This information would then be relayed to anxious souls in the southern- most continent. I am told that he even provided a phone patch for Senator Leahy and Senator Jeffords to their families when they were visiting the pole. Once, while still living in Freeport, one of Frank's neighbors got word of an accident the neighbor's daughter had while living in Israel. Frank fired up his equipment and got hold of another ham operator in Tel Aviv and inquired about this girl. Come to find out, this ham operator in Israel was the daughter's physician and had been treating her for her injuries.
Amateur radio makes the world seem small.
I personally knew Frank only for about seven years. He was the first local radio operator I came to know after moving here from the Washington, D.C. area. He had been trying to get a club organized in this area for years. Not until recently did his dreams come true in that the Addison County Amateur Radio Association was formed. Frank was present at just about all of the initial meetings needed to organize the group and its direction.