Our longtime friend Howard Bassham has passed-away from a two year battle with cancer on Monday January 27, 2025 at 94 years old.

He was an airline captain for 40 years, and retired from Western Airlines.
He was a big supporter of PAPA, the Win System, and Cactus, al well as being an ARRL life member.

Howard held Amateur Extra Class and First Class Radio Telecommunications license with RADAR endorsement. While in the Army he learned CW in order to copy signal intelligence.