N5GIZ (2): Dad's newspaper article

Here's a scan of a newspaper article about Dad (N5GIZ).  The The article is from the Broken Arrow Ledger, April 4, 1993. 

 

N5GIZ (1)

Below is a photo of Sam Morris, N5GIZ, the father of the QRP brothers.  Sadly, he became a silent key in 2009.  The photo was taken in 1985.  He started as a ham about 1983 with a Kenwood TS-420. He put a tri-band Yagi held by a wooden tower atop his house and spent his days running down DX. 

As the 80's passed he was quick to try every new technology that came along.  Commodore 64 computer with automatic demodulation of CW...  keyboard to CW, many other innovations. 

After he retired from ATT in early 90's he adopted Internet technology and started and opened up his own Internet business selling wooden gavels and and paper towel holders.  I was so proud that my kids had a high tech grandpa...