information Paul. Really sorry to hear we have lost Frank, who I, with NIck G4OOE, met on a summit in Germany by chance, with his friend Rene ON6VI in 2015, and we had many QSOs between 2009 and 2021.

A roadside activation for Frank ON6UU and Rene ON6VI who we met by chance while activating BW-161 Wartenberg
A roadside activation for Frank ON6UU and Rene ON6VI who we met by chance while activating BW-161 Wartenberg1920×1440 655 KB

Rene ON6VI left ON6UU Frank right on Wartenberg BW-161
Rene ON6VI left ON6UU Frank right on Wartenberg BW-1611920×1440 500 KB

Frank is pictured right on these photos. When operating together they had a powerful station and were loud on the HF bands. Rest in peace Frank, so sorry to hear this.

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I’m a year younger so this was a bit of a shock!

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@G4OBK @F4WBN @G0RQL His funeral was on Wednesday and it was live-streamed (something I have never come across before), his family wished that his friends who could not attend could view, the link is here: http://www.uitvaartfilm.be/franklagaet

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So sad to read this.
I met Frank on the air and in person several times.
RIP Frank, will miss your call on the airwaves …
Luc ON7DQ

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Sorry to hear that Frank ON6UU is now sadly silent key. My condolence to his family.

Jimmy M0HGY

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Oh, so sad news … :sleepy:
Frank worked many times by me, the final one in April this year.
Deep condolences to Frank’s family :heartpulse:

73, Jarek

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No word to explain my sadness …
Stay in SOTA CLOUDS.

Roger

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We will miss you Franck.
R.I.P
Gerald

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Sad news again. Condolences to family and friends.
André f5ukl

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I was sad to read that Frank is no longer with us. His dedication to QRP is well known.

Condolences to his family and friends, including Zoli and Hilda.

Gerald

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It is terrible to hear the sad news. The Belgian SOTA association is loosing a valuable activator and chaser. I’ll always remember the first and only crossed mode SOTA QSO I had with Frank (CW-SSB).
I express my sincere sympathy to his family.

Peter ON4UP

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