Subj : Southeastern Repeater Association (SERA) President Wade "Danny" Hampton Jr., K4ITL, passed away February 28, 2024.
To   : QST
From : ARRL de WD1CKS
Date : Fri Apr 05 2024 04:12 pm

 03/29/2024 

While attending the North Carolina State School for the Blind (now known as
Governor Morehead School for the Blind) in Raleigh, Hampton met several sighted
friends involved in the amateur radio community and began attending radio club
meetings with them. As a result, he became a licensed amateur radio operator at
the age of 12, despite the requirement that an operator must be able to read,
copy, and send Morse code, all of which he learned by ear. After graduation
from Wake Technical Community College, Hampton founded a company that
maintained commercial two-way radio systems across the southeastern US. For
many years, he was a broadcast engineer for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, often working
at the top of the station's 2,000-foot tower. Hampton made his last climb in