John Donnelly, 2019

It is with much sadness we report John Donnelly, KY4JD is a silent key. John passed away Friday, June 28, 2019 at the age of 78 years. He was an active northern Kentucky ham, who also spent time in Venice in the winter. John was an electrical engineer and a firefighter with the Ft. Wright Volunteer Fire Dept. for nearly three decades.
He was a member of the Northern Kentucky Amateur Radio Club, the OH-KY- IN Amateur Radio Society, as well as a member of the Tamiami Amateur Radio Club. He was responsible for putting a couple of 440 repeaters on the air in northern Kentucky, made sure the 146.895 K4CO repeater had a home at Edgewood KY, and worked with AD4CC putting the 53.33 repeater on the air at NKU years ago. John also had been heard on DSTAR and DMR from time to time.