{"id":10950,"date":"2023-02-24T10:23:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T14:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=10950"},"modified":"2023-02-26T12:22:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T16:22:08","slug":"rip-ray-you-were-a-good-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2023\/02\/rip-ray-you-were-a-good-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Ray; you were a good guy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By now, most have heard of the passing of Ray Topp, publisher of Radio Guide magazine. I was shocked when I first learned about it in the middle of February. The family has decided to cease publishing the magazine, which is understandable, but also a loss for the industry. The goal of Radio Guide was to provide “real-world technical information.” When I wrote an article, I always thought about the various people I worked with over the years and what they were concerned with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have not read the Radio World article: Ray Topp, Publisher of Radio Guide Dies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last I heard from Ray was the third week in December. He said he had a bout of COVID and there were some complications. He said he was trying very hard to get the January\/February 2023 issue done. I sent in my article in early January but never heard anything back, which is unusual. When the publishing date came and went, I thought that perhaps he was still recovering. Unfortunately, that was not so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My final article for Radio Guide was to be titled: Learning with the Libra VNA<\/p>\n\n\n\n